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Monday, June 17, 2013
The scanty rainfall over the last three years which culminated in the serious drought this year, has forced everyone to look heavenwards. Until recently only at the fag end of the summer would farmers anxiously gaze at the skies to scout for rain bearing clouds. It was this aspect of rural life that turned the attention of Dr. G Pandithurai (48), a Phd in aerosol studies, to dig deeper into why the clouds hovering above us behave the way they do during the monsoon season. Having done research at the University of Maryland, USA, and in Japan, Dr. Pandithurai is Scientist D at the Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Mahabaleshwar where he has been for the past two decades. In conversation with Prashant Hamine ...
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Monday, June 03, 2013
MASTECTOMY is the medical term for the surgical removal of the breasts and is resorted to only when considered to be medically necessary. ...
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Mohan Gurnani, a 65-year-old sugar trader, has created history of sorts by spearheading an agitation of traders which lasted around one month and forced the state government to rethink its decision to impose a local body tax (LBT), replacing the much-hated octroi which has given truckers entering Mumbai much cause for heartburn for decades....
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Monday, May 20, 2013
OUT in a political wilderness of sorts, it is still not easy to get an interview with Kripashankar Singh, former Mumbai Congress party president and still MLA from Kalina. Indicted on allegations of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income, life has been a roller-coaster ride as the courts deal with accusations....
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Whether it is directly or indirectly, notwithstanding the popular perception of the underworld being a separate planet, the common man is often the biggest sufferer in gang warfare and operations. In an era where the politico-police-criminal nexus has become a familiar part of society, where practically everyone, from real estate developers to small-time retailers, violates the law for their own selfish gains, it is the ordinary man who eventually pays the price. Neel Shah interacts with one such – Shailesh Jagannath Shetty, a small-time Mumbai hotelier who is waging a brave battle against big-shot builders and land encroachers in the city....
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Monday, May 06, 2013
“The worst thing a person can do is take themselves seriously,” said funny man and educator Lenny Ravich to Dhriti Menon, at a recent meeting in Mumbai...
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Much in the manner of a barn door that is shut after the horse has bolted, the Thane civic body (TMC) is at present going hammer and tongs against illegal buildings, after the death of 75 innocent people in the infamous Lucky Compound building collapse in Mumbra on the Central Railway line....
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Monday, March 11, 2013
When photographer, script writer and indie film maker Sooni Taraporevala came out with the first edition of Parsis, a veritable tome of her photographs show-casing the ordinary life of this minuscule community back in 2000, even she was surprised at the ease with which copies flew off the shelves....
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Friday, March 08, 2013
International Women’s Day is about honouring the strength and courage of a woman who struggles hard to make her mark and live her life the way she wants to, in a male-dominated society....
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Monday, February 25, 2013
In a career spanning 18 years, the Additional Metropolitan Commissioner of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Ashwini Bhide, 43, is handling two of the most prestigious infrastructure projects – the Mono and Metro Rail, intended to transform the way Mumbaikars will travel in the near future. ...
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Friday, February 22, 2013
‘Nothing is impossible if you have the aim in life to do it.’ This statement has inspired Ferdinand J. Rodricks to reach out and help those who can’t help themselves. Verus Ferreira catches up with this extraordinary man....
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Cancer survivor Poonam Bagai tells Priyal Dave about the ‘carpe diem’ spirit of children suffering from cancer and why good health and education should not be denied even if they do not survive the ailment. That’s why the headline of this story is so apt....
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Monday, February 11, 2013
In a long conversation, Dr. Om Prakash Kapoor, known in the medical field for his marathon honorary teaching for 59 years, tells Priyal Dave about ‘corporate hospitals’ and ‘medical astrology’ that ails the field of medicine now...
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Monday, February 04, 2013
There are interviews, and then there are interviews.
It is not often that we get to hear a non-Indian who looks at our potholes, our corruption and our bad infrastructure in India and actually feels that this does not matter; mostly! ...
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Rapper-debater-social entrepreneur-Abhaey Singh is in the throes of a conviction, that we can leave our brawling, riotous days behind and actually use words and arguments to decide issues of national importance. He speaks to Carol Andrade...
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Monday, January 21, 2013
The introduction of satellite communication in the last few decades has allowed for the copious beaming of entertainment, with movies released in the US being made available for simultaneous viewing in rural India, where necessities like medicines or ambulances probably cannot reach. ...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
At first he was a persistent litigant. Then he turned into an unusual commuter with his hand constantly out. Yet one cannot ignore him. Priyal Dave finally catches up with Sandeep Desai, who rides the locals collecting money for the education of poor children....
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Monday, December 24, 2012
Ameen Sayani, India’s iconic broadcaster who has lent his classic, dulcet voice to more than 58,000 radio programmes and 20,000 audio commercials in a career spanning over 61 years continues to enthrall listeners unabated with a voice that defies the onslaught of age and time. Shortly after his eightieth birthday on December 21, Mr. Sayani in a tête-à-tête with Dr. Ishrat Ali Lalljee, shared incidents and experiences about his initiation, evolution and enduring innings in the world of voice and radio....
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Monday, December 17, 2012
NESTLED in a quiet neighbourhood in Kurla, away from the hustle and bustle of constant traffic, sits the distinguished and well-spoken Dr. Madhav Chavan in a quaint little bungalow, the Pratham office, where he is busy discussing funds and figures with his team....
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Monday, December 10, 2012
For almost a quarter of a century, widower Padam Chandra Singhi has fought a lonely legal battle to bring to book one of the top oncologists in the country whom he held responsible for medical negligence in the treatment of his wife who was suffering from cancer. He talks to Shwetha Kannan about his battle. ...
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