Saturday, 30 March 2013

T-a-l-K A-b-o-u-T D-a-n-c-E S-t-y-l-e-S

KUCHIPUDI for the element of Earth         ODISSI for the element of Water               MOHINIATTAM for the element of Air                     BHARATANATYAM for the element of Fire, and               ...

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Spare the rod, spare the child

Since childhood, I've always been compared to my cousin who used to score above 90% in exams. Every time results were declared, it would be the most embarrassing day for me as I would score only 60%. It would inevitably lead to comparisons by mom and she would start supervising my study hours. Otherwise, I would receive a big blow with a scale or be embarrassed with her prickly...

Move over swanky pubs, super sleepovers are here

The happening pubs of the city have a competition. No, not from a new pub being added to the list, but from the new trend that’s gaining popularity among collegians – sleepover parties! “It’s cool, affordable and a lot of fun,” says Sulochana C of Andhra Mahila Sabha College for Women. What at one point was a thing of the western culture is now a hip trend in Hyderabad. College students instead of hitting a dance floor at a disco shake a leg...

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Her Father's Daughter

Aparajita Sinha is a cultural activist whose work ranges from organizing annual classical arts festivals to making shorts films which were telecast on television (DD national) and Britain's Channel. She runs the popular Hyderabad film club Moving Images. Aparajita's father, the late Bimal Roy, was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, who made such classics as Bandini, Sujata and Do Bigha Zamin. Her mother Manobina Roy was one of the earliest...

Sunday, 17 March 2013

How Safe is Safe

February 21st, 2013 rocked the city of the nawabs with the twin blasts that took place in dilsukhnagar. This blast has broken the peace and harmony the citizens were living in and caused a sense of fear in their minds. An alarming high alert was activated in the state capital and the police are carrying out checking and frisking operations.  With the security of the city in question everybody is expecting that a strong safety order will...

FAKE OR REAL..

FAKE OR REAL???                             A WORLD OF DECEPTION AND DEMAND. Hey! You know my friend wore the same dress in her wedding, which Katrina Kaif had worn in a recent award show. And one of my Uncles has the same pair of glasses that Salman Khan had worn in “Dabaang”. But where do we find such products?? We...

Saturday, 16 March 2013

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

Though the Delhi gang rape on 16th December shook the nation and forced the government to act, though the victim was awarded for her courage by the Indian and the US governments and the government established the Nirbhaya Fund, it still seems that our law has not fully taken its due course when it comes to dealing with minors and juvenile crimes. The J S Verma Committee led to changes in laws and death penalty in case of rape. According to Minister...

Vow to a Women

Vow to a Women Vow to a Women Women an unexplained phenomenon. Millions of proverbs, fights, debates has always centered her and yet men are helpless in understanding her. In times women has always  proven their skills and talents being amazing warriors, teachers, astronauts, writers and simple mothers. To a wane women has never been given such importance or equality in the society. Women never wished to be such delicate and fragile as barbies,...

Monday, 11 March 2013

Life like robot

Rex, the world’s first bionic man was unveiled recently in London's Science Museum. Nearly $1 million-worth of state-of-the-art limbs and organs synthetic blood from Sheffield University, prosthetic legs and ankle from MIT, retinas from Oxford University, artificial kidneys, pancreas and spleens from University College London and artificial lungs from Swansea were used for his creation. Before knowing more about him, let’s get the definition of a bionic man. A bionic man is a robot who has anatomical structures and physiological processes that...

Sunday, 10 March 2013

TIPPING THE GENDER BALANCE

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