Europe’s most glamorous film festival has been accused of sexism as there is not a single female director in the official selection for the Cannes 2012 . However, this has not dampened the morale of the people that attended the event. Here’s a few snapshots from Cannes The Cannes Film Festival has been accused of [...]
Asks Manmohan to convene Cauvery River Authority meet Chennai: Charging Karnataka with “unjustly utilising” Cauvery water for summer irrigation, Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa asked Prime Minister Manmhohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority to discuss the issue. Karnataka has been “unjustly utilising” the water for summer irrigation from February to May [...]
Mathura: Spiritual guru Baba Jai Gurudev, who had millions of followers, passed away here late Friday after prolonged illness, a spokesman for his ashram said. He was 116 years old. In his last moments, he was brought to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh from the Medanta City Hospital in Gurgaon. As news of his demise spread, [...]
Were the leftovers from your wedding reception the last dinner you and your husband shared? Here are notes from one couple’s life Were the reheated leftovers from your wedding reception the last enchanting dinner your husband and you shared? Has the spark finally extinguished? Are you among that crowd that flips through pages of magazines, speed read [...]
Pruthvi Ramesh and Sukriti Sen feedback@postnoon.com If one decides to welcome a dog into their family, they may be considering buying a puppy from a breeder. While many potential canine guardians have heard about the horrors of puppy mills and ‘backyard breeders’, they mistakenly think that buying a puppy from a so-called ‘responsible breeder’ is acceptable. [...]
The burrowing, tree-climbing animals known as Tasmanian Devils are in a battle for survival against a contagious facial cancer that experts fear could see them extinct in as little as five years Amy Coopes It’s been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of [...]
You’re done with your work, but still have a lot of time to kill? Worry not! Here’s a guide to all the things you can do to while away the time while pretending to work. Try not to get caught! Sameena Kenaz feedback@postnoon.com When there is time to kill at work, we often find ourselves [...]
Chinese car manufacturers struggle against a reputation for ‘rubbish’ quality, ‘appalling’ design and a disturbing smell of glue The Geely LC is a classic Chinese car: cheap and cheerful, with a design said to have been inspired by a happy panda. A South African car reviewer recently showered it with relative praise. “Cheap and not at all [...]
Five years after the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament captured the imagination of Indians everywhere, I watched a match live at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore early this week. The Royal Challengers Bangalore played against the Mumbai Indians. A heavy afternoon shower did not deter the spectators who poured in, dripping wet, into the [...]
Flame narrates the story of a very extraordinary woman whose determination to be the best drives her existence To say that Nelofar Currimbhoy adores her mother is an understatement of sorts. Nelofar worships her mother Shahnaz Husain. Known to the world as the Empress of the Beauty World or the Queen of Ayurveda, for Nelofar [...]
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As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
Instigated or inspired suicide?
The reel-like sequences following the real-life suicide of actress Jiah Khan has invoked a debate on abetment of suicide. What is abetment? Is there a clear definition? Does a letter left behind by the victim like in the case of Geetika Sharma against former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda amount to abetment or will it [...]
Social networking is the order of the day. The world is a global village. As Marshall McLuhan believed the Internet has made us participants of this worldwide village. It’s surprising how forest communities and young Adivasis have started navigating in the social media to highlight problems such as displacement faced by tribal communities all over India. [...]
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