To save power, Rlys goes for energy-efficient lamps

Wednesday 19 December '07

The Indian Railways is now doing its bit to conserve energy — it is replacing lakhs of tube-lights and incandescent bulbs with T-5 energy-efficient tubes...

Remains of that day

Sunday 8 July '07

They survived one of Mumbai’s worst terror attacks: blasts in seven suburban trains that claimed 187 lives.

‘Falling in love, running away from home was like hypnosis’

Friday 13 April '07

A Union that required the courts to step in could not have been easy. But Priyanka Wadhwani says she stood firm when she faced protesters and had to leave her home in Bhopal.

For this usher, fear, angst come alive with Black Friday

Monday 12 February '07

I feel like a cynical intelligence officer as I am measuring up everyone coming in to watch Black Friday.

An engineer, drew strength from spirituality

Monday 15 January '07

Yateen Mehta was a civil engineer, but spirituality was the centre of his existence.

A shy and reticent diamond merchant, loved cricket

Wednesday 3 January '07

The New Year spirit got to Rachna. While Mumbai would join the rest of the world welcoming 2007, she realised it would be difficult for her to remain in the same Andheri apartment — she would miss her husband, Lalit more than ever before.

A banker; was the ‘star’ of his housing society

Thursday 28 December '06

Krishna Parasnath’s apartment in Malad has been locked. His wife, Anju, who was expecting their second child then, couldn’t bear to stay there anymore.

Sales manager with Dabur, was his family’s source of strength

Tuesday 28 November '06

As a teenager, Tejas Shah had never found time to do what others his age were doing. He had to start working part-time when he was in school: his father had epilepsy and couldn’t find a steady job.

End of a Mumbai dream: 7 mowed down on road they restored

Monday 13 November '06

Six youth in Toyota Corolla run over sleeping migrant labourers, kill 7, leave another dozen seriously injured

Peon at BMC, never said no to anyone

Monday 13 November '06

Govind Solanki could never say no for anything to anyone. That won him many admirers, but that’s also the only thing about his father Mahesh, 21, didn’t like.

An insurance agent, his 5-month-old boy awaits another heart surgery

Thursday 9 November '06

Wife Sunita hates cooking these days. For, most of her memories of her husband is associated with food.

A pharma consultant, lived life by the clock

Sunday 5 November '06

Parag was in the habit of writing a daily journal. Not at night before going to bed, but he would update it as and when he did something, met someone.

Scientist, was using his first class pass for the first time

Tuesday 17 October '06

If you said you liked something of his, he would immediately gift it to you. That, says Krishnakumar Dubey’s wife, Anita, gave him the most pleasure.

Gemology student, was going to Belgium next year for diamond training

Saturday 7 October '06

Any contest on the TV, Internet or mobile phone, and Rohit would SMS away. He often won something, but his last success was big: Rs 1 lakh for questions on the movie Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

Bombs were assembled in a single-room house in Govandi

Monday 2 October '06

The passage to Sheikh Mohammed Ali Alam Sheikh's house in Shivaji Nagar at Govandi is so narrow that two people can't walk in it at the same time.

One-room house workshop for cooker bombs

Sunday 1 October '06

The passage to Sheikh Mohammed Ali Alam Sheikh’s house in Shivaji Nagar at Govandi is so narrow that two people can’t walk on it at the same time.

A tax consultant, he kept his philanthropy a closely guarded secret

Sunday 17 September '06

“HUN baitho chunney (I am here for you).’’ Puja knows this to be her father’s favorite line. “He would simply smile and say these words to mesmerising effect.

Corporation labourer’s son, was trying to go to US for studies

Thursday 14 September '06

“Don’t be afraid, I will get much more than what you have spent on my studies. A job in the US as a software engineer isn’t far away.

All packed up, NGO manager’s family was moving to Bangalore

Tuesday 8 August '06

Until the phone call came, this was one of the happiest days in the life of Jennifer Soans. After a four-year stint in hectic Mumbai, her family was shifting to Bangalore.