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Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy was Tuesday sworn in as a cabinet minister and is expected to replace party MP Dinesh Trivedi, who had to quit as railway minister following the rail budget in which he proposed to hike passenger fares. Roy, former minister of state for shipping, was sworn in by President Pratibha Patil at a brief function in [...]
Combating violence against women, surviving genocide or fighting for human rights are challenges confronting populations across international borders today. However, young Geneva-based poetess Sreyashi Ghosh is using an amalgamation of the arts to focus on these issues; “to create awareness and awakening and even find closure,” she says. ‘I will overcome these ups and downs/Take life in my stride/Strike back [...]
In the late 1940s, an Indian woman was making her mark in the courtrooms ofLondon. Kamila Tyabji’sOxfordeducation and crisp saris sought to break the stereotype of Indian women. She was also the first woman to practise in the Privy Council Chamber. However, years of staying inEnglanddid not make her lose her fondness for the sari or her affinity toIndia, where [...]
The Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja today inaugurated an exhaustive retrospective of Ramkinkar Baij, one of the most seminal artists of modern India. He was not only an iconic sculptor but also a painter and graphic artist. The retrospective has been insightfully curated at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), by sculptor K.S Radhakrishnan, [...]
Whenever an elder person was disappointed with advanced age I used to say ‘come and see 95 year old Vepa P Sarathi, he travels by ordinary bus to NALSAR, teaches and writes regularly”. He was always introduced as youngest member of NALSAR faculty, truly young in thinking and inspiring in teaching. There are just two solutions to the vexed problems [...]
Fondly termed Metro Man for changing the way Delhiites commute, E. Sreedharan finally hangs up his boots Saturday after an eventful 15-year tenure as Delhi Metro chief. Sreedharan, then 65, joined the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in 1997. The first eight kilometre stretch opened in December 2002. Today, the network extends over 190 km in Delhi and the National Capital [...]
Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviyaji was one of the greatest leaders of our freedom struggle who shaped the values and ideals of modern India. Like many leaders of that generation, he was a man of many parts and his genius as an educationist, as a social reformer, as a writer and as a legislator has left a deep imprint on our [...]
Budapest, Dec 22 (IANS) A bronze statue of Steve Jobs has been here in the Hungarian capital to honour the Apple co-founder who died Oct 5, a media report said. The statue is located outside the headquarters of software design company Graphisoft, whose founder Gabor Bojar commissioned the statue, Xinhua reported. Nearly two metres tall and weighing around 220 kg, [...]
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Dec 12 (IANS) An Argentine scholar delivered a talk on Rabindranath Tagore and a recitation of his poems were held in this Argentine capital, a city that the Nobel Laureate visited in 1924. R. Viswanathan, Indian ambassador to Argentina, said Sreyashi Mishra from Kolkata gave rendition of Rabindra Sangeet, Gustavo of Hastinapur Foundation, Argentina, recited the Nobel [...]
London, Dec 7 (IANS) A two pound coin featuring a portrait of British literary genius Charles Dickens will come into use next spring to mark his 200th birth anniversary. Dickens is seen in profile, with typography making up his portrait, using the titles of his greatest works, including ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘Great Expectations’, ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’, the Daily [...]
Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and, as the Head of the Indian National Congress, became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its Independence on August 15, 1947. Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on November 14, 1889, [...]
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Giving support to a loved one does not only benefit the receiver — but also the giver. ‘When people talk about the ways in which social support is good for our health, they typically assume that the benefits of social support come from the support we receive from others,’ senior study co-author Naomi Eisenberger said. ‘But [...]
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is one of those rare personalities through whom the distinctions of the 20th century can be recognized and possibilities of the 21st century determined. He stood for a learning society through liberal, modern and universal education combining the humanism of Indian arts and the rationalism of western sciences, a society where the strong are just and [...]
London, Nov 5 (IANS) A little girl in Britain saved her cancer-afflicted mother’s life through her affectionate letters after doctors declared there was hardly anything which could be done to cure the lady. Doctors told Laura Binder, a mother-of-two, her cancer had spread from her breast to liver and there was nothing that could be done to cure it, the [...]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (October 13, 1875 – December 15, 1950) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is a historical figure. he achieved the Indian unity. Vallabhbhai Patel was one of the great social leaders of India. He played a crucial role during the freedom struggle of India and was instrumental in the integration of over 500 princely states into the Indian Union. [...]
A grateful Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi on November 19 – the anniversary of her birthday. Born with the name ‘Priyadarshini’, one with pleasing looks – she remained true to the description, radiating an ambience of rare charisma in her footsteps everywhere ‘Shrimati Indira Gandhi adorned whatever she handled with the gift of a golden touch. Brought up in a family enjoying the [...]
Temptation comes in many guises — for a dieter, it’s a sweet treat; for an alcoholic, a drink; for a married man, an attractive woman. How to defeat the impulse to gratify desire and stick to your long-term goals of slimness, sobriety, or fidelity? Don’t stop and think. Thinking may not help. That is the surprising conclusion of a new [...]
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) Scenes of a disgraced politician or a sex scandal-shamed celebrity offering profuse apologies as news cameras flash are not uncommon. But does owning up to misdeeds do anything to help regain trust after a transgression — or are words, as some say, cheap? It depends on how the apology is perceived, according to researchers from the [...]
Bangalore, Oct 14 (IANS) He is 21, full of life, loves to go on long trips, hangs out with friends and makes new ones on Facebook. Occasionally, when blood starts spilling from his ears, the feeling that he’ll die soon sinks in and also the fact that his parents don’t know it yet. His heart-wrenching story is strikingly similar to [...]
Sydney, Oct 7 (IANS) Three Australian species of fish, including the iconic lungfish, provide an insight into how human beings evolved from these creatures, according to latest research. A team led by Peter Currie and Nicholas Cole from Monash and Sydney universities respectively have discovered how the muscles controlling the pelvic fins of some fish have cleared the way for [...]
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