Tag Archives: Anindita Sengupta

Bangalore’s swish set sways to silent music

February 14, 2012 – 3:21 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Bangalore’s party animals are getting quieter — on the dance floor. Silent parties, where they listen to music on wireless headphones, are in vogue. There are usually three DJs playing music and a colour code helps the DJs know when the partygoer changes channels (TimesOfIndia.com, 20 December 2011). Such parties […]

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Food minister launches campaign against food wastage at big weddings

August 9, 2011 – 3:21 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Overflowing wedding buffets have raised the ire of Food Minister KV Thomas. A committee established by him will organise a public awareness campaign about food wastage, through the media and outreach to schools and social organisations. If the campaign does not work, the committee may consider imposing a rule on […]

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Ernakulam schoolgirls to get self-cleaning etoilets

June 21, 2011 – 1:14 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING A government girls’ school in Ernakulam, Kerala, will soon have the country’s first e-toilet. This is part of the suchi@school project, which will construct e-toilets at various schools in the district to ensure better hygiene. The toilets will have automatic doors and the system will self-clean after each use. Where water is scarce, […]

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Couchsurfing lets thrifty Indians see the world

April 15, 2011 – 11:25 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Indians are opening their homes to strangers from around the world. These “couchsurfers” stay as nonpaying guests, experience local culture and have an insider show them around. In turn, the Indian hosts also get to couchsurf to other foreign destinations. Websites like CouchSurfers.org, Servas.org and GlobalFreeloaders.com list 34,287 (and growing) […]

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‘Fit’ students in Kozhikode will get better marks in academics

March 17, 2011 – 8:37 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Middle school students in Kozhikode in Kerala will get extra points for healthy living. An initiative in schools, Lifestyle and Efforts for Newer Understandings (LISTEN YOU), is trying to eliminate obesity among youngsters. Conceived by Dr. Meharoof Raj, the project will identify children with a body mass index of 23 and […]

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Godrej enrols Pune’s postmen to deliver refrigerators … apart from mail

March 3, 2011 – 10:49 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Postmen in Pune region are delivering more than letters and money orders. Leading corporation Godrej has enrolled the postmen to market ChhotuKool, their cheap and small refrigerator for the rural market (DNAIndia.com, 12 February 2011). Postmen are being trained to educate consumers about the features of ChhotuKool. They will demonstrate and promote the product during […]

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Traditional Indian sweet shop, Sri Krishna Sweets, takes to tech

February 10, 2011 – 9:23 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING A chain of sweet shops has adopted technology to make life easier, and sweeter, for its customers. At Sri Krishna Sweets, as many as 85 varieties of sweets and savouries are prepared every day and transported to various outlets. The entire process has been  systematized. Bar-coding allows them to track […]

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Dial a doc: M-health set to take off in India

January 19, 2011 – 3:29 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Indians will soon be able to get medical care on their mobile phones. Leading hospital chain the Apollo Group is ready to roll out m-health services in Chennai and Kolkata this month. They will provide a host of real-time services, including first-level care through junior doctors in telecentres. Areas include […]

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Good as gold: CBSE brings behaviour assessment to the forefront

January 19, 2011 – 3:17 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Being on their best behaviour pays off for CBSE students. The Central Board of Secondary Education has a new continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme which grades students on behaviour and values. Students giving their Class 10 exams are marked on a three-point scale (A+, A and B) on these […]

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Net-savvy moms bond online over product reviews

January 12, 2011 – 9:43 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Net-savvy Indian moms are tapping into the power of girl bonding. MummyKnowsBest.com is a site that exclusively reviews children’s products. It claims that products that do not meet “rigorous quality and use standards” are not featured (MummyKnowsBest.com). Owned and managed by Ruchika Chanana and Nisha Subramaniam,  the portal features contributions […]

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For Indian youth, instant noodles was never ‘foreign’ food

January 12, 2011 – 9:37 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING The rising popularity of instant noodles could well make this Chinese culinary dish an Indian staple. The young generation increasingly associates noodles with home cooking and does not see it as foreign food. Noodle manufacturers offer readymade Indian flavours to encourage this notion. To battle the main worry about instant noodles, […]

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Glass tigers to take over New Delhi streets in unique awareness drive

January 6, 2011 – 6:34 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING A unique art installation project in India’s capital draws attention to a recent ‘save the tiger’ campaign. Fibreglass tigers by well-known contemporary artists such as Anjolie Ela Menon, Paresh Maiti and Anandjit Ray will take over Delhi streets in December (Business-Standard.com, 5 December 2010). The glass tigers will be installed […]

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Bangalore’s old markets taught to clean up their act

January 6, 2011 – 6:30 am

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING One of the oldest markets in Bangalore, Russell Market, was recently part of an intensive clean-up drive. The municipal corporation and the Solid Waste Management Round Table (SWMRT) organisation educated vendors on waste segregation (CitizenMatters.in, 30 November 2010). Built in 1927 Russell Market is one of the most crowded and […]

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New crop of children’s books introduce urban kids to India’s hinterland

January 5, 2011 – 4:38 pm

by Anindita Sengupta WHAT’S HAPPENING Manu Chitrakar, a village artist from West Bengal, illustrated his first graphic novel, I See the Promised Land, on scrolls of handmade paper using the folk form of Patua. Published by Tara Books, it is one among many trying to bridge the gap between urban children and folk forms of […]

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