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Uncle Sam's recipe for India: Taste US made consumer goods
If Uncle Sam had his way, the shelves of Indian shops would be filled with Californian sparkling wines, Indian youth would be riding Harley Davidson motorbikes, and the poor of India would be munching shelled almonds and eating peanut butter.
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Puzzling mystery
Of all the creatures that once inhabited the earth, the most popular and the most exciting were the dinosaurs. These terrible lizards roamed the earth, around 230 million years ago, for over 165 million years. Although there are about 350 known species, fossils of new dinosaurs are still being discovered.
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Papa cooks as new textbooks erase stereotypes
Papa tends to the troublesome twosome while the pot boils on the stove. Mama, meanwhile, leafs through the newspaper, leaving the bawling baby in the capable hands of hubby dear. If this is not a familiar scenario in most Indian homes, it is one of many illustrations for stories in a new series of school textbooks attempting to reinforce an egalitarian way of viewing one's social reality.
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Haryanvis in high spirits as state goes "wet" and wild
The bachhus spirit was high in the minds of Haryanvis yesterday with people yearning for their favourite local-made "Jagadhri No 1", after the Bansi Lal government did a volte face on prohibition. But the cherished brands eluded them on the first day of "wet" Haryana, as the same could not reach the 1,500-odd thekas in the state due to delay in procedural formalities.
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