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Side effect: Innocence lost as death and injury turn fodder for city children’s stories

Friday 5 December '08

Arjun talks about the death of hundreds of people as if he is relating a story from his superhero comic book. Nikhil graphically describes the bullet entry and exit wounds as if it’s a playstation game.
Deprived of TV sets, they logged on to net for terror updates

Thursday 4 December '08

In a city that was hooked to the 24/7 news coverage of the violence and tragedy that it was subject to last week, television was undoubtedly the most popular medium among Mumbai’s citizens...
International rock band to dedicate IITB concert to attack victims

Tuesday 2 December '08

When the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay begins with Livewire — Mood Indigo’s platform for the best bands in India— students, band members and rock-lovers alike will pay tribute to the victims of Mumbai terror strikes in a unique way.
For slain trainee chef, Taj was his second home

Monday 1 December '08

At the start of last week, 24-four-year-old trainee Sadanand Ratan Patil had been chosen by the Taj Mahal Hotel management to be a full-fledged staff member in their establishment.
Dream to become a chef cut short

Monday 1 December '08

At the start of last week, 24-year-old trainee Sadanand Ratan Patil had been chosen by the Taj Mahal hotel management to be a full-fledged staff member.
Blood washes away happy feet on Colaba Causeway

Friday 28 November '08

Like a child playing with a gun,” is how shopkeeper Suraj Singh described the gunman who opened fire at Café Leopold on Colaba Causeway on Wednesday night. A day after the carnage...
Tomorrow’s Leader

Monday 24 November '08

Friendly and unassuming, Mehejabeen Sheikh’s warm smile and humility belie her achievements.
‘Mumbai will certainly have a place in Yale India initiative’

Friday 21 November '08

Over the past 15-20 years, we have seen the presence and growth of India both economically and socially...
TIFR Hyderabad-bound for Bhabha b’day

Friday 21 November '08

The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) will celebrate its founder Homi Bhabha’s birth centennary by launching a campus in Hyderabad, marking the start of a new era for the premier institution.
Economics to be fun at Arth-Manthan

Monday 10 November '08

Economics will come in a more fun-filled, exciting avatar on December 16 and 17, when N G Acharya and D K Marathe College hosts its annual economics-based festival Arth-Manthan.
Untapped Energies

Monday 10 November '08

A benign man smiles at you from behind a small stall selling intricately crafted diyas, paper bags, purses and cards at the Manav Foundation’s annual event ‘Flow- the Stream of Energies’.
The Ringmaster Rules

Monday 3 November '08

The spotlight lights up the circular stage, the nets are strung tight, the drum-rolls begin and as they reach a crescendo...
ChildLine Foundation to reach 310 districts by 2011

Saturday 1 November '08

The ChildLine India Foundation, an organisation for the welfare of street children, will soon finalise plans to launch itself in 310 cities and districts across India by 2011-2012...
life saving Legacy

Monday 27 October '08

Inside an elegant, magenta-coloured building that overlooks the bustling Metro Cinema junction...
Bihar-bound passengers stranded at CST due to protests in their state

Thursday 23 October '08

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) here was teeming with perplexed Bihar-bound passengers on Wednesday after their train Howrah Express was cancelled following some violent protests in Bihar...
Research gaining popularity as a career option

Monday 20 October '08

At a time when a career in management, engineering and medicine continues to be the preferred choice among majority of students...
A monument in Stone

Thursday 16 October '08

Mumbai’s aerial landscape will soon offer a view of the world’s largest stone monument — the Global Pagoda — which is nearing completion.
TIFR team studying if Indus Valley civilisation understood the stars

Thursday 16 October '08

In a first, a team of four from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has undertaken an archaeo-astronomical project...
Mumbai link to part two of LHC experiment

Tuesday 14 October '08

The city will have a connection to the next installment of the Large Hadron Collider experiment underway in Europe...
Mumbai link to part 2 of Big Bang experiment

Monday 13 October '08

The city will have a connection to the next instalment of the Large Hadron Collider experiment underway in Europe...
Parsi polls: Candidates say ‘fair so far’

Friday 10 October '08

With the second weekend of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP) elections round the corner, we decided to review the past weekend and see what some of the prominent candidates...
IIT-B annual fest to give wings to da Vinci’s dream

Thursday 9 October '08

When Leonardo da Vinci drew a detailed diagram of a man-powered aircraft in 1845, he may not have expected its successors to come this far.
Documentary on math genius Ramanujan to hit screen

Friday 3 October '08

How’s it that a boy from a lower-middle class family in a small town in Tamil Nadu, with no formal training in Mathematics went on to become one of the world’s most brilliant mathematicians...
Speaking Silence

Monday 29 September '08

What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think about a school for the hearing impaired? Many would conjure up images of a child and a teacher gesticulating to each other, using sign language.
Rupee-a-day scheme for girl students: Few have received the money

Wednesday 24 September '08

It was a move meant to encourage more girl children to go to school by giving them a rupee for every day they attend. But plagued by delays and red-tape, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s initiative has met with little success.
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