A voice of change
Life has just taken a new turn for 54-year-old ex-Miss India, actress, politician and activist Nafisa Ali. “With the political life a bit quiet at present, I’ve taken up my boutique as a challenge. There are so many things I want to explore, so I decided to try my hands at business,” she says. Her boutique in the capital is called Appna, an acronym of the first alphabets of names of her family members — Armana, Pickles, Pia, Nafisa and Ajit.
Social networking helps Net-savvy netas connect
The web sparks Indian politics and how.
Photographic tribute to a long-lost era
Some things in life are meant to happen. Just glancing through the papers, Jasleen had two week before she could pack her bags for her transformative journey to Ladakh in 1976, where Dalai Lama was going to conduct the sacred Kalachakra Ceremony amid the tall desert mountains outside Leh. Opening her treasure chest of
Possession obsession
Obsessions are not just restricted to people, but objects too. So much so that some people just refuse to share that one little thing no matter what it takes. More interesting is the fact that a recent study calls this obsession “material possession love”. The study goes on to say that some people are literally in love with their favourite possessions, giving more time, money and affection to them than they do to other people. It might sound funny, but those who live up to it have something else to say.
‘Japanese in course will add value in job market’
French has been an old favourite, Chinese is a recent entry, and now Japanese has joined the club of languages that many students want to master. Having decided to introduce the language as an elective in its affiliated schools from next academic year, CBSE has brought smiles to many faces.
Nuclear families can create emotional void
While the term emotional insecurity is “just another word” for many, little did we expect that the need to be loved could lead a child to plot her own kidnap. Recently, a 15-year-old student of Class 8 plotted her own kidnap, befriended a boy to seek emotional support and disappeared with him.
Nuclear families can create emotional void
While the term emotional insecurity is “just another word” for many, little did we expect that the need to be loved could lead a child to plot her own kidnap. Recently, a 13-year-old student of Class 8 plotted her own kidnap, befriended a boy to seek emotional support and disappeared with him.
Behavioural grades to fix naughty kids right
So now if you behave right in school, there are chances you might just score that extra bit. If all goes as planned, schools will award higher grades in subjects under the scholastic category (that includes English, mathematics, science or social science) to students who get exceptionally good scores in co-scholastic areas where their attitude towards the teacher, discipline, or leadership qualities are tested.
Tempting discounts to spice up your meal
From Bukhara to Barista, to everything in between, you now have a guide full of coupons for some of the best restaurants in the city.
Blindly in love? Watch out for tapes of wrath
When clips of the JNU MMS scandal were leaked, tech-savvy youngsters weren’t quite shocked. Young lovers like shooting their private moments, often overlooking the hazard of it going public. But it’s time to stop being blind in love and take adequate precautions, feel youngsters. So while one has the right to one’s love life and having some fun, maybe there’s someone out there watching you and recording it all.