Divya Nair reports on young achievers, education, health, relationships and occasionally reviews Tamil and Malayalam movies. You can e-mail the author at divyan@rediff.co.in
Raksha Gopal scored 99.6 per cent to top the Central Board of Secondary Education's Class 12 results this year.
Lavitha Shinoj juggled a job and family to participate in her first-ever beauty contest. 'It was a new, life-changing experience,' she says.
Single mother Gauri Sawant hopes to change the way people view transgenders in India.
Flirting, persistence and longingness comes alive in Mani Ratnam's Kaatru Veliyidai, feels Divya Nair.
Ayesha Aziz has always aimed for the sky.
A resident doctor, working at a government hospital, upset by the poor response from the state government, offers his side of the story.
Lingerie designer Karishma Jumani talks about why the Indian lingerie industry took so long to come out of its 'comfort zone'.
'Our Indian culture system is very family oriented.' 'We value and respect the decisions of our parents to a great extent.' 'That can be a pro or con.' 'It's up to the parents to gauge how much motivation, pressure or space a child needs.' 'Every child is different.' 'We are all unique and that is what I intend to drive home to parents.'
'My parents have taught me that there is nothing more valuable than humanity.' 'I have seen poor and deserving people striving to get ahead in life and how reservation helps them.' 'At the same time I have seen rich kids with well to do parents still taking advantage of reservation.' 'I cannot be an opportunist. I cannot be a hypocrite.' 'I cannot say I believe in humanity and equality and do exactly the opposite.'
In Tamil Nadu, Divya Nair encounters jallikattu, a ban on colas and a water shortage.
Althea Krishna's collection inspired by the defunct 500 and 1,000 notes was showcased at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017.
Merrylin Boro, the 23 yr-old beauty bares her heart out.
The number of times Salman Khan uttered 'Thank God' suggested how much he wanted the reality show to end.
How far will Lopa go to retaliate against Bani who gave it her all to annoy the beauty queen?
How can one of life's biggest events make you yawn, wonders Divya Nair.
In this bad game of survival, choosing love would mean burning your fingers. And turns out, only Mona had the heart to pick love over greed.
At 27, Uppma Virdi is telling stories, connecting cultures and making a killing out of chai.
If Bani is about might and fight, Lopa has a sharp tongue that can easily piss off the calmest of people. But Salman chose to defend Lopa over Bani. Sad!
Why did Bani ask Lopa such inane questions, asks Divya Nair.
There are some victories in the house that make you smile along. And Manveer's victory is one of them, says Divya Nair.
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