This girl is going to grow vegetables after a PhD

'We Indians have forgotten what is good for us. Foreigners say oats are good, so we say the same, arrey, we have oats since ages!''When I tell my mother we eat ragi biscuits, she says, "big deal,......

Kiran Desai bags US literary prize

India-born novelist Kiran Desai's bestseller novel The Inheritance of Loss has bagged yet another literary honour -- the National Book Critics Circle fiction award. The book has already won the......

No one wanted my book: Kiran Desai

Man Booker prize winner, India-born author Kiran Desai, has said that initially no one wanted her book, on which she worked for eight years."No one wanted it. No one cared," says the 35-year-old......

Indian author makes Booker short-list

The much-awaited shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006, arguably the UK's biggest literary award, has been released. The six short-listed books chosen from a long-list of 19 and are:......

This summer quench your thirst with these 'healthy' drinks

PepsiCo is gearing up to launch a new 7UP with 30 per cent less sugar and plans to extend the formulation to its other brands PepsiCo India is planning to reduce the sugar content in all its......

How to buy a dream house in the hills

Astyuttarasyaam dishi devataatmaaHimaalayo naama nagaadhiraajah.Puuravaaparau toyanidhii vagaahyaSthith parvitivyaaiava maanadandaha.Himalayas, the king of kings in the north,is the soul of the......

Shimla to host mountain biking race

India's first mountain biking race will be held in the beautiful backcountry of Himachal Pradesh from October 6 to 14. Over 60 top international and Indian riders will compete against each other......