
March 06, 2011 14:02 IST
Bob Christo talks about his life,which is just a few scenes short of a Bollywood movie,and his soon-to-be-released autobiography.
Sun, Mar 06, 2011
February 27, 2011 19:55 IST
This new gadget is swiftly changing the way we consume content,experience entertainment and interact with our personal devices.
Sun, Feb 27, 2011
February 20, 2011 19:33 IST
Invent a piece of furniture. Grow methi in your backyard. Give your bike a coat of paint. The urban Indian is discovering the satisfaction of do-it-yourself.
Sun, Feb 20, 2011
February 06, 2011 15:24 IST
Todays storytellers are not just rewriting old stories. They are using new means 3D,video conferencing and tour expeditions to tell them.
Sun, Feb 06, 2011January 30, 2011 23:26 IST
Thanks to the wide ramp that curves up to the glass facade of the Yahoo!
Sun, Jan 30, 2011
January 23, 2011 19:51 IST
The pleasures of a long chat or the ping-pong of instant messaging? talking about conversations,and how they have changed in an age of distraction.
Sun, Jan 23, 2011December 23, 2010 00:49 IST
Nagaraju Gowda was unable to handle mounting debt burden.
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
December 19, 2010 15:03 IST
The cake was never part of our culinary DNA,but it has shed a few ingredients,gained a few and become a dessert worthy of our much-indulged sweet tooth. How the cake became Indian.
Sun, Dec 19, 2010December 14, 2010 03:04 IST
14-year-old social media whiz Vishal Sanjay is also writing an e-book on how to best exploit the Internet
Tue, Dec 14, 2010December 06, 2010 01:22 IST
Sujith Kuttan looks every bit the diffident teen,trailing behind his mother.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010
December 05, 2010 18:06 IST
The village of Jansale near Mangalore has a hero: Ashwini Akkunji,the double-gold winner at the Asian Games. It was here,while herding the familys cows and scrambling through the paddy fields,that she discovered the joy of running. Her father recalls how she outpaced boys her age. Her sister talks about a cool and composed girl and her Olympic goal. Run,run has now become the refrain of the place.
Sun, Dec 05, 2010
November 28, 2010 15:28 IST
The humble playthings of another childhood pitthoo,pagade and gilli danda are being reinvented as eco-friendly toys,rare pieces of craftsmanship and even iPhone apps.
Sun, Nov 28, 2010
November 28, 2010 03:06 IST
Eager to effect change at the grassroots level,a handful of young people have left their corporate jobs to work with the government,lending their Ivy League degrees and corporate smarts to policy making.
Sun, Nov 28, 2010
November 21, 2010 17:59 IST
They revel in an old-world gentility and a camaraderie of a privileged few. What is so appealing about elite,exclusive clubs? Why is an upwardly mobile India with plenty of avenues for recreation interested in these select institutions? The old clubs and the new elite are adapting to each other.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010
November 07, 2010 13:28 IST
A growing number of blue-chip professionals are turning from motherboard to mother earth. For some,farming is a way out of the IT race,and for others,an idyll that will last a lifetime.
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
October 17, 2010 13:44 IST
The tiny community of enthusiasts behind Indian-language Wikipedias has a passion for native tongues and an eye on the future.
Sun, Oct 17, 2010
October 03, 2010 21:53 IST
While you toggle between six internet windows,a small group of geeks is going offline to reclaim life outside the Web.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010October 03, 2010 01:42 IST
In 2008,when Karteek Addanki,a student at BITS-Pilani and now a researcher at the Human Language Technology Center of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010September 20, 2010 02:36 IST
A seven-inch 3G Internet device that is set to hit the Indian market may be one of the most user-friendly convergence devices in the world.
Mon, Sep 20, 2010September 10, 2010 11:35 IST
Sheela Abdul has picked a satiny abaya with rhinestone-studded sleeves.
Fri, Sep 10, 2010August 16, 2010 02:49 IST
Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu designs robots that do chores by day,get better every night.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010August 15, 2010 23:56 IST
Rajan Rai is away from home six months a year,cementing the bricks of his future. Like his father before him,he was a farmer...
Sun, Aug 15, 2010August 15, 2010 23:51 IST
A low-cost infant warmer bag has become an alternative to incubators,reaching the poorest regions of the world
Sun, Aug 15, 2010August 08, 2010 03:19 IST
While a city school fears poor children will be detrimental to classmates,another starts an IB school for BPL kids,Indias first...
Sun, Aug 08, 2010
August 01, 2010 17:00 IST
You still have to wind up your gig before midnight. But after a four-year lull,the music scene in Bangalore is picking up
Sun, Aug 01, 2010




