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

British performer Andrew Dawson, who visited Kolkata recently, offers a glimpse of what cerebral palsy patients go through via mime, hand model performance and dance theatre, says Sahana Ghosh

More women are enrolling for self-defence classes, preparing for street fights with potential attackers, after the Delhi gang-rape, as more trainers offer their services, says Prathiba Raju

Repairing hand pump is not a male preserve in Malhanpura of Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhan region. The all-woman ‘water panchayat’ there has trained its members for the job, says Pamela Philipose

Ashok Easwaran speaks to Indian American Manick Sorcar, who has devised a laser show to pay tribute to two eminent Indians, Swami Vivekananda and magician P.C. Sorcar, his famous father

Though not a potter, Kaushik Biswas has taken up the task of infusing new life into the clay doll making craft, which was slowly dying. Sahana Ghosh meets the new age artist with a difference

After four years of dilemma, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama is all set to move next year into a new Presidential Palace at Accra built with India's help, says Francis Kokutse

The success of Shahrukh Khan’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in Indonesia in 2001marked the revival of Indian films’ market among the Indonesian upper class, says Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan

After kickstarting his journalistic career in 1977, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta went on to wear different hats. Agnibesh Das meets the multi-faceted man, who is not that happy with today’s media

If the rape in Delhi marked the close of 2012, the year saw several women proving their mettle in various walks of life, fighting and winning their battles. A look back at some trailblazers

To cynics who keep wondering whether self-defence techniques will save young women from rapists, Kravmaga expert S Sreeram offers a practical insight and shares the secrets of street fight

Meet Dhuran Oraon from Suwargurha village in Jharkhand, one of the many young members of socially excluded communities who have been trained to become catalysts of change, says Pranav P Das

Slum soccer is providing an opportunity for underprivileged youth, former drug addicts, and children of commercial sex workers to play for India in the Homeless World Cup in Poland next year