Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta.
The Alams saw the magical spot while on a drive to the hills. A few years later they set up home and a small hand woven shawl business, hiring local weavers, using local wool and natural colours made of root, stem and flower.
The stories in this anthology range from breathtaking to borderline bizarre.
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Glimpses of the change Narendra Modi promised million of voters were visible at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi has now no excuse, but to perform and change India for the better. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports from the presidential palace. A feature on the swearing-in ceremony like none other.
Attacking the note ban move, Yechury said the PM's assertion that it will impact terror funding has not yielded any result.