Army Turns Desert into Oasis
ASHOK B SHARMAThe impounding silence of the valley was broken by the sounds of drums and trumpets with joyous chats of people as Leh woke up on the country’s Independence…
Raigad Fort
Vinit Wahi Just 32 kilometres from Pune in Sahyadri mountain range at the height of 820 meters from sea level lies the Raigad Fort which was built by Chandra Rao…
The Tiniest Hill Station
VINIT WAHIJust 110 km. from Mumbai is located the tiniest hill station of India – Matheran. Its beauty is so enchanting that one can actually feel lost in the mountains…
Dancing to the Jayadev tone
By ASHOK KUMAR Passion most often gets the better of us. But only those who chase their passions assiduously or eloquently get to the place they want to be in…
South Indian films sweep up National Awards
NEW DELHI: (AMN) Malayalam film, Adaminte Makan has won the best feature film award for the year 2010 while Veterinarian director of a Tamil film Aadukalam has been chosen as…
Mother Teresa of Andman, Nicobar
RITU SHARMAWhen Shanti Teresa Lakra, a Catholic nurse, was posted to a dwindling tribe living in a forest on a small island in the Andaman and Nicobar chain, little did…
Protect Critically Endangered Animals
C K NAYAK The North Eastern region with maximum area of forest cover, national parks and sanctuaries but has also many critically endangered species including the “Shillong Buggle-nest frog”, once…
New Dawn, New Beginning
By Asif Anwar Alig / Bunch of ideas translate into towering initiatives which Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) proliferates throughout with number of initiations. Educational boom already witnesses in this…
MISSING COMEDY
BY T N ASHOK / Historically comedy has been the piece de resistance of Indian films, whether from the south or the north. For almost five decades of the more…