Neglected paintings by Sobha Singh to be restored
Shimla: Portraits of late Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam, Guru Teg Bahadur, and Lord Krishna made by celebrated artist Sobha Singh have been withering away in a Himachal Pradesh gallery. But it has caught the attention of international experts who are coming to the Sobha Singh Museum in Andretta village near Palampur in Kangra Valley later this month to More...
A world of difference
Global Pathways makes quality education affordable for children from underprivileged families Sri Ram is a good boy, says his mother Anjugam. “This morning, I was in tears after an argument with my husband. More...
Fashion comebacks
2011 was the year of comebacks with a dozen different eras pushing themselves through the fashion gate, but the period that came with the loudest bang was the peek-a-boo 1970s! What is fashion? Detractors might More...
Something queer in the air
The local movement has grown from the timid bud of the first-ever gay rights seminar in the early 1990s to the radiant morning glory of the annual Pride March I’ve got queer stuff coming out of my ears as More...
Universe unveiled!
High school students have a lot to know about the universe, not only from the days of the “Big Bang”, but also the latest discoveries in space science and research. The Regional Science Centre in Tirupati, administered More...
Keep an eye on your child
Developing cataract, going in for surgery, wearing incongruous dark glasses, following an hourly eye-drop routine… one instantly associates these with grey hair, wrinkled skin and everything else that’s More...
Haute DESIGNS
Sakhi Thomas loves the casual look and is “most comfortable” in her favourite pair of jeans and long-sleeve kurtas, most of which she herself fashions out of scraps of cloth. In fact, she meets at the door dressed More...
Hunting for solutions
American philosopher John Zerzan, who is on a talking tour of India, says be connected and carefree like cavemen “Why don’t you live in a cave?” John Zerzan was told when he dialogued with a group of More...
City3Sixty: Buy, Buy Madurai!
Our two-wheeler protests as we try to catch up an old couple walking barely 200 metres ahead. They are distinctly visible in a stream of people and vehicles because of the huge steel vessel they are holding high More...
Mona Lisa copy goes on show in Prado
A copy of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, believed to have been painted at the same time as the original, has gone on display at Madrid’s Prado museum. The work, which has just been fully restored, is More...
