The lakes of Bavaria, watered by the melting snow of the Alps, are an oasis of tranquillity, offering some of the most breathtaking views.

Shraddha Das loves Sun City in South Africa as it boasts of the world’s best casinos, and is completely in awe of the tranquil beauty of the country.

The Indian rock music scene (indie, Hindi/Kannada/Tamil, heavy, metal, hard, soft and whatever else have you) has to thrive on social networking sites and gigs to really push forth their content at a time when CD sales are painfully low and merchandise like T-shirts and mugs are deemed as more money-worthy than albums themselves.

A shade under 14 years and he has cracked the prestigious Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for IITs, twice. What’s more, Satyam Kumar from Bakhorapur Village, Ara, in Bihar had cracked the IIT-JEE last year as well and he wasn’t even 13 then. That had made him the youngest to crack the JEE, beating the earlier record holder, Sahal Kaushik from Delhi who had passed the exam in 2010 at the age of 14.

He is all of 10 years and is already charting his way up on the national-level karting championships. Just three short weeks after he lifted the Micro Max Cup in the overall Open Class event at the Rotax Max Kart Open 2013, Bengaluru racer Yash Aradhya pulled off another spectacular podium finish, with a very credible second at the JK Tyre-Meco Motorsports Rotax Max National Karting Championship 2013.

He’s only two films old and yet continues to be one of the most talked-about actors in the industry. While his acting credentials have not been questioned so far, his demeanour off-screen has made people slap the “Casanova” tag on him and he is often called a “flirt”.

The next time you plan a dream vacation, you needn’t restrict the search only to destinations — the joyride can begin while you’re airborne! International airliners are vying for top spot to spoil travellers for choice, as the lone ranger feels like a king the minute he steps off the tarmac.

India has not seen another woman artist like Anjolie Ela Menon most probably since Amrita Sher-Gil and like all great artists, Anjolie too feels that the more art is seen and appreciated by people, the better it becomes.
The 73-year-old feels that it is the same reason why many artists can’t break into the global market.

My father was a voracious reader and he was the one who introduced me to books. I was always surrounded by good books in my childhood.

Heartfelt is much more than a detailed account of filmmaker Shekhar Kapur’s ex-wife Medha Jalota’s successful fight against two potentially terminal illnesses. Writer Bharathi S. Pradhan captures the intense love story between Medha and her second husband, famous bhajan singer Anup Jalota, who refused to let illness deprive him of marital happiness that he found at long last with his third wife.