I studied in Sophia College, Mumbai. My college days have given me memories to cherish for a lifetime. My life seemed like a bubble of creativity and imagination till it burst when I graduated in psychology. I was always an over-enthusiastic girl as I tried my hands at

They say that the desire to live a dream can make one go places. My dream was to be a drummer wanting to express my emotions through cymbals and tombs, and do everything, which probably musicians do both on and off stage. But coming from a small town in

A delectable pizza, pasta that’s almost perfect, half-baked cake and sometimes just plain Maggi — these are just some outcomes of youngsters cooking during those special ‘group-cooking’ sessions with their friends. While some dishes turn out to be absolutely delightful, there have been times when their experiments in the kitchen have resulted in total disasters. Students who have cooked with their buddies share their experiences…

Slam books and photo albums are passé. With technology overhauling every aspect of life, students are turning to videos to preserve cherished memories of their school and college life.
Now that there’s just a couple of months to go before the academic year ends, youngsters are capturing as many ‘candid moments’ as they can from the last few days of school and college. From creating ‘collage albums’ to shooting candid videos, youngsters have come a long way. They say that video shots are one of the best ways to keep the memories alive and a far better option than asking their friends to write what they like about them in a slam book.

Though they’re neither breadwinners nor tax payers, teenagers are grumbling that the new budget has affected them as much as their beleaguered parents. With a hike in the cost of ‘teen-essentials’ like cosmetics, petrol and cigarettes’ they’re having to ‘be adult’ about it and cut down on expenses, make budgets or bargain with their parents for a raise in their allowances.

Artiste: Marina and the Diamonds

There’s something to be said for a girl with a weird voice — no flutey nightingale tones and no hard rocking rasp, but vocals that, dredge up the ghosts of Kate Bush, Tori Amos (the pianos on most tracks help) and even crazy Nico if you’re old enough to remember.

Blame it on Buffy. When the pint-sized slayer punched her way into popular consciousness, she spawned a generation of me-toos. Now we have the Twilight movies and the True Blood series. While teens have embraced vampires on the big screen and television in a huge way, it is in the literary medium that the trend has really exploded.
Teens from earlier decades relied on Bram Stoker’s Dracula or the Anne Rice novels for their requisite dose of blood, but teens today are spoiled for choice, with a plethora of vampire titles on offer.

They represent the generation that identifies itself best with technology and they seem to be loving and embracing the new innovations. Most of them have spent their impressionable years in front of the computer sending frequent emails and chatting. Some have also enjoyed new ways of listening to music (iPod) and some prefer to download latest tunes from the Net. Let us not forget that from sending gifts to their friends online, today’s teens have achieved almost everything with a click of the mouse.

Two broken hearts can offer each other a ready shoulder to cry on and the bond of heartbreak can help two people pull through a traumatic break-up, say many young love birds. They are taking their cue from Bollywood stars helping one another through the ordeal of failed relationships. Heartthrob pairs like Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor have shown how to come out smiling despite a split.