'I have never seen such a large parade being commanded with such precision just by a vocal word of command.' 'I would like to import this technology to England.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), then a final year cadet at the National Defence Academy remembers Queen Elizabeth II's visit to NDA in November 1983.
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'When you go under a flyover in Mumbai at night, you will see many underprivileged people sleeping there. You get the best smiles when you distribute gifts, food packets or blankets.' Actor Karan Wahi's noble cause.
Chocolate majors, home and surface cleaning companies, beauty brands say that business has been brisk this festive season.
Hussain said that a blind following of western traditions will lead to a degradation of "our values
The processed food industry is seeing a great business potential during Diwali and is placing their products in attractive festival gift packs to woo customers during this time of the year. More so, this year their business is only helped by soaring sweet prices.
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The traditional Indian desserts market is around Rs 40,000-45,000 crore (Rs 400-450 billion).
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"Start small, chill out, work through your ideas. And then make them happen," is 22-year-old entrepreneur Zeba Abdur Rehman's success mantra. Zeba, whose desire for a little extra pocket money led her to start her own handcrafting company, Paper to BagI, tells Rediff.com how it all started and the two years of growing, learning and maturing as a businesswoman.
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
Home bakers across India are churning out healthy treats by the dozen. We present a select few.
'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
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Weddings make you wish you had a hundred hands instead of a brain that feels like a sponge attached to 10 different heads being pulled in different directions, says Kishore Singh.
Neri Oxman is an award winning architect who combines technology with botany and life.
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Teesta Karkera, 13, of Thakur Public School, Mumbai, tells us how Children's Day isn't celebrated the way it used to be.
Saddened by the terrorist attack in Uri, Lata Mangeshkar won't celebrate her birthday this year.
It will be his fifth birthday in jail as an undertrial. He was arrested two days before his birthday in 2015. Tuesday also marked Peter's fourth year in jail.
All of the halls, from the East Room to the Red Room, were decked by over 125 volunteers.
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Pressing for the Centre to declare Bhagwad Gita as a 'Rashtriya Granth' (national scripture), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has kicked up a storm by claiming that only a formality remained to be done in this regard.
Amol Shahane remembers the first time he was introduced to St Valentine.
Monisha Dudaney tells you how your partner will behave according to his/her star sign.
When the Indian brunost bravely ventured into the international cheese arena in Spain, along with 4,000 others from 45 countries, before 230 judges, its sterling desi pedigree spoke for itself, winning a silver in the brown cheese category and giving India a berth on the global cheese map.
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The Goa-based designer fields rapid-fire questions!
Looking at how the idea of gift giving and taking on Diwali has changed
A keen understanding of the way our brain functions is essential to building sustainable routines and habits that set us up for success, says Jay Kumar Hariharan.
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Importers protest as food safety regulator demands adherence to recent law on labelling, blocks entry at ports for packs with stickers.
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