Saurabh Tankha Author Agatha Christie worked as a full-time pharmacist assistant and Pulitzer prize winning poet Wallace Stevens was as an insurance executive. So it doesn’t come as a surprise to find DR SIDDHARTH NIRWAN, an ENT consultant and assistant professor at Jaipur’s SMS Medical College & Hospital, penning books on horror. Born to a […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It was in 1994 that CHEF PRADIP ROZARIO started the first Mexican restaurant in Kolkata, the city he was born and brought up in. After graduating from St Xavier’s College, Rozario did hotel management from IHM Kolkata and thereafter, trained in Italy as an intern. He then went on to work for the […]Read More
Former DGP and adviser to the Governor of Uttarakhand ALOKE LAL, in an interview with SAURABH TANKHA, talks about the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. It was a monumental failure of the security forces. And, those who deserve to be brought to justice are protected and losing some comrades to violence. All this […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It is 21st century’s answer to the age-old tradition of storytelling. Instead of being huddled up near a fire, readers and writers now perch with their laptops, desktops or mobile screens. It is Pratilipi – an online platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together in a virtual community to instigate a […]Read More
Anurag Kaul It was a few years back that we moved to a multistoried apartment society in Pune. A boon, given the facilities one gets to enjoy in a gated housing complex. But these can turn into a bane if the power supply plays hide and seek every now and then, more so if your […]Read More
It was during the pandemic lockdown that MAHESH RAJAN commenced his writing journey with a short story to escape the mundane lockdown everyday life. He got encouraged when his stories and story ideas were acknowledged by the people he shared the stories with. Rajan believes his zest for writing is rooted in his story ideas […]Read More
Team L&M The year 20220 witnessed meteoric rise of some brilliant actors. These young actors starred in some critically acclaimed shows and films. And, went to deliver memorable performances which got etched in the hearts of the audience. We bring to you five talented actors who enjoy massive fan following and have become names to […]Read More
A chemical engineer who works with a risk management firm, Prachand Praveer took to writing in his childhood days to express himself, beginning with small stories at first. In 2010, his first Hindi novel, Alpahari Grihatyagi: IIT Se Pahle was published by Harper Hindi. His second book, Abhinav Cinema, published by Dakhal Prakashan in 2016, […]Read More
Cracked heels and callouses on palms Cracked heels are due to habitual lack of moisture. The skin on the heels is harder and thicker than other parts of the body. Loss of moisture causes keratinization, where living cells change to dead horny cells. If the lack of moisture proceeds unchecked, cracks develop. Sometimes, they can […]Read More
Renuka Shahane, who made her television debut with Circus in 1989 and became a household name with Surabhi in 1992, says she is saddened by how Indian television has been taken over by daily soaps. However, she is optimistic about the rise of women-centric content and the growing confidence of audiences in such stories. She […]Read More