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Eastward Ho!

India was always considered backward and underdeveloped. No longer. Britain wants Indian help to modernise its railways. And British patients are coming to India for surgery. Read on ...

Little fingers danced over a handkerchief and suddenly the coin beneath disappeared. For the five-and-a-half-year-old Bhagyanath, already a veteran of 300 magic shows, it was just the beginning... 21-08-2000 Read on ...

Teachers who Ticked Correct Answers Wrong

Teachers of a college in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, attributed India's national song to the composer of the national anthem. The students were the ones to point out they were wrong. 19-08-2000 Read on ...

Latecomers Out!

Notorious for their unpunctuality, the politicians of Surat, Gujarat, are no longer invited to school functions. This has happened because 60 schools have taken up a project to promote punctuality. 19-08-2000 Read on ...

Talkie Star from the Silent Era

Starting with silent films, P Jairaj went on to become one of the first talkie stars in Indian cinema, in a 60-year career. The 91-year-old actor, who passed away recently, was a recipient of the highest Indian honour in cinema - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. 19-08-2000 Read on ...

The Girl Who was Failed for Being Too Smart

Sujee was a smart girl. She passed every exam with honours, except the one that her heart was set upon -- the IIT entrance exam. And that was for no fault of hers. Read on ...

This Time Teachers are the Students

The government of West Bengal recently reintroduced English from classes II to V. But the teachers had forgotten their English. They had to be taught first, only then could they teach. Read on ...

Rat Menace

A strange fever was killing people across Mumbai. Tests showed that rats were the culprits. With few rat catchers of their own, and no Pied Piper in sight, the Mumbai Corporation hit upon a novel way to deal with the rat menace… Read on ...

The Day it Rained Fish

While residents of a port town in Britain saw the sky rain fish last weekend, residents of Calcutta couldn't find any fish to buy in the markets. Read on ...

Little Ali's Heart

The Haider family was worried sick. Their baby had a hole in his heart. Their Pakistani doctors had no cure. Then they were told about the heart institute that could cure him. But it was located across the border, in India… Read on ...