What makes for a successful woman in today’s world? Ask, and you will get a number of plausible answers. But when you want to know what success looks like, talk to Santha John The managing director of JWT Mindset Advertising, Santha John, effortlessly essays the roles of the leader of her enterprise, a mother and [...]
According to a survey by Hotels.com, most tourists are not even aware of the seven wonders of the world and prefer visiting other locations instead. Here’s something to change your mind Taj Mahal Where: India, Uttar Pradesh The Story: The ultimate tribute to love, the Taj Mahal, is located on the banks of River Yamuna in [...]
Siddharth is on cloud nine, thanks to the overwhelming response, which his latest film Love Failure has been getting from the audience. “This is the first time since Bommarillu that my film has got a unanimous response. I must thank my co-producers Nirav Shah, Shashikanth and Bellamkonda Suresh for being the driving force behind the [...]
Maryam Sultana Dhabas! The word conjures images of truckers feasting on Sarson da saag and Makkai di roti, squatting on chaarpaais and drinking lassi from huge, brass tumblers. But that’s not the case with modern dhabas in our country, especially here in our city. Postnoon visits a few popular dhabas that dot our highways The [...]
Grooming student actors, directors, stage managers and designers, with every passing year, Dramanon is one group, which believes that theatre will only see better days ahead We spoke to RK Shenoy, the name behind the revival of Dramanon. He tells us about the initial days of Dramanon, “I was the visiting faculty at the Manipal Institute of [...]
Sharing and caring for each other is what has kept the residents of the Home For Disabled together for the last 89 years. However, for these 300 special citizens there are only five caretakers. “I was brought here when I was five-years-old. Ever since, this has been my home. When I was young, one sister [...]
Movie: Poola Rangadu Cast: Sunil, Isha Chawla, Dev Gill Directed by: Veerabhadram Rating: 3 His last film Katha Screenplay Darshakathvam Appalraju may have been a major disappointment, but Sunil has finally found his mojo. His latest film Poola Rangadu presents him in a new avatar much to the surprise of the audience. Directed by Veerabhadram, [...]
Actor Irrfan Khan, who plays the lead in a biopic on Paan Singh Tomar, a former national steeplechase champion-turned-bandit, says some former athletes asked for money to talk about the runner. Since the research material on Paan Singh Tomar for the film of the same name was limited, filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia had to approach former athletes [...]
Pearl 2012, the annual fest of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) is only getting bigger and better. On Day 2, more than 2,000 students from across the State and country visited the campus. Technical events like Line Follower, Robo Wars, Surface computing workshop and paper presentations attracted huge crowds and proved to be a definite hit [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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