Kathakali, a powerful and relatively recent performing art with a 400 years heritage, can be termed as one of the great artistic wonders of the world. …

Indian railways have announced that they will now stop pasting reservation charts on the doors of reserved coaches of long distance trains. These charts, for ages , printed the names, ages and destination of every reserved seat in the particular coach. This is a historical moment in technology for Indian…

Mumbai’s local train network is considered as the ‘lifeline of the city’, for a number of reasons. It is part of the first railway network to be built in Asia, by the British. Today, the total length of the network adds up to over 400 kms. It is used by…

Even though the Indian railway system connects the nooks and corners of India, perhaps the most fascinating routes are those where the train climbs up the mountain to take you to hill stations. These toy trains were built by the British in late 19th century and early 20th century to…

The Dibrugarh- Kanyakumari Vivek Express starts at Dibrugarh in Assam at 10.45 pm on a Saturday and reaches Kanyakumari at around 11 am on Wednesday, making it the longest train journey in India by both time and distance. …

Miss Ananya Sivasankaran was yet to receive her MBA, but she had mastered almost all the management techniques. Her day began at 7 a.m when the institution bus picked her up from home. At the institution, the boss checked her solutions to the previous day’s problems. Competition was tough and…

The Pattukkottai-Karaikudi EMU train is just another of the more than 13000 passenger trains run by the Indian Railways. Yet, there is something special about this train. It covers a distance of 74 km with five stations in between. Apart from stopping at the stations, it stops at 34 unmanned…

In 2010, Kate Ogg gave birth to twins Jamie and Emily around the sixth month of her pregnancy. Emily survived but Jamie was not breathing. Doctors tried for 20 minutes to resuscitate him, was unsuccessful, and told Kate and her husband David that Jamie had died. …

I enjoy cycling. During my childhood, in Kerala, I envied the looks of the shining, well maintained black cycles with dynamo that generated power for the light in front as street lights were few. During school days, we used to have this slow cycling race. We are not supposed to…