Major landmarks in British capital London were illuminated in the colours of the French flag Sunday, in a show of solidarity with France, where terrorist attacks last week killed 17 people.


France attacks: London landmarks lit in French colours


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Rajan Iqbal, a bookseller at the New Delhi Railway Station, vividly remembers "those days" when Hindi pulp fiction books were his stall's bestsellers. Today, he struggles to sell even a single copy in a day and blames the internet for "killing the reading habit and diminishing the business of pocket books".


Digital era spelling doom for Hindi pulp-fiction books (Feature)


Be it on expensive TV commercials, internet space, popular social networking sites, posters, other  audio-video mediums or his followers dressed in colourful MSG attire moving  around in malls - he is all over.


A sect leader unveils his filmstar avatar


From international icons to national DJs, the message at the second day, Sunday, of the ongoing Vh1 Supersonic 2014 was clear -- as loud as it gets in terms of music and spirits is well.


Loud music, louder spirits rock Vh1 Supersonic 2014


Music has a quality to unite people, be it spiritual, rock or electronic dance music (EDM), and this notion was evident on the first day of Vh1 Supersonic 2014 on the shores of Candolim beach here Saturday.


Vh1 Supersonic 2014 starts with high musical pitch


In downtown Worli, it is common to hear the strange greeting of 'Assalamu-Alaykum, Guruji' whenever an 80-year-old Muslim man steps out of his modest home.He is none other than renowned Sanskrit scholar Pandit Gulam Dastagir, who over six decades has impressed the Shankaracharyas, late prime minister Indira Gandhi, RSS leaders and Islamic scholars, all with equal elan.


A Muslim scholar with a passion for Sanskrit (Feature) 


Paris, Dec 20 (IANS/EFE) The Chauvet cave in southern France will soon be welcoming visitors eager to examine drawings on the cave's walls that date back to prehistoric times and are considered the oldest in the world, comparable only to art rock drawings in the magnificent caves of Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain.


French cave of Chauvet reveals prehistoric rock art


Unable to find a course of his choice at Delhi University, Ankit Khullar, 27, decided to pursue his graduation from the US. Armed with a degree in finance, he returned to India for his masters. But after "two wasteful years", he returned to the US for further studies.


Better environment, quality teaching lures Indian students to foreign varsities (Education Feature)


It was a usual evening of prayers made unusual and special for devotees at the Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the holy Ganges here when Bhojpuri star Manoj Tiwari along with the cast members of forthcoming TV show "Mahakumbh - Ek Rahasya, Ek Kahani" took to stage and made the right noises about channel Life OK's new offering.


'Mahakumbh' fever grips Varanasi crowd


New York, Dec 9 (IANS/EFE) In Midtown Manhattan just a few yards from Carnegie Hall is a basement where the world's finest pianos, those created by the house of Steinway & Sons, wait for the world's most famous pianists to choose from among them for their concerts and personal collections.


Where great pianists meet the world's finest pianos


Rajasthan, one of India's top tourism destinations, is now  eyeing the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) market in a big way, stakeholders say.


Rajasthan now eyes the MICE market


If building trust with contacts and sources defines a journalist's professional prowess, similar qualities contribute in curating Christie's annual sales that acquires coveted and enviable artworks from various traders, sources and personal collectors on the basis of relationships nurtured over several decades.


Decoding the craft of curating a Christie's auction (Art Feature)


A leading Information Technology (IT) services company is using a programme developed in India to create jobs worldwide and train and place minority women in high-quality IT jobs in 10 cities across America.


US firm using India model to create IT jobs for women (Business Feature)


Flute is an eminen ptart of tribal Khasi folklore, but the musical instrument is still struggling to gain momentum. Tribal Khasi flute player Benedict Skhemlang Hynniewta says it is because western music is invading his state.


'Meghalaya's Khasi flute losing out to western music invasion' (Music Feature)


Fashion designer Ritu Beri was Friday bestowed the 'Order of Civil Merit', a civilian award by the Spanish government here at the Embassy of Spain.


Designer Ritu Beri gets Spain honour


More than 70 percent of Kashmir's saffron cash crop, one of the costliest spices of the world, has lost its purple bloom this season due to the hostile weather. Its prices have increased 60 to 80 percent.


Kashmir's meagre saffron production spikes prices (Business Feature)


The eighth annual Film Bazaar, which concluded Monday, helped many filmmakers connect with producers, distributors and critics from various countries.


Film Bazaar concludes, helped many filmmakers connect with producers


The gurgling water flowing fast through a traditional canal system that has been revived in water-scarce parts of Assam has brought cheer to farmers who now look forward to a bumper harvest.


Revived traditional irrigation brings joy to Assam farmers (Agriculture Feature)


Like many Indians who are proving to be philanthropists around Africa, Ram Mohan has set up a social business called Comafrique Intelizon Initiative and has embarked on the replacement of candles in villages in the Gambia with solar lights from India.


Indian helping to light up Gambia (Diaspora Feature)


Paris, Nov 22 (IANS/EFE) Former model and former first lady of France, Carla Bruni, will lend her voice to the French version of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise funds to help combat Ebola.


Carla Bruni to lend voice to combat Ebola


Pattani (Thailand), Nov 18 (IANS/EFE) A group of Buddhists and Muslims work together in a cooperative business to make bamboo goods in troubled southern Thailand, an unusual initiative amidst sectarian strife in which more than that 6,000 people have died since 2004.

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