There’s an old Chinese saying that goes, ‘When planning for a year, sow corn; when planning for a decade, plant trees; and when planning for life, educate people.’ BML Jain, an IIT (Kanpur) graduate, took that to heart and came up with the idea of a business school that would be an ideal extension of…
When the sun is out, you can’t see the moon and stars, says Tarun Chandna (35). It’s one of the rules applied to activities such as trekking, rock climbing and mountain biking. “In our programmes, we let each of the members speak and write about their experiences and thoughts. At the end of it, every…
In times of Sony PlayStations and mobile phone texting, Sudhir Udayakanth (29) was into mind mapping for the ministry of defence in Singapore. What’s that, you ask? It’s text-based training on air defence artillery. Example: Calculating how an F 22 can escape a missile fired from a ship. No practicals, only theory, but with an…
You must have loved his offbeat films, but Abhay Deol goes off the beaten path in real life, too. And you don’t have to look far for it. Go to his garage and you will see his Maruti jeep with the number plate reading: 420. Yes, that’s Deol for you. Gives two hoots to an…
2010 saw many flops and few successes. But then, that’s the mean average of most Bollywood films. So no one’s really complaining. They have all come to accept it and move on. But there are certain films and performances that stand out for their abysmally low entertainment value. So here go the ‘Kela’ awards, our…
