If we talk about a gentleman, even tramps can’t do without them.  It also reminds us Charlie Chaplin’s larger than life-size shoes or Raj Kapoor’s – Mera Joota Hai Japani…  It is not understood as to how the writer of the song took a fancy to the Japanese shoe when its Chinese counterpart is better known like the various other …

People are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of donating their bodies to science and medicine after their deaths. An elderly couple from an orthodox family signed to forego their last rites. A teenager celebrated her birthday in the anatomy department of a medical college. A woman felt a stab every time she passed by a particular city hospital until her …

Running a business is tough. There are some conditions which make it easier but the overall conditions remain tough. A high-pressure work environment is often seen to be the trend of most business corporations. However, there are some corporations where the leaders go a step beyond the usual and make their mark on their teams. Such efforts make these leaders …

Raipur, which currently ranks as the 129th cleanest city in India, hopes to be among the top 10 cleanest cities this year. And the city is making efforts to make that hope a reality. We have seen film festivals, lit fest, music fest, food fest, and comic-cons but Raipur city has come up with an innovative idea, a Kachra Mahotsav or …

Our body works with various systems working together in a great complexity. One of those systems is the endocrine system which regulates the working of the various hormones in the body. There are various hormones which regulate many functions in the body. One of the most commonly known hormones is thyroxine which regulates the functioning of the thyroid gland. There …

Anything that is strong needs a basic framework to stand upon. That basic framework could either work like the foundation of a building or like the skeleton in our body. What is interesting about the skeleton in our body is that even though we build up our bones till almost the age of 30, there is always more addition of …

While many people strive to achieve a great percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT), there are some with an exceptional ability to crack the test in their first attempt. People spend years preparing to get a good percentile in CAT. Chhavi Gupta is a 24-year-old girl who surprised everyone by not only cracking the test in her first attempt …

We all have busy lives and more often than not, we lose focus of what is important and what is not. We start to get frustrated and exhaust ourselves into doing multiple things all at the same time. We fail and try to do many things and look busy trying to do nothing. We invest ourselves into doing many things …

Global warming is very real. It does not matter how much the world leaders may ignore the problem, global warming is causing climate change. Prolonged heat-wave conditions, in other words, a summer lasting up to eight months, could be the new norm by the 2070s for the Gangetic plains, if greenhouse-gas emissions are not cut to limit the global temperature …

Daniel Marcus Macwan is a 43-year-old DJ-turned-conversationalist who shifted from Mumbai to Manipur’s  Tamenglong town three years ago with his wife Galina Newme. A usual day in Daniel Marcus Macwan’s life often involves negotiating with poachers to buy endangered animals. Once the deal is sealed, and the sale finalized, Macwan takes these animals to his house, not to sell them to …