Somitra Srivastava, Rupali Srivastava and Kushal Thakkar Covid-19 has made the world come to a standstill, well almost. While the lockdown was a necessity, it has caused problems for many. In Gurgaon, several companies have shut down operations to avoid further spread of the disease. However, daily wage earners are leaving the city since they […]Read More
Team L&M As the country continues with Covid-19 lockdown, Fortis Healthcare has rolled out online consultations for patients in 23 hospitals across the network in India. The step was conceived to continue patient care services without risking the health of patients or doctors. Both tele-consults as well as video consult services have been running successfully […]Read More
Vivek Bhatia An investment in knowledge pays the best interest — said Benjamin Franklin. I truly believe in this statement and hence have been making efforts to gather more and more knowledge during this self-isolation phase. I had always been curious to learn about share markets for quite a long time. I was inclined towards […]Read More
Team L&M In Bihar, Dimkach dance is performed in Mithila and Bhojpur regions while in Jharkhand, it is Nagpuri folk dance. The women and men of groom’s and bride’s family perform this dance during all major marriage ceremonies. They form a semi-circle to perform this particular dance by holding hands of each other and lyrics […]Read More
By SHOVANA NARAYAN Can an Indian classical dancer have a Master’s degree in physics? To many, it would seem that the question is rhetoric. This is easy to comprehend as we all tend to “compartmentalise” people and vocations in a box for this lends inner and mental security. Similarly, a policeman is required to talk […]Read More
Team L&M Chhau is a semi-classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk traditions. It has three styles – the Purulia Chau of Bengal, the Seraikella Chau of Jharkhand, and the Mayurbhanj Chau of Odisha. The dance form originated in Eastern India. The dance ranges from celebrating martial arts, acrobatics and athletics performed in festive […]Read More
Archana Aggarwal Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it is very important to be relaxed and release the anxiety by opting for activities that interest you or the ones which you always wanted to indulge in but could never do due to paucity of time. Though it is tough for a professional to be home and not […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha This must be one of those rare incidents when a father has penned the biography of his son. The son who was all of 22 when he was martyred. The son who bravely led his platoon to capture a Pakistani position which proved crucial during the Battle of Tololing in the Kargil war […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Kavita Devgan says she is a liberal dietician and doesn’t believe in the “all” or “nothing” approach. She believes the answer lies in between somewhere. Her mantra and advice to everyone is “more of the good and less of the bad” and that food per se is not a problem. “Usually, it is […]Read More
Benoy K Behl It is in a shrine of the Talagirishwara Temple in Pannamalai, a remote village in Tamil Nadu that you will come across this hardly-ever-seen painting of Shivakami or Parvati of the 7th century. Such surviving paintings help to establish the continuous tradition of painting in ancient India from the 2nd cent. BCE onwards. […]Read More