It was only the second time that the Children’s Car Rally was being held in Chennai and the 2018 edition of this rally was a roaring success. Organised by iSpark Holistic Happiness Studio in association with the Madras Motor Sports Club, the Children’s Car Rally was held on Sunday, November 18, ...
Indian tourists are increasingly looking at Switzerland as a travel destination because of the plethora of options it offers to travellers. Switzerland Tourism has showcased its multiple offerings in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and Delhi through its recently-concluded annual roadshow that saw the partici...
Rabindra Sarobar, a sprawling 75 acre water body at the heart of south Kolkata is the source of fresh air for hundreds of morning walkers. It is also a shelter for thousands of migratory birds in winter. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is the custodian of this beautiful lake and the e...
The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), 2018 was organised in the city between November 10 and 17, 2018. The state government promoted the KIFF as one of their premier flagship events. The festival screened 170 films from 70 countries including India. The Vietnamese film‘The Third Wif...
Recently, I had an opportunity to visit the Philippines as an invited faculty for a hernia workshop. The opportunity resulted when one of our trainees - Dr Domingo Sampang- a talented and kind-hearted surgeon who spent a couple of weeks at our centre, recommended my name to Dr. Alfred Allen Beunafe ...
Prasenjit K. Basu’s recent book Asia Reborn: A Continent Rises from the Ravages of Colonialism and War to a New Dynamism has been causing ripples in academic circles for its razor sharp analysis. The book is being heralded as the first Asian economic and political history narrated by an Asian and ...
How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu impacted all the luminaries of India Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 – 1534) can be termed as the torch-bearer for the later nationalist movement in India.The non-cooperation movement of Mahatma Gandhi was earlier practiced by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu against Muslim rulers who...
Technical breakthroughs have given differently-abled people access to a better quality of life. The Indian market is witnessing a number of Assistive Technical (AT) gadgets, which are specifically designed for people with disabilities. With the help of these gadgets, they can find better ways ...
Clothing boutiques were traditionally targeted at the women’s wear segment. Not anymore. Menswear has made inroads in the boutique industry and according to industry sources, it commands around 41% of the market. The overall market size of menswear market in India is around Rs. 124423 crore ($19 b...
Today we are living in a topsy-turvy world. We are not sure what role one is supposed to play. We see the French President awarding citizenship to a refugee youth who dares to save a child who slips and hangs precariously from a four storeyed building. On the other hand, we see the US President orde...