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Schools build our foundation for life through a variety of subjects. However, when it comes to recollecting those things taught to us,don’t we remember our experiences of student life more than what we learnt in our textbooks?The memory of seeing an inverted image using curved lenses or that of phenolphthalein turn pink  is more profound

Here is the concluding part of the Jagriti Yatra 2011 series. Even as I write about the last few days of the Yatra, I am overwhelmed with emotions. It was such an enriching experience that I would say all of us should embark on this journey at least once in a lifetime. The train reaches

In the previous part, I took you through the first 5 days of Jagriti Yatra 2011. Here I unravel the next 5 days of the beautiful journey through our interesting country. The next stoppage of the train is on 29th December at Kanchipuram.  The founder of Travel Another India (TAI), Ms. Gouthami, an IRMA alumnus

“I am really sorry to inform you friend but I think Goa will not be possible in december” a friend broke this news over mail. Despondency  set in me as my holiday plans had been foiled. Of course I cannot blame people because after college, friends had also become professionals with familial responsibilities. I was

I purchased Anupam Kher’s book, The Best Thing About You Is You, from Crossword today. When I went to the bookstore, I came to know that an interactive session with Anupam Kher was scheduled for the evening. Now, what happens with celebrities is that they are seen mainly on the big or small screens. You

The aspiration to start something on our own, present our own work in our own style and take up full-fledged photography and film-making projects has always been on our cards and hence comes Ethereal Colours, and along with it a dream to capture beautiful images, write about nerve-tingling travel adventures and make thought provoking and

Last week, in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, was dedicated to the aspiring theatre people. It was the English Literature department festival, Ithaka. St. Xavier’s college is well known for the various cultural and extracurricular activities that it offers to its students for their overall development. The festivals like Ithaka have been the differentiating factor between

Today evening sitting by a lake I felt a cold breeze passing by, it reminded me of a small incident last winter, just thought of penning it down. It was November of 2010 and winter here in Seoni a small town in southern Madhya Pradesh was fairly demonstrating its presence. I was disappointed with the

Having a mofussil background, I was acquainted with living in big houses surrounded with large and bountiful gardens. Such was the case that we had the luxury of having a separate vegetable garden in a country where the metropolitan elite struggle to have a gust of fresh air every morning in there cramped ‘ N

  So whoever said “Faith can move mountains” should have reconsidered saying “Mountains can move faith” I remember so many instances when I would just wait, see and breathe the sight in front of me..dont keep clicking pictures.. At times just let it go and just stand there to see the mystic and overwhelming Himalayas..Let