What started with ice cream for kids evolved into Cremica, a company that has recorded sales of Rs 650 crore with 4000 employees. Rashmi Bansal profiles Rajni Bector who followed a rainbow

For women journalists in Afghanistan and Pakistan work is like walking on a sword. Sarada Lahangir narrates some real stories of discrimination, threats, intimidation, attacks and restrictions

Kasturba’s fiercely independent personality and yet complete devotion to her husband's goals and ideals have been depicted in a play on her written by Narayan Desai, says the playwright’s son

Go east or west or even north or south but feel at home. Jaideep Sarin checks out ‘motorhome’, an automobile with homely comforts, and finds it cheaper than some high-end cars sold in India

Young Bollywood filmmakers are taking an independent path that straddles both commercial and art style cinema. Their stories are contemporary, gritty and stylistically global, says V Radhika

The Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan will open for public for a month from February 16, providing a visual feast to visitors strolling among dahlias, roses, cyclamens and other flowers

Three GP3 female drivers, Vicky Piria, Carmen Jorda and Alice Powell, currently in India for the ongoing MRF Challenge, dream of the day they would be part of the F1 circuit, says Bharat Sharma

Azera Parveen Rahman reports how Assam’s age-old indigenous silk fabric, be it the Pat, Muga or Eri, have gracefully adapted to the changing times and are being made into modern garments

The police demonstrated their softer side by arranging the marriage of two former Maoists and hosting a sumptuous lunch for the guests, and lavishing gifts on the couple, says Quaid Najmi

Rosamma Thomas shares her experiences from her recent trip on Mahaparinirvana Express that took her across prominent Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, and Nepal

Besides keeping alive the music of her guru, Begum Akhtar, through performances, 80-year-old Shanti Hiranand has done her mite to build a permanent memorial for the legend, says Anjali Singh

Bestselling novelist Chetan Bhagat has turned a Bollywood scriptwriter. He has written the screenplay of ‘Kai Po Che!’ which is an adaptation of his novel ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’

It has started snowing in Himachal Pradesh and the slopes are drawing tourists, particularly skiers, from far and near. And Solang has emerged as an ideal spot for skiing, says Vishal Gulati

President Pranab Mukherjee does not want to change anything but will restore the glory of Rashtrapati Bhavan. His priority is to digitize the historic records and books in the library there

The government’s rural employment guarantee scheme might have made many lazy. But, as Pranav P Das finds out in Jharkhand, it can also be utilized judiciously to bring prosperity for farmers