Even as tail docking and ear cropping in dogs get a green signal from the High Court, some call it a ‘barbaric’ way of cutting off expressivity.
Dedicating ads to women and making them heroes just on International Women’s Day is hardly flattering. It’s just patronising. And, frankly, we don’t need advertisers to feel the obligation to ‘do’ something for us on our day when they do nothing more than stereotype us all year round. Refrigerators, cooking oil, dishwashing liquids, detergents… you [...]
The term ‘superwoman’ definitely fits entrepreneur Shubhra Bhardwaj, who quite early on in life, made headlines thanks to her efficient handling of Ferriswheel Entertainment, which promotes cross-cultural understanding. Entrepreneur, poet, artistic director and founder of Ferriswheel Entertainment Pvt Ltd… so many different hats to wear and done so effortlessly by Shubhra Bhardwaj. Her secret? “I [...]
An example for women, Vijaylakshmi Vemuri who runs the Centre for Social Service taught others how to make their lives meaningful when all seemed dark and lost. Nidhi Bhushan speaks to Vijaylakshmi, who has changed the lives of many homeless young girls. Life rarely turns out the way one plans it. Good things come as [...]
Kanthimathi Kannan’s battle is an ongoing one. There are no big achievements to count but there are many small ones that she hopes will collectively better the city for pedestrians. Kanchan Agarwal finds out more. Her fight is for our basic right to walk. Hence, her foundation is called Right to Walk. Her demands are few and rudimentary [...]
An unstoppable force of energy and poise, she was never bogged down by challenges that life threw at her — even cancer. Nidhi Bhushan talks to Padma Sri Ananda Shankar Jayant about how she ‘conquered’ the dreaded disease. Surviving, sorry “conquering” cancer is not something that we get to see every day. However, Padma Sri [...]
Being a teenager in this fast-paced competitive world may not be the easiest thing, we understand. However, using that as an excuse to ‘chill and relax’ is not the best thing either. Postnoon talks to a few Gen Zeds who are growing up in a time where substance abuse is the new ‘in thing’. ‘They grow up [...]
Mamata Reddy is the woman who brought back the light to 40 artisan families. It is her efforts that changed the way Kalamkari work is perceived in the country now. Some 40 families in Kalahasti in Tirupati lead a stable life through their traditional skills of free hand painting on fabric. It was the invasion [...]
Growing up in a family where helping those in need was a top priority, Dr Vasuprada Kartic had her value system in place. She consciously included volunteer work as part of her professional life as a psychiatrist. Sitting in a shrink’s chair to give advice to people is what psychiatrists usually work towards. But consultant psychotherapist at [...]
TV anchor Jhansi Laxmi and executive producer Shital Morjaria have been relentlessly raising issues women face in the society through a TV show. Today, it has become an example for others to follow. She was a noted TV anchor who became a household name with shows like Talk of the Town, Sunday Sandadi. Jhansi Laxmi (in [...]
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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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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