Postal service worker Kristbjorn Hilmir Kjartansson and his friend Gretar Jonsson, a film student, took 14 days to make the trip from Reykjavik to Volgograd.
She is already prepping to be a part of the industry.
Assembly elections coming up in November and December could offer a window of opportunity to the government to make GST attractive through rate cuts.
Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com steps into the wonderful world that is the spectacular Kochi-Muziris Art Biennale.
Rajny Krishnan has discovered how painting can help combat the difficulties imposed by the Parkinson's disease, says Shobha Warrier.
Art historian Yashodhara Dalmia's book on the Sri Lankan artist, who fell so deeply for India that he even claimed Rajput descent, is a momentous publishing event, says Kishore Singh.
The triumphs of Czech great Emil Zatopek will be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro with dozens of pairs of electric-powered life-sized legs created by artist David Cerny.
The Kambli family has been crafting the idol for Mumbai's most famous Ganesha pandal, Lalbaugcha Raja, since 1935.
The onus today is on China, but it also requires a little diplomatic finesse from India, backed by a modernised armed force, argues BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in this excerpt from his new book, Himalayan Challenge: India, China And The Quest For Peace.
Septuagenarian Volker Kraft and his wife have been decorating an apple tree in their garden since the early 1990s.
From Dabur to HUL, here are 10 stocks with significant rural exposure in the auto, agri-chemical and fast moving consumer goods sectors, which should see an uptick in sales growth.
Drawing and painting can be employed to develop students into critical thinkers, problem solvers and communicators.
"Unfortunately fur is being worn by many Koreans," said Fruno on Tuesday, adding that China, the host of the 2022 Winter Games, is one of the world's largest fur exporters.
'As a child I was very glad to be around him, to breathe his happiness.' 'I was aware that he would focus 100 per cent on whatever he was doing, whether it was playing with me, or going to the bullfights, or painting -- which he seemed to do non-stop,' Pablo's grandson tells Kishore Singh.
Travel through the length and breadth of India, just at the click of a button!
Sukanya Verma celebrates its grandeur and grandiloquence in 25 glorious frames on its diamond anniversary.
Many or sometimes all the teachers are pulled into administrative and other non-teaching duties, says Anjuli Bhargava.
IIIT-D team builds algorithm that will help identify synthetic images.
Ranjita Ganesan and Nikita Puri chronicle the journey of Abhishek Poddar, one of India's leading art patrons.
'Raza exemplified a sense of warmth and a connectedness to his roots and to Indian earth.'
An ambitious exhibition tells the story of India as also the history of the world.
Don't go by the number, Ranveer Singh says, he is picky when it comes to endorsements. There are some brands he will never endorse. Fairness creams, for example, but he does not turn away from cola and alcohol brands.
Anup Raaj shares the lessons he learned from his mentor.
Like the Vietnamese, maybe we too will survive bombs and disasters to see a better day.
Images from the second day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.
For months, Hong Kong's streets have seethed with discontent. Scenes show protesters, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands, many wearing surgical masks and carrying umbrellas that have come to signify resistance. The images are astonishing, and the issues that set the protests in motion are complex. Amid these 11 weeks of protests, here's how daily life unfolds.
As a parent, it is your responsibility to analyse whether it is really required or not.
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
'Les Bleus' will be inspired by the two-decade anniversary of their only World Cup win in 1998, while double winners Uruguay's modern generation are desperate to recreate the black-and-white-era glories of their 1930 and 1950 trophies.
'It disappoints and saddens me no end that Mahua has allowed herself to be carried away by the Goebbelsian onslaught mounted on the BJP and Narendra Modi by certain vested interests which find themselves exposed and thrown out of the gravy train,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Rise up for the right to offend. Let there be no holy cow, person, religion, ideology that cannot be criticised, ridiculed, parodied, lampooned. That's what differentiates you from the bigots who entered Charlie Hebdo, says Mango Indian.
The Women's World Cup stopped to take a breath on Wednesday following an opening round of games that produced a little bit of everything.
When the news of Kalam's death came, the sculptor in Hussaini wanted to immortalise him like when he had done a huge sculpture of the first Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
In an interview to HarmonyIndia.org, the artist, who had famously said that he lived to paint and painted to live, spoke of what the 'bindu' meant to him, about his friend M F Husain and the legacy that he will leave behind.
Colouring books for adults are helping people loosen up and rediscover their childhood.
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
From 0% to 28%, here's the breakup of what attracts how much GST.
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