As the political capital, first of the Mughals and later the British, Agra was always a key centre of political action. The city played a crucial role in the freedom struggle but poor documentation of records has failed to highlight the contribution of the freedom fighters, say local historians. Syed Ikhtiyar Jafri, director of the […]
Book: The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture in the Kamasutra; Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Price: Rs.399; Pages: 182 ‘The Mare’s Trap: Nature and Culture in the Kamasutra’ might come as a shocker to the “moral brigade” at work in India. The book, a re-telling of the Kamasutra by Wendy Doniger, explicates how ancient India appreciated eroticism […]
Alappuzha (Kerala) Close to 40,000 people – young and old, domestic and international tourists – witnessed the 63rd edition of the Nehru Boat Race at the Vembanad lake. For the first time, this edition of the race, one of Kerala’s most popular events, saw a change in its schedule as the heats of the various events […]
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi Have you been feeling persistent or recurrent pain in the lower back of late? You are not alone. Lower back pain affects one out of 10 people worldwide, causes more disability around the world than any other condition and accounts for a third of all work-related disability, according to […]
Hyderabad The Tirupati laddu, given away as ‘prasad’ at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati, has entered its 300th year. Temple officials say the sacred offering was introduced on August 2, 1715. No pilgrimage to the world’s richest Hindu temple is complete without the laddu, made from flour, sugar, ghee, oil, cardamom and […]
At a meeting in Atlanta, Madhu Khatri heard how the life of a young boy from Bihar had changed after he pursued a Microsoft India programme. The impression of a village boy from the remotest corner of India transforming his life simply by going through a programme stayed with Khatri, an Associate General Counsel in […]
Chennai born, IIT Kharagpur-educated Sundar Pichai has become the head of a “slightly slimmed down Google”, with the search giant in a major corporate restructuring forming an umbrella company called Alphabet. Taking over the operational management of Google’s search, YouTube and financial-services units, Pichai, 43, becomes only the third chief executive of the company after […]
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday said the RJD-JD(U) alliance was all set to give a tough time to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led ‘Kamandal’ in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls. Contradicting the prime minister’s prediction of the state of affairs in Bihar after the upcoming assembly elections, Lalu Prasad said it would rather […]
Loopholes in India’s import policy has caused nearly half of the country’s over 100 newspaper mills to stop production, while the rest function at 60 percent of their potential capacity, the newsprint industry body said on Sunday. “This import policy has led to the creation of a parallel industry, and has posed harsh setbacks to […]