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Making waste management fun, Bangalore style (Feature)

Bangalore, Nov 4: Trust Bangaloreans not to waste an opportunity to turn any effort into fun and a ‘habba’ (festival).

Poetry of truth prospers in India’s lifestyle angst

New Delhi, Nov 2: A genre of realistic poetry in English is seeking the unbridled literary creativity and beauty of the medium to beat the lifestyle angst – and connect to spirituality, politics and roots in India’s growing modern jungles.

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Alladin’s chirag or naga deep, man with lamp has it (Feature)

Mumbai, Oct 25: When retired banker Makrand Karandikar caught a glimpse of the metal scraps, he instantly knew what he had found.

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Theatre in India driven to desperate survival measures

New Delhi, Oct 21: Theatre, the oldest genre of performing arts in India, seems to be waging a losing battle against the silver screen, which is powered by more money, cutting-edge creativity and greater visual appeal.

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Bhopal’s love affair with jeeps (Feature with images)

Bhopal, Oct 10: Bhopal has some of the world’s oldest and finest jeeps.

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She leads them selflessly from darkness to light (Education feature)

Lucknow, Oct 7: When Aayushi Rastogi undertook it as a regular university assignment — just for scoring good marks in exams — little did she know that her project will end up in spreading the light of literacy in the dingy lanes of a slum.

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Young, creative – male ‘chick lit’ writers are here (Feature)

New Delhi, Oct 2: They are young, footloose, creative and often handsome…

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A tale of two writers: A waiter and chaiwala

Bhopal, Sep 27: One makes tea, the other serves it.

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Hopping from Germany to galaxy to Kashmir at Puja pandals

Kolkata, Sep 18: Hopping around Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata this year could take you on a tour of Germany, Kashmir and even planets and asteroids! With budgets running into millions of rupees, organisers are set to usher in the socio-religious carnival with innovatively themed marquees, locally known as ‘pandals’.

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