Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The Adventures of Young Kalam by Stuti Agarwal (Juggernaut) is an interesting insight into the life of India’s late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. But don’t you take it to be a fact-based narrative as it is a fictional story that reimagines Kalam’s childhood in a magical manner!, so says the back cover. […]Read More
Sexual harassment comes in different forms, and when it’s online it’s often even less obvious. Yet, it still happens. If you’re in a professional situation where you feel uncomfortable, you should immediately start recording it. Often larger cases are built on a pattern of small incidents, which, if not documented properly, won’t be useful as evidence. […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha I couldn’t have got Life’s Amazing Secrets: How To Find Balance and Purpose In Your Life at a better time. Confused and at crossroads on various life issues, I had recently joined a spiritual group (Beings Of Light) and started attending its monthly meetings. The group founder Major Dalbir Singh often called me for […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha The winner of four major international violin competitions: Wieniawski (1986), Queen Elizabeth (1989), Tchaikovsky (1990) and Henryk Szeryng Foundation Award (1992), Evgeny Bushkov is one of the most interesting conductors around the world. Bushkov made his debut in 1999 in France with the Orchestra of the International Festival of Luxeuil and is, at […]Read More
What do you do if you are caught between a busy work schedule just before Diwali night? Will you pray for your fairy godmother to appear and work magic with a wave of her wand? Chances are that she won’t turn up because fairy tales have no place in real life. What you need are […]Read More
I recently had the best time of my life performing for the audience in America. I was invited to train and perform at the Seattle India Dance Festival called Elements. The event, the most awaited event of the West Coast, is organised by Prashanthi Chitre Institute of Performing Arts (PCIPA). It has been a landmark […]Read More
Team L&M British-born-Indian author Sonal Sachdev Patel recently released her latest book, GITA: The Battle of the Worlds (HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, Fiction, Rs 250, 104 pages). Based on Paramahansa Yogananda’s interpretation of the Gita, the book covers some of the key spiritual messages within a fictional adventure story for children. It is a modern-day instructional manual that […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Dev, an 11-year-old boy, is dejected after his father passes away. He cannot come to the terms of his father’s death and takes out his anger on his mother as well as younger brother, and in turn, becomes sad. Then, he meets Sanjay who not only teaches him how to deal with […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Love & Rage: The Inner World of Children by child psychotherapist Nupur Dhingra Paiva (Yoda Press, 235 pages, Rs 450) explores the emotional world of children—most of whom she has counselled over the years and whose stories she shares with permission. “By sharing these stories, I want to start conversations in people’s […]Read More
Dandruff is a common scalp condition. In its mild form, it consists of loose white flakes which fall off and may be noticed on the shoulders and back. Sometimes, the flakes may be yellowish in colour. Even mild dandruff can be accompanied by itching. Sometimes, the scales, along with oily secretions, tend to adhere to […]Read More