No more dhindhora Soon, the customary beating of drums announcing auction of an attached property, will be a thing of the past. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed to replace ‘archaic’ methods, such as beating drums and public

No blondes pleaseA Silicon Valley CEO, Eileen Carey, who runs a software company and is a blonde, said she dyed her hair, wore loose-fitting clothes and switched her contact lenses for glasses “to look older and be taken seriously” in the workplace. She

Forest bus With moss-covered seats surrounded by vibrant flowers wrapped around poles, Taiwan’s ‘forest bus’ is now charming passengers with a lush green ride. Florist Alfie Lin has decorated an ordinary single-deck city bus with moss, orchids, ginger lilies and a variety of ferns, converting it into

Floating school in ManipurAt Champu Khangpok, a village in Manipur, children and illiterate adults find it interesting to go to school, as it floats on the Loktak fresh water lake. This elementary school is an initiative of the All Loktak Lake Fisherman’s Union, supported by an NGO

MJ: highest earning dead celebrityThe late King of Pop Michael Jackson tops the Forbes list of highest-paid deceased celebrities. His after-life fortune includes the sealing of a $750 million deal for his share of the Beatles’ music rights to Sony earlier this year