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From Left: Flt Lt Hina Jaiswal, Flt Lt Parul Bhardwaj, Fg Officer Aman Nidhi, Sqn Ldr Richa Adhikari

Where eagles dare

While a day's mission may not sound challenging, the journey to the cockpit wasn't easy for these women officers.

21 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Dr Mickey Mehta

Healing through fitness

Mickey Mehta, the man behind shaping up Bollywood divas like PC and Bipasha Basu, says you don't have to seek life's...

18 July 2019 12:04 AM IST

Bench made of recycled waste plastics

Turning plastic into public amenities

Bottles for Change programme is setting up benches made up of recycled plastic across Mumbai, in efforts to recycle...

16 July 2019 5:37 AM IST

Controversy over history

Veteran historian, Kurush Dalal, explains why the Mughals cannot be charged with looting the country.

15 July 2019 7:10 AM IST

Writers are being marginalised: Amitav Ghosh

Acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh talks about his latest book Gun Island, the role of fiction, and the threats against the...

14 July 2019 2:20 AM IST

Organised by former American Womens Soccer team captain and two-time Olympic gold medalist Julie Foudys Sports Leadership Academy (JFSLA), the event intends to bring marginal girls to the forefront and teach them leadership qualities through football.

Reaching for the stars

The girls were given social projects to lead individually in their community, in which they achieved satisfying...

14 July 2019 1:45 AM IST

The helpless girls and women are often drawn into the sex trade from across the borders, from places like Nepal and Bangladesh, and also from impoverished states in India.

Women's warrior

Mumbai-based Triveni Acharya has been fighting against sex trafficking for over 26 yrs, and has rescued over 5000 young...

10 July 2019 12:56 AM IST

The artist was in the city during the opening days of his ongoing painting exhibition titled Inner Resonance a return to sama: Six decades of cyclical rhythm, at National Gallery of Modern Art, NGMA.

Introspecting lives

After a successful second iteration at three venues in Chennai this year, the retrospective is now at NGMA.

6 July 2019 7:36 AM IST

Talking about the art form, which is relatively new to India, Pratik explains that perceptual art only includes an installation with hanging objects, but it exists all around too.

An art of perspective

Mumbai-based Pratik Mehta, one of the few artists pursuing Perceptual Art, redefines creativity offering visual...

3 July 2019 12:58 AM IST

Have no regrets for being in jail: Shahidul Alam

In a candid conversation, acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer talks about his revolutionary journey, nuances of power...

2 July 2019 6:34 AM IST

The group who takes inspiration from Gandhi, includes his philosophy and their everyday struggles in their music.

An Adivasi's ode to Mahatma Gandhi

The songs performed by this tribal community draw commonalities between the wisdom of the Adivasi and the quest of...

2 July 2019 4:08 AM IST

Wedding waste is not restricted to food and flowers.

Towards waste-free weddings

While there are no concrete statistics on how much of reusable waste wedding ceremonies generate, there are some who are...

2 July 2019 12:00 AM IST