Achiever: All the odds were against him - he is afflicted with polio, hails from a small village in Solapur district of Maharashtra, and his father had died when he was very young. But Ramesh Gorakh Gholap overcame all the adversities and has topped the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) Main exams 2011 and has also cleared the Union Public Service Commission examination. Read more .....
Expert speak: Here are excerpts from the address delivered by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam during the first convocation of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram on June 28, 2012.Read more .....
Science: Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn's moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its ice shell. Read the full NASA release ....
Fiction: A crude translation of one of Bengali humorist Shibram Chakraborty's short stories. The story "Gora's bargaining prowess" is about a small boy's determination not to be cheated by a shop-keeper. Whether Gora gets cheated in the end or is it the shop-keeper, it is for the readers to decide.Read the full story .....
Colours: For the youth, life is a splash of colours. Whether on or off the campus, living is sheer fun, joy and laughter. Share some light moments here .....
Brain Teaser: This is rather simple and even I have been able to solve it. So, it should be child's play for you, although it may be a bit tedious. You have to break this secret code and once you do so, your efforts will be rewarded with coins. Please decipher this secret message .....
History: Father of Indian Unrest Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23, 1856. To commemorate the birth anniversary, here is the text of a speech delivered by him at Nashik in 1917. Read more .....
Faith: Towards the end of the second week of June, Pune welcomed a "city on move" - a vast congregation of faithfuls who passed through Pune on a rigorous pilgrimage to the temple town of Pandharpur in Solapur district on foot.Read more .....
