Fossilised dinosaur bones and eggs of gigantic creatures that  measured around 18-20 metres and weighed 10-13 tonnes, have been discovered from the Salbardi area, around 60 km from here in eastern Maharashtra, a geologist said here Saturday.


Dinosaur remains found in Maharashtra 


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Fossilised dinosaur bones and eggs, measuring around 18-20 metres and weighing 10-13 tonnes, have been discovered from the Salbardi area, around 60 km from here in eastern Maharashtra, a geologist said here Saturday.


Dinosaur remains found in Maharashtra


The Aizawl Thunders, one of India's first and oldest Bullet Club of bikers, will conduct an adventure ride Oct 21-26 during which participants will also head into Myanmar.


Mizoram bikers to ride across Myanmar


The vibrant painted havelis, or the palatial homes, of the Shekhawati region, often called the "open art gallery of Rajasthan" and that has given India some of its biggest business families like the Birlas, the Mittals and the Goenkas, are fading with time due to sheer neglect.


Fading splendour of the 'open art gallery' of Rajasthan  (Culture Feature)


A fortified palace whose history stretches over 300 years in this Rajasthan town is fast turning into a Bollywood destination for filmmakers eager to showcase the rich splendour of a bygone era.


A Rajasthan palace that Bollywood loves to shoot in


First they set fashion trends with their on-screen and red carpet wardrobes. Now actresses like Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora Khan and Deepika Padukone are taking their creative instincts a step further by creating apparel lines for mass brands, which in turn are minting good business.


Bollywood sets fashion trends, creates apparel lines (Fashion Trends)


Septuagenarian farmer Ganesh Hatade's joy knows no bounds. As long as he can remember, he has only seen terrible drought in this part of Maharashtra. Not any more.


Unique initiative cheers parched villages in Maharashtra 


For over 200 years, five generations of this family have been running a grocery shop in the Old city of Srinagar.  Even after two centuries, the Gan Wanis, as they are known across the city, are still doing it the traditional old way!


In Kashmir, 200 years of honesty, tradition and trust 


At first there seems to be nothing unusual about this village at the edge of Delhi till you meander through untarred and uneven lanes with houses on both sides and realise they all have one thing in common: each house is dotted with clay pots of several sizes and colours, along with flower pots and many more earthen items.


A walk through clay, kiln and pottery (Art Feature)


India-Pakistan ties may have their ups and downs, but artists and designers on both sides are trying their best to keep up the cultural contacts.


Designs, colours unite India, Pakistan


Twin Grammy and Academy Awards winner A.R. Rahman is a firm believer in the amalgamation of technology and talent. The maestro asserts that the Indian music industry is reaping the benefits of digitisation, contrary to the notion that technology has negative effects.


Indian music industry reaping benefits of digitisation: A R Rahman (Interview)


Neither the wobbly Indian rupee nor rising airfares can deter the growing wanderlust of the Indian middle class.


Indian wanderlust continues despite economic woes (Travel Feature) (Sep 27 is World Tourism Day)


Dismissing the notion that international collaborations dilute the essence of Indian classical music, maestros of the genre are rooting for world music - introduced by sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar - as an important vehicle to connect to youth by maintaining aesthetics.


Fusion music connects with youth: Classical music maestros (Music Feature)


Solar-powered lamps made in India and by an Indian company were distributed first in refugee camps in Ethiopia in 2009 to provide security to women and promote education.


From India to Africa: A basket of technology to transform lives (Special Feature)


Shoma Narayanan is a banker by day and turns a writer over the weekend. Jiten Suchede, a graphic designer by day, becomes a chaiwallah on occasional nights. This new trend of balancing your professional life and pursuing your passion is gripping many who are going an extra mile for these "creative vents" where freedom to ideate and create is your own prerogative.


Pursuing dreams, balancing career (Trend Feature)


Golden-brown rice fields, streams bringing down crystal-clear water from the mountains, cicada insects "singing" on willow treetrunks: these are the indicators of the breathtaking  beauty and grandeur of the autumn in Kashmir.


Kashmir in autumn: A season of pleasure and plenty (Letter from Kashmir)


Disowned by his own country, where he was born more than 30 summers ago, an Indian man is now forced to live as an illegal immigrant in Bangladesh, far from his family which has been yearning to see him for over a year. And his plight exemplifies the pitiful story of over 50,000 people who are victims of the unratified India-Bangladesh Land Border Agreement.


Born in India, alien at home: Border dwellers' plight


In her profession, she is known as a lepidopterist, a person who collects or studies butteflies or moths. And she is one plucky woman who strays into dangerous territory without any qualms to pursue her hobby-turned-obsession - chasing and studying moths, or nocturnal butterflies.


A Mumbai woman who loves to chase moths (Feature, with images)



(After 2) A Mumbai woman who loves to chase moths (Feature, with images)


Does dubbing have a place in the 24 crafts of cinema? If yes, then why is that regardless of spending hours mouthing dialogues, crying, laughing and even dramatising, most dubbing artists walk home with a pittance.


Dubbing artists: Voice stars who seldom get acknowledged (Cinema Feature)


Women foresters in Gujarat are scripting a unique chapter in conservation, keeping poachers and encroachers at bay with their soft skills and emotional bond with villagers.

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