From footwear to food, Kolhapur has something for everybody and since most things are relatively cheap here, a holiday to Kohlapur need not be too heavy on budget, says Sudhamahi Regunathan 

For the upcoming India Resort Fashion Week in Goa, fashion designer Rocky S who has styled Bollywood beauties including Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif, is ready with a special collection 

For weavers of the famed Pochampally sari in the Bhoodan Pochampally village of Andhra Pradesh, life is as complicated as the warp and weft of the fabric they weave, says Azera Parveen Rahman

Villagers in the Himalayan peaks of Himachal Pradesh are preparing to protect themselves from winter’s harsh realities as they wait for completion of the Rohtang tunnel, says Vishal Gulati 

Ever since he came to India, Italian chef David Rocco has piled on 15 pounds (6.8 kg) thanks to the desi cuisine that has got him so hooked that he is planning a TV series on Indian food

Vasai in Maharashtra, situated barely 40 km northwest of Mumbai, is emerging as a hot tourist destination with its seaside farm houses, rivers, creeks, lakes and hills, says Quaid Najmi  

Kerala’s Coconut Development Board is creating professional coconut tree climbers. So far 7000 have been trained and few foreign countries have shown interest in the program, says PN Venugopal

The media too has started blaming environmental activism for lack of economic growth, says Darryl D’Monte, citing a few recent write-ups and programmes in print and TV to explain the concern

The age-old concept of community kitchen has been revived in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan with gas, not wood, fuelling the oven. Abha Sharma finds the scheme advantageous to poor women

After overcoming a fear of English, Aditya Kumar pedals a mobile school to teach poor children what he dreaded once. It does not matter that it does not bring much returns, says Mohit Dubey 

A dozen children from Pakistan, who are now in India, find no difference between the two countries. They told Mohit Dubey that more such people-to-people contact will improve diplomatic ties

Through folk music, women from across India are tipping the gender balance and becoming the legitimate grassroots voice, says Madhusree Chatterjee, stressing that their songs are being heard

Wondering who funds Arvind Kejriwal? One source is Infosys mentor Narayana Murthy who donated over Rs.1 crore to Kejriwal’s trust in a span of 4 years “to raise awareness about the RTI Act”  

An estimated 62.4 million live with diabetes in India. A diabetic herself, Humra Quraishi says though the genetic factor may be a cause, stress and tension are major reasons for the disease 

The campaign to honour the memory of war heroine, Noor Inayat Khan, the Second World War secret agent of Indian origin, has succeeded. A bust of Noor is to be unveiled in London next week