Consumer Notes
Beyond consumer activism
A look into the consumer protection policies of South Africa and the initiative for a South African-Indian collaboration for training consumer activists at the grassroots level.
Food & Dairy Products
For a microwave-adventure
So, how many of you are guilty of under-utilising that recently acquired, super expensive, space-consuming device, the microwave. I, for one, am. Despite all my good intentions, I, somehow, end up using the device as a heater and a heater only.
Health
Fear is far from fit
To all appearances, Dr. Ashiana, 40, is a calm, gentle and caring physician. His problem: a low-grade pain in the back of his neck. The cause: his fear of death.
Singing for a mission
Her's was the voice that moved a prime minister and an entire nation to tears when she sang that immortal melody, `Ae mere watan ke logon', decades ago. And when the country's best-known voice Lata Mangeshkar sang in Pune recently, she had the same effec
t on an audience of over 30,000 fans.
Making a difference
Surat is a city that likes to move fast, always teeming with men on the move. Be it roads or restaurants, women are few and far between. One of the biggest industrial towns in India, the city lures highly-skilled and semi-skilled labourers from all over
the country. Men from Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, even as far as West Bengal and Assam come here in search of livelihood.
Information Technology
Online tuitions
In Bangalore, one professor has found a novel way of making life easier for students attempting competitive exams such as the UPSC, Bank Probationary Officers' exams and the State administrative services... Distance education through the Internet.
Miscellaneous
Hybrid action, folks!
As the game-show drama spins completely out of control, AXN is putting out its own version of a reality check. It's called `Survivor' and they are describing it as a ``a new programme format that is a hybrid of a game-show, a soap series and reality/voye
urism TV all rolled into one''.
Travel & Places
Pack a little sunshine...
Winter is a time for festivities and rejoicing in India. For some, it is the season for matrimony and honeymoon. This year's winter is especially significant as some experts argue that the new millennium begins on January 1, 2001. And with no Y2K fears t
o bug holiday-makers, it is all the more reason to indulge in a fun-filled vacation.
Agra -- and the quintessential Taj
Described as ``an emperor's dream'' and ``a poem in marble'', the Taj remains an ultimate destination for all lovers. Standing serene and perfect in its garden of flowers and reflecting pools, its cypresses, terraces and green lawns, the Taj spells
love and beauty.
The pride of Ranthambhore
Diwali is usually a deafening experience for most of us, but this year we doctored it to be different. We decided to celebrate the completion of 25 years of Project Tiger in Ranthambhore. So, we set off on a four-day sojourn to see the tiger in the h
interland of eastern Rajasthan.
Tansen, tamarind and more...
The ancient tamarind tree is still there, but a little denuded now. The belief is that anyone who eats the leaves of this tree, will be blessed with a melodious voice and the ability to sing like Tansen. For, it is next to his mausoleum that the tree sta
nds.
Goan spirit in Chennai
A little bit of Goa will come alive in Chennai as an entire Goan carnival will be recreated for the first time in the city. This ambitious event titled, `Club Mahindra's Ya Ya Maya Ya Members' Meet', will take place at the MGR Film City Grounds on
December 23, 2000. (The event's off-beat title is derived from a Goan folk classic made famous by Bollywood.)
