Three Indian Americans - two of them with Chennai connections - have received America’s highest honours for their research and innovation from US President Barack Obama

The idea of one man changed the face of an obscure Rajasthani village called Nagla Sirsiyan, which now has 25 gem polishing units. Earlier, the men went to Jaipur for jobs, says Anil Sharma

Rubina Ali, one of the popular child actors in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, who used to live in a slum till not too long ago, will soon move to a posh flat in the upmarket locality of Bandra West

A World Bank Project has worked wonders in about 600 villages in Himachal Pradesh, where villagers are earning more, sending their children to school and have set up a milk cooling facility

Steve Jobs delivered an inspiring speech at Stanford University in 2005. If you ever wondered where this amazing man got the drive to do the things he did, your search stops with this article

Steve Jobs, the man behind the iPhone, was a college drop-out. He was a game changer and had put his own stamp on everything from the personal computer to the music industry, says Arun Kumar

Following a media uproar, the US Consulate, which rejected Magsaysay award winner Neelima Mishra’s visa application Friday, has done a U-turn and granted the visa to the social activist

A record number of 1820 students at VIT got job offers on a single day from Cognizant. VIT’s current batch has found dream offers with salaries ranging from Rs.4.5 to Rs.10.5 lakhs per annum

Laila Ali, former boxing world champ and daughter of legendary boxer Muhammed Ali, has an incredible 24-0 record with 21 knockouts. She tells Anu Gulmohar how she pushed the limits to get ahead

It is more a fairytale: A 27-year-old widow, deep in debts, answering Amitabh Bachchan’s questions and walking away with Rs 640,000. Mauli Buch meets Aparna Malikar for whom KBC was godsend

Bestselling author, Rashmi Bansal, who has interviewed many successful people, tells us not to give up hope while pursuing our passions, even if others laugh at the idea, dubbing it foolish

Make hope a friend in life’s journey, says Revathi Turaga, who lists out a few scientifically and psychologically researched practical benefits of hope, urging us to have a grip on reality

Likening life to a roller-coaster, which also goes down at times, Roopleen Prasad cites examples of success stories of people, who refused to give up, underlining the fact that hope triumphs

While setting goals one should go by his or her gut feeling, as more often than not it will be right, says a new study which also claims that the unconscious mind is smarter than we think

US-based author Saborna Roychowdhury finds hope in the support of readers, most of whom she had not even met. Otherwise, she cannot be doing what she wants to do, that is writing full time