The Most Important Choice of My Life Year after year, I scored highest marks in Biology and my family always thought that I would want to be a doctor. So when I chose to take up dress designing everybody was rudely shocked. My parents sat...
Tata Brand Tata symbolises the beliefs and the character of J.R.D Tata. It is synonymous with integrity, values, ethics and quality. The Tata brand is over 100 years old and the consistency with which it has stood up for all things it believes in is...
Ghazals The Ghazal is an ancient poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets, and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. The Ghazal has specific form; it deals with just one subject: Love. Ghazals speak specifically about one kind of love-. an illicit and...
Teens and Drugs The relationship between teens and drugs has been around for many decades. The teen years are probably the most turbulent years of one’s life. They are the most crucial years in the maturation process and during these years, the teenagers are faced...
SudhaChandran: Meeting Adversity Head On Most Indians are familiar with the name of danseuse Sudha Chandran but few know the story behind this woman. Sudha’s parents were art lovers and seeing her inclination towards dancing, took her to Kala Sadan to learn classical dancing at...
Can Terrorism Ever Be Justified? An indefensible act that targets and kills civilians is generally accepted as “terrorism”. When a country is at war, it is prepared to withstand the enemy and lose lives. However, terrorism is different in that it terrorizes everybody and creates...
The Grading System – Good Or Bad? Most of us are familiar with the popular grading system having been subjected to it all our schooling years. While the objective of the grading system is to chalk the students’ academic progress, it fails to indicate the...
Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan, the name that makes fans go crazy, is still the reason for stampedes at airports, and enjoys India’s ‘numerouno’ star status. His trademark deep baritone voice, his tall brooding persona and his intense eyes are what made Amitabh Bachchan what he...
Are Beauty Contests Harmful? Beauty contests are a great source of entertainment, and one must admit that there is a certain pleasure in watching a well-proportioned body walk the ramp. The catch lies in the fact that beauty competitions conform to a certain idea of...
The Great American Dream The American Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights” including “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The great American dream to John Winthrop was religious paradise...
