Restaurant chefs do not suffer from the Monday blues that other employees suffer from every week. In fact, they actually look forward to Mondays, said a chef at the Chap Chay restaurant at The Raintree on St. Mary’s Road, a star hotel here, while showcasing its new menu. “It has been quite some time since […]
A fashion designer in an export house, Neelam Taragi, was one day reading an article about the plight of the girl child and was so moved that she wanted to contribute to her cause. But, as a busy designer, she had no idea which NGO to trust with her money. UK-based businessman Kewal Kishen Bhardwaj, […]
spiritual and devotional path of Sufi music has enchanted humankind for centuries but nowadays the genre is hogged by people who don’t know or understand Sufism at all, says Piyarelal Wadali of the famed Wadali Brothers. “The songs performed in films are not Sufi. Nobody sings Sufi music in films,” the veteran singer told IANS […]
Integrating education with industry, a set of schools, run out of old freight-carrying containers, are ready to be launched to provide students with job skills. Here they would be taught as well as trained on various aspects of their work free of cost. Conceptualised by Safeducate, (a concern of Safexpress – a logistic services provider […]
A few months ago, a cheque of Rs. 75,000 issued to a Mumbai businessman was repeatedly being returned and he instructed his lawyers to file a case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1882. But the businessman, J.P. Vaghani, a partner of J.P. Electronics, a giant consumer electronics distributor in north Mumbai, was aghast at the […]
Adjacent to the PVR Anupam miltiplex in south Delhi’s Saket neighbourhood stands a tin shack on wooden slabs and decorated with a few torn rugs. In and around this shanty, stray dogs can be seen walking around like disciples of a holy saint. The shanty belongs to Pratima Devi, who looks older than her 61 […]
Huma Nassr, widely known as the first Pakistani entrepreneur in India, is set to launch a ‘Shaan-e-Pakistan’ event at the country’s high commission here where fashion designers from the two countries will share the stage in a cross-border cultural exchange rising above starchy political and official ties between the two countries. “Designers from India and […]
Asserting that the world was keen to know about Indian heritage, including yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked IT professionals to undertake “online activity” giving more information on the ancient practice. “The world is keen to know more about India and our traditions and culture, our values. We should distribute our knowledge across […]
Planning Minister Rob Stokes today called on Sydneysiders to start a discussion on Sydney’s future. People are encouraged to post photos on social media under the hashtag #MySydney, showing what they love most about Sydney and the great aspects of living in their neighbourhood. “We want to make this the biggest social media […]
Suspended Indian female boxer L. Sarita Devi on Saturday said she has moved on from the demoralising one-year ban that was imposed on her and says she is training hard to come back strong and win more medals for the country. Sarita was banned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) last year in December after […]