The famous lac bangles of Jaipur in Lahariya style and colours have become a big craze among young women these days. The pink city’s colourful artefacts like lac ornaments, along with very recently initiated beautiful lac wall paintings, are adored and admired greatly by people throughout India.

Last month I was invited for an event in Bengaluru as a speaker. All speakers were staying in a five star hotel, where when I tried to go into the bar, a man stopped me saying I had to wear shoes to get admission. I reminded him India

None of us can move forward if half of us are held back. So if you want a healthier, better world, you need to put women and girls at the centre of the agenda,” said Microsoft Founder Bill Gates at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s inaugural

Anil Sutradhar (92) recalls with pride that his art took him to places he had hardly dreamt of. The nonagenarian, who needs a stick to balance his wobbling legs, has hung outside his house a signboard with names of the ­countries he has visited and the years