Melbourne March 2017

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Washington Adolf Hitler’s personal phone, recovered from the Fuhrer bunker in Berlin after the fall of the Nazi regime, sold at an auction in the US for $243,000, a media report said. The Alexander Historical Auctions house sold the device to an anonymous highest bidder in Maryland. The phone was kept in a briefcase in […]

By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata “I sometimes feel that the world is certainly not a better place.” To hear renowned author Ruskin Bond — who helps transport children to a surreal world in the lap of nature — say this is painful. Growing conflict, violence, environmental degradation — all these worry the 82-year-old popular writer. “I […]

By Nivedita New Delhi Eminent musician Pandit Jasraj says he finds the audience composition at classical music concerts astonishing — and he feels heartened that the country’s youth is willing to take the legacy of such music forward. “There is a large audience that has an interest in classical music and attends concerts… What’s astonishing […]

By Shahnaz Husain Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated at a time when nature renews and refreshes herself. With a little care, we can do the same and also sustain our youth and beauty. The dry “Gulal” and the wet colours of today are not derived from natural sources. They contain chemicals, shiny particles […]