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SC sets aside NGT order halting Auroville construction

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a National Green Tribunal order halting construction activities at Auroville in Chennai for want of environmental clearance and said a "golden balance" needed......

The Importance Of Being The Dalai Lama

One can only sincerely wish the Dalai Lama a very long life at the service of world peace.His presence is much required today on the planet, notes Claude Arpi, who has known His Holiness for more......

'May Auroville serve as a beacon to the world'

'May it be the guardian which calls for breaking down narrow walls of the mind.''May it continue to invite everyone to celebrate the possibilities of humanity's one-ness.'Claude Arpi salutes 50......

Auroville rallies to help Pondicherry fisherfolk

The first wave of the tsunami hit the Pondichery and Tamil Nadu coast at 8 am on December 26. Seven thousand people died on the spot.By 9.30 am, a team from Auroville, the international township......

50 years later: The City of Dawn thrives

Auroville just turned 50.Aurovilians who grew up in the experimental city speak of how their childhood was marked by a sense of openness and possibility.Nikita Puri reports from the City of Dawn.......

From Rs 25,000 to Rs 100-crore! The Hidesign story

Sixty-one-year-old Dilip Kapur, founder-president of Hidesign, an international brand, started designing leather bags as a hobby. Soon he converted that hobby into tradecraft. Today, his business......

'For many years, it upset me that I was a businessman'

'I wondered what mistakes I made in my life to be a businessman. Deep down, I still have doubts about it.' Shobha Warrier meets the amazing Dilip Kapur who built a Rs 160 crore business with just......

How Ashok Leyland plans to reinvent itself

More than just a legacy brand in commercial vehicles, Ashok Leyland wants to be seen as an old brand embracing new values. How does an old brand reinvent itself for new age customers and......

The extraordinary story of Radha Daga and Triguni Food

'One’s dreams never end. If you don’t dream, you don’t exist. You need to dream to look forward to in life.' Radha Daga, who went from a textile exporter to food entrepreneur at......

The Little Girl From Black Is Now Married!

IMAGE: Ayesha Kapur gets married to Adam Oberoi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Ayesha Kapur/Instagram The little girl from the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Black is all grown up and married! Ayesha Kapur,......

Kalki Koechlin: The perfect Lolita

Vladmir Nabokov would certainly approve -- she's the perfect Lolita. A wide-eyed ingenue' with bee stung lips and sex appeal oozing from every pore. Oh yes, Kalki Koechlin is every red-blooded......

'I don't think I look like Rani'

Did I sound stupid?' Ayesha Kapur asks at the end of the interview. The 10 year old has just made her acting debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, Black, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani......

Parineeti, Anushka, Deepika: Where were our stars born?

Take a look! Photograph: Courtesy India International Jewellery Week Parineeti Chopra may not be working on a film at the moment but the Kill Dill actress sure knows how to keep herself......

Inspiring! This Marathoner wants you to break free

Partially paralysed, but with unbreakable will power and determination, Nihad Panju beat the odds to run his 4th Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.The 26 year old tells Rediff.com's Norma Godinho he wants......