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When the guitar gently weeps
He was the spiritual Beatle. George Harrison, who died recently, had introduced lyricism and mysticism to their music, "changing the tune of the 60s". In the resounding success of the Beatles and his own later albums, the legend lives on. More

Destination : India
Harrison once said: "After `Norwegian Wood', I met Ravi Shankar at a friend's house in London, for dinner. He offered to give me instructions in the basics of the sitar, like how to sit, how to hold it, and the basic exercises. It was the first ... More
Jingles all the way...
Ads, ad jingles, shooting them — all spell creativity and excitement. After attending The Hindu-NIE workshop on ad film-making in Bangalore, a few of the students wanted to pursue a career in Advertising. As one of them put it "it was a great experience". More
A princess remembers...
Shahjahan's daughter Jahanara was sensitive, humble and also had a poetic eye. Subhadra Sen Gupta gives an unvarnished account of the times when she lived. More
Living with fear
Have you ever been afraid? Fear is a basic instinct , it protects us and helps us survive. More
Different class
At the AIDS awareness programme held by Madras Christian College for school students recently, the participants got to know a little more about the disease. The slogan writing and poster contests brought their talent to the fore. More
Ad infinitum...what they said
Till the beginning of December, advertisements were just short commercials and the time to have a look at the other channels between our favourite programmes. But now, I'll watch them more carefully. Vibha A S. C., IX B, Sree Cauvery ... More
@ the e-mail
Electronic-mail or e-mail for short is used by everyone these days. But what does ``@'' stand for? It stands for "at the rate of". The first e-mail was sent 30 years ago, after Ray Tomlinson, a computer programmer came up with the ``@'' symbol ... More
Shell out colour
In 1983, Cuba issued a set of stamps depicting four different species of turtles. The Atlantic ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) - 2- is a gray turtle with a shell about 60-79 cm long and found in the Gulf of Mexico and occasionally strays, ... More
SENSE & NONSENSE
Scratch to score
Equally at home in forests and orchards, on farms and in villages, in towns and cities, the red-faced Bonnet Macaques are amongst the most successful of our mammals. In very many ways, they are unique. In most other monkey species, males ... More

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