VARIETY
TOYS
Making waves
Barij Kumar Paul, an amateur radio wave toymaker, testing his radio-controlled `Rath' (chariot of Lord Jagannath) before a final run to take part in the Rath Yatra festival in Kolkata on Saturday. It can be operated within a 200-metre radius and ...
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GENDER
Women power
Flying Officer Pilot Simran Kaur Bhasin (right) with her grandmother Nani Kripal Kaur and mother Bhupinder Kaur after the passing-out parade at Air Force Academy, Dundigal near Hyderabad on Saturday. Simran will be the first person in the family ...
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EVENTS
Beyond the classroom, towards a new world
A GROUP of 24 children, aged between 6 and 13, first time learners from Nachiar Vidyalayam, a village school in Pollachi taluk of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and trained by the school's newly set up Nachiar Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), staged ...
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ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE
Romantic comedy films rule box office in Bollywood
A FILM portraying the grim realities of communal conflicts is set aside at the box office while a light-hearted hackneyed romantic comedy comes out a surprise winner. Co-produced by Aditya Birla Group's Applause Entertainment, Dev has ...
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TRENDS
Humour is no laughing matter
Humour can be therapeutic and can provide coping mechanisms for life's tribulations, state the authors citing other authorities.
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