Sunanda Mehta is the Resident Editor of Indian Express Pune. She is also an author with two books to her credit. Her twitter handles are @sunandamehta and @ExpressPune

September 29, 1998 00:00 IST
So you thought everything that could be said about the black deeds within the White House had been said? Not quite. Looking at the unholy...
Tue, Sep 29, 1998
September 04, 1998 00:00 IST
If the Pimpri-Chinchwad Festival began on a colourful note this year with the shobhayatra, Sonu Nigam's mind-blowing performance on Septe...
Fri, Sep 04, 1998
August 30, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, Aug 29: Ramakrishna Hegde attempting a Lambada? Suresh Kalmadi boogeying to Dhol Bajne Laga? Ram Jethmalani dancing -- yes, dancing...
Sun, Aug 30, 1998
August 05, 1998 00:00 IST
A vast lotus pond with the flowers in various stages of bloom. An ugly heap of garbage strewn on the ground. Soft music plays in the back...
Wed, Aug 05, 1998
August 04, 1998 00:00 IST
Rub a dub dub, three women `n' a pub. And if the women happen to be Mehroo Irani, Zinia Lawyer and Bakhtawar Chenoy, you can bet they are...
Tue, Aug 04, 1998
July 24, 1998 00:00 IST
Life begins at 40. About 40 kilometers away from the city that is.Time was when harried Mumbaities would rush to the green and clean envi...
Fri, Jul 24, 1998
July 22, 1998 00:00 IST
Miles and miles of roads without a single pothole. A gigantic fountain that actually works and does not spill water on the passersby. Law...
Wed, Jul 22, 1998
July 20, 1998 00:00 IST
Sitting in his pokey six- by-two-and-a-half-feet shop, situated on the side of the staircase leading to the basement of Wonderland on M G...
Mon, Jul 20, 1998
July 17, 1998 00:00 IST
As an ENT specialist, Dr Neelam Vaid has seen many unusual cases in and out of her clinic. Most of them, however, centre around the unwel...
Fri, Jul 17, 1998
July 10, 1998 00:00 IST
Impeccably dressed with her hair rolled into a neat bun and her face glowing, Francine Astani states that it is her firm belief that music i...
Fri, Jul 10, 1998
July 03, 1998 00:00 IST
It's really quite unfair-these streams of protests that have been pouring in from the defence services regarding `Major Saab' and all the br...
Fri, Jul 03, 1998
June 30, 1998 00:00 IST
Despite her down-to-earth nature, there is an almost ethereal quality about her. With her gamine charm, the warm and charismatic Shernaz Pat...
Tue, Jun 30, 1998
June 26, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, June 25: This incident occurred about eight years ago, but the case is still clearly etched in my memory, simply because it has been t...
Fri, Jun 26, 1998
June 25, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, June 24: It was the longest night Ansari Siraj Hussain ever experienced - and definitely the most traumatic too. As the 27-year-old tr...
Thu, Jun 25, 1998
June 22, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, June 21: When Dr V S Patil, MS, tells you that he is obsessed with hands, you do not consider it a very unusual affinity, considering ...
Mon, Jun 22, 1998
June 20, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, June 19: Everything about him is propah British. The deep voice, the heavy accent, the wry sense of humour and, of course, the typical...
Sat, Jun 20, 1998
June 05, 1998 00:00 IST
UPA battle to revive river Mula and clear it of the vast cover of hyacinth was waged by the combined forces of CME, BEG and KCB. The hyacint...
Fri, Jun 05, 1998
June 03, 1998 00:00 IST
Naval Pestonjee, mechanical engineer turned botanical expert Twenty two years is a long enough period to make one used to a certain kind of ...
Wed, Jun 03, 1998
May 30, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, May 29: ``Last but certainly not the least, we have contestant number 21...'' declared the vivacious compere Rakshanda Khan at the Mr ...
Sat, May 30, 1998
May 30, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, May 29: Take 5 has gone where few pizza and burger joints have dared to go - in the Deccan area. It is located on Ghole road just befo...
Sat, May 30, 1998
May 26, 1998 00:00 IST
PUNE, May 25: The stone his hand caresses is no diamond or even a ruby. It is a modest agate. Yet Captain (retd) P S Chandiok would not trad...
Tue, May 26, 1998
May 21, 1998 00:00 IST
Who is the pedestrian? He is the man on the road-literally and figuratively.The common man who depends on his two legs as the main mode of t...
Thu, May 21, 1998
May 20, 1998 00:00 IST
The hall reverberated with the very catchy beat of Shweta Shetty's Ore Ore and the 13-year-old who was vigorously gyrating to the beats coul...
Wed, May 20, 1998
May 07, 1998 00:00 IST
What are your predominant feelings as you bid adieu to Pune after an eventful three years?``These three years have been full of activity. Th...
Thu, May 07, 1998
May 04, 1998 00:00 IST
Etching out her own work space with a difference is acclaimed artist Sujata Dharap, daughter of the well-known art master Bal Wad. With her ...
Mon, May 04, 1998




