Beauty and melody
She could well be a model. But Deepika wants to be a role model for youth. Marianne de Nazareth meets the girl who is a computer engineer at day and playback singer at night
Down to earth
A model, theatre artiste, actor and dancer, Ananya Dutta has seen it all in the entertainment industry. Kavita Kanan Chandra met the Kolkata girl whose first Bengali film released last month
Beauty and melody
She could well be a model. But Deepika wants to be a role model for youth. Marianne de Nazareth meets the girl who is a computer engineer at day and playback singer at night
Bow and arrow
The arrows that C Srither shot at the CWG earned him a silver. But Srither was an arrow shot into the sport of archery by Shihan Hussaini, who is known more as a karate master. Now Hussaini plans to train more archers, says P C Vinoj Kumar
Incredible India
India pulled up its socks the last moment and the Commonwealth Games are on. Sian Gordon, an athlete from Britain, is quite happy with the arrangements, finds Andrew Buncombe
Changing the social fabric
From driving a BMW to taking a bus ride, everything changed suddenly for Dilip Barooah, who in turn changed the lives of many in trouble-torn Assam. Kavita Kanan Chandra tracks the story
A honey story
A tailor tasted sweet success by turning to apiculture in Kashmir’s Uri area. Now Mohammad Sidiq wants to send honey across to Pakistan. Afsana Rashid flies into his hive to stitch a report
Head boy
It was an achievement that changed the world view of Kashmiri youth itself. But behind the success of Shah Faesal, who stood first in the 2009 civil services list, is a poignant tale that Jehangir Rashid narrates
Flower girl
Amidst the booming guns, the bloom of flowers fascinates Nusrat. She runs a cut-flower business in Kashmir, thus breaking the moulds set for women. Afsana Rashid breathes in the fragrance
Aiming for the stars
Most middle class parents dream of sending their children to IIT. But Ruchi Kaushik personally groomed her son, Sahal, who made it at the age of 14. Abhishek Pandey speaks to the super mom.
He hops on, simply
He had done many things. But it was his erstwhile Air Deccan that helped the middle class ‘simply fly’. Sudha Narasimhachar met Captain Gopinath to find out more about him than is already known.
