BOOKS

Goa’s biggest newsmaker

‘He was gritty, complex, layered and full of colour, with never a dull moment. And in India’s smallest state, there was no other subject for a really interesting biography,’ say Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, the authors of An Extraordinary Life: A Biography of Manohar Parrikar (Penguin India) to be released on June 22 on the […]Read More

ARTS

700 years. 18 generations. One art form

Saurabh Tankha The next time you happen to be around the Pink City of Jaipur or visiting the heritage city of Ajmer, make sure to visit Shahpura. Located around 200 km from the state capital of Rajasthan and around 100 km from Ajmer, Shahpura falls in Bhilwara district and was once the jagir or estate […]Read More

ARTS CULTURE

Oldest surviving Tibetan murals

Benoy K Behl It is in the Dungkar Caves of the 10th-11th century that you can find the oldest surviving Tibetan murals. These are at extremely high altitude in a very remote part of western Tibet, far beyond Mt Kailash. This graceful figure is very similar to those seen in the paintings of Nako, Alchi and […]Read More

HEALTH

Self-expression and success

Rashmi Singh To meet the demands of the complex world we are currently living in, individuals are tech-savvy, efficient, organised, highly-skilled and competitive today. We have a goal and a plan to make it happen. Then, what is it that holds us back? It is the challenges that catch us off-guard, the unforeseen experiences that […]Read More

FASHION SHAHNAZ HUSAIN

Beauty on a budget

Today, due to greater awareness and exposure to global trends, people spend much more on beauty than they did before. However, this makes life really difficult for those who are on a budget, including students, who can’t afford to spend too much on beauty products. The internet has changed our shopping habits. Online shopping has […]Read More

ARTS SANDIP SOPARRKAR

Dancing for toddlers

Do you have a little one at home who starts moving as soon as you switch on the radio or the television? Does your bundle of joy keeps hopping when the music is playing in the background? If your answers are yes then you ought to know that your toddler has a dancer hidden within. […]Read More

KAMAL AHLUWALIA

Time for a brainstorming session

There are two ways to spread light. Be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.   Brainstorming An oft abused technique being used by all and sundry in the corporate world today.  Countless hours get consumed — marathon meetings sans decisions, frayed tempers, escapism, procrastinating the inevitable and astute storytelling is the new order […]Read More

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