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Snaking around

13 July 2014 7:12 AM IST
Nag Panchami is a festival dedicated to the worship of snakes and serpent deities. It is observed across the country and Nepal on the fifth day of the...

Of hills and history

13 July 2014 6:48 AM IST
Hill stations have always been classic summer getaway options to escape being fried like the proverbial egg and get baked in the scorching sun. A...

Chinese checkers

13 July 2014 6:42 AM IST
Chinese troops intruding deep inside Indian territory is nothing new. Very recently on 13 June, the Red Army had intruded deep inside Uttarakhand and...

Give me my lake

13 July 2014 6:40 AM IST
How urbanisation devastated the ecological balance of Delhi is reflected in decreasing number of water bodies in the national capital, which besides...

Dakshiyana

13 July 2014 6:31 AM IST
A wounded Bhishma Pitamah lay in pain on his bed of arrows though he was protected with ikchamrityu, the blessing to choose one’s hour of death. The...

Teach me another day

8 July 2014 4:02 AM IST
Guru Purnima is national wide festival which is dedicated towards the guru in this world. Guru word is used for the teacher who teaches anything to a...

Teach me another day

7 July 2014 2:59 AM IST
Guru Purnima is national wide festival which is dedicated towards the guru in this world. Guru word is used for the teacher who teaches anything to a...

Love in the Backwaters

7 July 2014 2:16 AM IST
On one of my annual vacations, I happened to visit Kerala, the southern state of India filled with excitement and serenity. And I must confess that it...

Losing momentum

7 July 2014 2:11 AM IST
Development in Delhi has been put to sleep as infrastructure projects worth a whopping Rs 5,000 crore have lost momentum for want of an elected...

Chariots of the Gods

30 Jun 2014 2:51 AM IST
As per mythological believes, every god and goddess existing on the Earth have their own vehicles (vahana) to move around. The vahana of Lord Vishnu...

An Arabian Summer Sonnet

30 Jun 2014 2:10 AM IST
An Arabian summer is not ideal for a vacation. It lends to visuals of trudging through red sand dunes and empty roads, dragging luggage, sweat...

Back in vogue

30 Jun 2014 2:03 AM IST
A couple of weeks ago, on television there was dramatic footage of Sikhs rushing out of their holiest shrine, brandishing swords against each other in...
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