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Jammu Ropeway Stuck in official files
Rajan Gandhi
Jammu Ropeway, a dream visualized three decades back and conceptualized in 1995 but still to be fulfilled and the journey right from the starting has been full of hurdles. Initially conceived from Mubarak Mandi to Bahu Fort but both these structures being declared protected monuments as such project...
Bollywood Buzz
“Advancing technologies are great but the true essence of cinema is...
Shoma A Chatterji in conversation with filmmaker Kumar Shahani at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) the challenges of digitisation to true essence of cinema.
Director Kumar Shahani was in Kolkata to deliver the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture on invitation from the 25th KIFF. This is an annual affair...
Personality
Meet the actor of ‘Bard of Blood’
Mohammad Yaseen
It was 1990 when the cold dark night of January 19 had stirred into life the worst nightmares for the people living in the valley. It was the time when a six year old kid without knowing anything, what is going around him saw bloodshed and the fright...
Health
Epilepsy is a treatable Disease
Dr S K Gupta
Today is the National Epilepsy Day and let us know some facts regarding epilepsy. Epilepsy is treatable disease and not caused...
Career & Education
Compete to Excel
Gauri Chhabra
Life is a series of tests and results. Anxiety and euphoria. Every test whether it is XII Board or AIEEE or NEET or any other ends with how much did my child score v/s how much did your child score? It boiled down to as long as my...
Society
Grah-Pravesh Why it is important
Dr. Aarushi Sadhotra
As per vastu shastra, Grah Pravesh is the most important Ritual after the house is ready to be possessed. Although, Prayers are to be done at various stages of construction to ensure that construction continues at a fast pace, without any hurdles and hindrances and at the...
Book Review
Stories of social realism
Arvind Gigoo
Room in Our Hearts is Dr K L Chowdhury's third volume of short stories, following on Faith and Frenzy and Why Don't you Convert, which were runaway successes. The present volume contains twenty-two short stories that hold the reader spellbound until the very last line and establishes the...
Fashion
Outfits to choose for festival season
Kalyani Channawar
There are many festivals to choose from for the Indian festival season. This is a time when everyone wants to look their best and avoid any wardrobe malfunction at the very least. Some festivals like Diwali, Dushera, among others are one that needs you to be ready with...
Heritage
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
Kulbhushan Gupta
Mount Kailash is a sacred Himalaya Mount situated in Tibet. The word Kailash Mount is derived from two words Kailash+ Mansarovar, where Kailash refers to Mount or home of Lord Shiva.
Mansarovar word comprises of Manas(mind) and Sarovar (lake). Lord Brahama is the creator of this lake. The lake...
Science & Technology
Drill DusterTM A tool to help you
Ravinder Kumar
Drill DusterTM is a patented simple mechanical accessory that can be attached to any handheld drilling machine to collect dust at the very source, during drilling without the need of any additional motors or batteries. It protects your lungs by keeping the work environment dust free during and...
Art and Culture
“Finishing artwork needs more skills than creating one”
Sunny Dua
(Jammu painter Suman Gupta's solo painting exhibition titled 'Sacred Vision' was inaugurated by former Union Minister and noted scholar Dr Karan Singh at Amar Mahal Museum and Library on Oct 20, 2019, Sunday and was open till October 31, 2019. We interviewed the ace artist about his exhibit,...
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