STILL waters

Sunday 22 July '07

If you’ve done Goa, go Gokarna. In this town touched by piety, you can find sun, surf and a beach to yourself

Nomads, tribals can plug in to pedal power

Monday 25 June '07

Nomads and tribals in power scarce areas may soon be pedalling their way to light with a cycle which produces electricity.

The big picture

Tuesday 19 June '07

I was waiting my turn at the cash counter of the bank recently, observing different kinds of people walking in. It proved....

Rare manuscript to get new life in the US

Thursday 19 April '07

It’s an old story with a new twist. When spiritual leader and scholar Shri Madhavacharya (1238-1317) penned the Sarvamoola Grantha—a collection of 36 works that are commentaries on important scriptures—he couldn’t have imagined that the palm leaves he wrote on would survive 700 years.

Twist in the tale

Sunday 15 April '07

A 700-year-old manuscript found in Karnataka travels to the US to be digitally restored

Baramati sets an e-xample

Sunday 28 January '07

Gram Panchayat forms, bus passes, e-mails, railway and airline tickets and matrimonial uploads on websites. The pilot project at Baramati has it all.

Foothold on future

Sunday 24 December '06

Binding the traditional with the contemporary, Kolhapuri chappal artisans tread a makeover path

They’ve taken law into their own hands

Sunday 8 October '06

Paralegals have managed to simplify legal complexities at the grassroots level in Maharashtra

Blame rains, Mumbai blasts for keeping Lonavla off tourism map this monsoon

Tuesday 22 August '06

This year the monsoon in Lonavla was a dampener. A favourite getaway for tourists from Mumbai, Pune and even Gujarat, the hill station that is usually crowded with people all through the monsoon