AMITABH MATHUR APPOINTED DIRECTOR (IS&P), BHEL
Amitabh Mathur, 57, has assumed charge as Director (Industrial Systems & Products) of the Maharatna Public Sector engineering and manufacturing enterprise, on his appointment as a Director on the Board of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. Prior to this, he was heading the company’s Power Sector Eastern Region (PSER), Kolkata as an Executive Director. A Mechanical […]
MAHINDRA’S TUV 300 UNVEILED
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. , India’s leading SUV manufacturer, unveiled its much awaited sports utility vehicle (SUV), the TUV 300 in Delhi recently. Designed in house and built on an all new platform, the design of the TUV 300 is inspired by a battle tank which gives it a tough, bold & stylish character. According […]
SAMARKAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM INDIAN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
When Tamerlane aka Taimur was done and finished with largest mass-massacre in known and recorded Indian history, he decided to do some site-seeing. He explored the Mosques built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah Tilangani in Delhi during the reign of Feroz Shah Tughlaq. After admiring Jami Masjid of Kotla-i-Ferozshahi near present day Old Delhi, he went […]
WILL REAL ESTATE MISS OUT ON FESTIVE SPARKLES ?
The festive season may not give a much needed desired boost to the real estate sector this time, which is facing a slowdown for the last two years. The residential component of real estate, reeling under weak sales due to liquidity crunch, unaffordable prices, high interest rates and large scale delivery defaults, seems quite unlikely […]
DO HOLY MEN THINK ALIKE ?
Few people may be aware that Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who breathed his last at Rishikesh on the 23rd of September, had in his youth been a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force, a journalist in Chennai and a company executive with Voltas. Similarly, not many know that Pope Francis has worked in his early […]
JAIPUR – OF MAHARAJAS, FORTS AND PALACES !
My first visit to Jaipur was when I was a 15-year old. Until then, I had not visited any of the other planned cities of India – be it a Rourkela, a Bokaro or a Chandigarh. I remember having instinctively liked the city ! Compared to my hometown, Ludhiana, I found Jaipur cleaner and better […]
"I LOVE THE FEELING OF HAVING THE SPOTLIGHT ON ME" RUHI SINGH
Spunky newcomer Ruhi Singh talks to our Bollywood maven Jyoti Venkatesh about how she bagged the coveted role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s latest film CALENDAR GIRLS. Did you have to struggle to get your big break with Calendar Girls ? Not really. The word struggle irritates me a lot because life is full of ups […]
I AM OPEN TO DO FICTION SHOWS ON TV TOO … SUSHMITA SEN
She’s bad & beautiful, she’s an actress, she’s a past beauty pageant topper – as a Miss Universe to boot, she’s a single mother, she’s hot and quite controversial. She’s also been off the film buff’s radar for quite some time now, on a longish sabbatical that seems to be drawing to an end. […]
PAHALGAM…. NATURE’S OWN EXOTICA
A determined-looking, dashing Sunny Deol is riding a galloping steed. In a distant lush green meadow, you spot an idyllic log hut (well, log hut here is a euphemism for a sprawling wooden mansion). The large wooden fence around it is both rustic, and low enough for a horse to jump over. Amrita Singh is […]
SUMMER OF DISCONTENT EARLY WARNING SIGNALS FOR MODI
One of the most heart-wrenching images on the eve of this year’s Independence Day celebrations was that of an old soldier, with an array of war medals dangling from his torn shirt, weeping in anger and shame because he had been manhandled by policemen wielding canes and lathis. He was just one of dozens of […]
GURMANT GREWAL AN IRON MAN OF CANADIAN PARLIAMENT ?
Gurmant Singh Grewal is a Canadian politician and former Conservative Party of Canada MP. Gurmant and wife Nina Grewal were in fact the very first married couple to serve in the Canadian House of Commons together. Gurmant grewal was first elected to the House of Commons on June 2, 1997 for the riding of Surrey […]
BRAINBANK INDIA THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGALS
As recently as last week, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, speaking as the Chief Guest at the 3rd convocation of the National Law University, averred that india’s days of brain drain were over, for we have today become the world’s brain bank. Gone are the days of ‘grey eminence’, he said, where people needed to […]
CANARA BANK SHARES SHED 2% AFTER DISAPPOINTING Q1 EARNINGS
CANARA BANK SHARES SHED 2% AFTER DISAPPOINTING Q1 EARNINGS Shares of PSU banker Canara Bank eased from its early highs, as investors steadily exited after announcement of the bank’s disappointing earnings, which saw it, post a steep 40.7 percent fall in the first-quarter net profit. Shares of bank were traded at INR 303.50, down 1.9 […]
INDIGO ORDERS 250 PLANES FOR US$ 27 BN
IndiGo, India’s largest airline by domestic market share has placed a firm order for 250 Airbus A320 neo (new engine option) aircraft, with a list price of US$ 26.5 billion. The nine-year-old LCC (low cost carrier) now has 530 Airbus aircrafts on order, and has so far received 100 of them. In terms of number […]
WE ARE WERE 'ONE' PHOOLWALON KI SAIR
When the Mughals conquered India, they adopted Indian lifestyles and respected the religions of the locals. From Akbar offering Chhatar to Hindu temples and donating land for the Golden Temple of Sikhs, each Mughal emperor was involved in some or the other interfaith activity. Communal unity was at its peak then with many Jain, Hindu […]
MY EARLY DAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BHIMBETKA
Photography = Drawing by light. I Embark upon this journey as I time travel through Bhimbetka Rock Shelters and take a slight liberty of using the above-cited definition of ‘Photography’ to suit this time travel … It was 793 years ago. I wanted to get away from the mundane fighting and hunting that my […]
"YOUNG ACTORS TODAY EVEN DON’T KNOW HINDI" AJAY DEVGN
Jyoti Venkatesh, our bollywood maven, buttonholed Ajay Devgn, the intense actor of Hindi cinema to elicit pithy responses from him about how he makes it a point not to become the character he plays in a film, before or after the take. NRI Achievers brings you excerpts of that conversation Jyoti Venkatesh had with the […]
THE LONG WAIT ONE-RANK-ONE-PENSION
They also serve those who only stand and wait. Whatever the original significance of this line from John Milton’s poem “On His Blindness”, it has taken on an entirely new meaning for retired soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Indian Armed Forces. After having served the country gallantly and loyally, our men in uniform have […]