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My Travels For Gauri Khan's Grandma

There were Vedic mantras engraved along with prayer songs for Lord Shiva, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.Neither the government nor the people of Faisalabad demanded that the carvings be removed.I felt......

Test Your Big Cat IQ

The homecoming of the cheetah to India leads one to wonder what exactly are the differences between it and leopards that, often visibly, prowl India's jungles and countryside? Do you know the......

What was Kapil Mishra doing at IIT-Bombay?

Kapil Mishra had been invited because he was an "anti-corruption crusader", one 'IIT B for Bharat' organiser said.But in his half hour-long speech, Mishra didn't mention corruption.His entire focus......

Anti-CAA protest: HC stays quit notice to Polish student

The Calcutta high court on Thursday stayed the Centre's notice asking a Polish student to leave India for allegedly participating in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in......

Munna Master: Muslim bhajan singer, Padma Shri

Munna Master, who has been singing bhajans for 30 years, earnestly believes the Padma Shri is a result of his devotion to gau mata.Amrita Singh reports. IMAGE: Bhajan singer Munna Master who has......

Shivkar Talpade: First man to fly an aircraft?

The facts remain cloaked in mystery, but the legend goes that Talpade had created a flying machine powered by mercury and solar energy, and based on ideas outlined in Vedic texts. Image: Wright......

The story of Marans: Sun King and his brother

In under three decades the Maran brothers have created one of the strongest media houses in the country. The man who led this journey is 50-year-old Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director......

Bio-piracy: India wins case against 15 patents

The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected 15 patent applications of various international companies during the past one year after it found they had used India's traditional medicinal knowledge......

US outsourcing drug research to India

In her swank headquarters just blocks from some of Mumbai's worst slums, Swati Piramal is midway through an impassioned pitch about revolutionising the world of drug discovery. Sanskrit passages of......

Tata supercomputer is world's 4th best

After proving its mettle in areas like steel, automotive and IT services on the global arena, corporate behemoth Tata group has now developed the world's fourth fastest supercomputer that can do......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

'Grateful to be alive, I want to work'

'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.''It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach......

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