Going Bananas
Where: Taiwan July 7, 2000: The military force of the Asian country of Taiwan was put on a very important job last week. They were …
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Chitra Padmanabhan
All features, stories and articles authored by: Chitra Padmanabhan
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Hockey Heroines
Where: India September 12, 2007 : I must confess that I got interested in the Indian women’s hockey team after watching the …
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Honey, what about it?
Where: the eastern state of Orissa,India July 19: Banjipali village stands on a hill surrounded by forest. It is a very small …
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The Emperor who Won a Toy in a Fight
Akbar was three years old in 1545. He was then staying with his uncle Kamran. On a special day, there was a feast. And Kamran had …
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Rocky Planet of Fire and Ice
Would you believe it? The soft sand that we sink into on the beach is actually rock? Sand is what a rock becomes after years of …
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Man who was a mountain
Where: state of Bihar, India August 19, 2007: It’s the kind of superhuman deed that seems so hard to believe because it is true. …
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Women's hockey steals the show!
The year was 2002. The Commonwealth Games were on in Manchester, England. A nail-biting hockey final was being played out between …
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Badminton champs in the spotlight
Hyderabad Hurricane – Saina Nehwal No, this is not a spelling mistake. We are not writing about Sania Mirza and her achievements …
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Guns everywhere
Where: The southern state of Virginia, United States April 19, 2007: April 16 began like any other at Virginia Tech college. Some …
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Winner Juice
Winner Juice [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] October 28: Ask anyone who watched the recent Olympic Games, and they will tell you …
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Chintu Pintu Talk on the Net Again
Do you send E-mails to your friends? E-mails in which you write in words how you are feeling — happy or sad? Do you want to …
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Life inside a Public Transport Vehicle
It’s interesting how people make use of the time they spend in travelling from home to office and back, in Indian cities like …
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