Poker games, salsa socials, programmes for special children… Variety is the name of the game when it comes to Diwali celebrations around the city.

We asked youngsters if festivals were just about enjoying or did they also want to up keep customs and practices. Payal Chhabria listens in…

An IT campaign for the youth in the Capital

Sneha is passionate about the environment. And as a crusader for the cause, she made a presentation on the hill ranges in Andhra Pradesh.

Why Cyclone Nilam proved to be a blessing in disguise…

A bus ride arms you with experiences that you cannot get elsewhere…

Why FDI is bad for us youngsters…

Those who use social media as a platform to express themselves need to become familiar with Section 66A of the IT Act, writes Jaideep Deo Bhanj

These are times when democracy is being redefined by repeated State assaults and unfailing surges of retaliation by its people on a medium that is in constant flux. Six students from Jenneys Academy of Hotel Management discuss the arrest of the ‘Facebook women’ in Mumbai and its fundamental democratic violation

Young people continue to be enamoured of books, especially fiction, reveals a survey on reading habits in the north eastern region

This December, arts internship is the new buzzword. Payal Chhabria talks to a few youngsters who’ve been there and done that…

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar says Karnataka Youth Policy will be implemented in toto

A tightrope walker from Chhattisgarh performs on the streets of Tiruchi

If today’s youngsters are busy texting “trivial” messages, the letters people wrote in the past were not exactly repositories of social commentary either.

Sanjay Vijayakumar, the trailblazing CEO of MobME, one of the most successful telecom start-ups in India, talks about his entrepreneurial journey

Yoko Hayashi from Japan is savouring the real taste of India. In the city as an intern of the Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry, she tells SHILPA NAIR ANAND that her stay has helped her understand the idea of Indianness .

In the end it was all a maya. The world did not come to an apocalyptic end on December 21 as was predicted by doomsday-mongers, after ‘deciphering’ ancient Mayan hieroglyphs. The world is still alive and kicking! All the more reason to go all out and celebrate life, say a bunch of young achievers from Kerala. They talk to MetroPlus about the phenomenon and their hopes and dreams for 2013. Here’s what they have to say…

They are an entertainment collaborative with new fangled ideas and creative energy. The members of Stray Factory tell Shonali Muthalaly what theatre means to them.

Street children compete for a berth in the Indian team for the Homeless World Cup, 2013, to be played in Poland

Five girls from Kadri Mills Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, have won laurels for their project at the 20th National Children’s Science Congress. Akila Kannadasan reports

A group of musically inclined youngsters have come together with a song for the KMB

School students who are members of a book club in the city will stage a musical, an adaption of the book Goal! Butterfingers. The play has been directed, produced and scripted by them. They talk about the musical that is being staged for charity

A bunch of young people from Pappampatty village in Tamil Nadu work tirelessly to empower the rural youth by providing them education, employment opportunities and a will to help other needy people. K. JESHI reports

While technology seems to have made life easy for students, an increased dependence on it has made it difficult for them to associate with people outside the virtual world.

National Service Scheme units in city colleges are reaching out to society in a big way

Milan Vohra, of Mills & Boon fame, talks about her latest novel, Tick Tock We’re 30

P. Balu has brought name and fame to his school, state and country as part of the medal-winning Indian floor hockey team in the Special Olympics

Aishwarya Manivannan talks about her love for the ancient martial art, handlooms and how she combined the two in a recent popular video

Semmalar Annam packed her bags for Chennai to be a part of Kollywood and she landed a role in the critically acclaimed Ammani

The 10-minute theatre festival, Short + Sweet South India, makes a comeback after two years with enthusiastic participation from new faces and young groups

With climate change and the demand to create a responsible and adaptive built environment, is sustainability given enough importance in the classroom?

Students will now be involved in creating a more sustainable world by influencing the way buildings are built over the next 30 years

The creators of War and Peas, Brown Paperbag Comics, Bakarmax and more talk about the growth of the Indian webcomics scene as the stage is set for Bengaluru Comic Con

The first day first show of ‘BTS: Yet To Come’ in Hyderabad saw their ardent fans make a beeline to the cinemas

Jehan Daruvala, reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E Team, talks of speed, patience and fitness

Meet Agasthi Chandrasekhar from Hyderabad, the first Indian to win a medal in the BMX National Series 2023-Series 1

Dr. Rovelli has written several popular-science books. In his latest work, White Holes: Inside the Horizon, he explains the theoretical existence of white holes — the converse of black holes. The latter is believed to be the ultimate graveyard of all matter from which nothing, not even light, can escape. White holes on the other hand may beget a new universe. Though still in the realm of speculation, the math checks out

“You cannot feed the people with communal sentiments indefinitely,” the Congress leader said in an interview to The Hindu, where he also dismissed concerns about factionalism within the party

If Left parties and Congress join the INDIA alliance with Trinamool Congress we will put candidates against the INDIA bloc also, says the lone MLA of the Indian Secular Front

Raghuram Rajan on why India must be open and inclusive, and welcoming to all, before it aims to be an upper income country by 2047

Ahead of the Global Investors’ Meet, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu dismissed claims that Uttar Pradesh had overtaken Tamil Nadu as the second largest State economy. He also spoke about renewable energy and impact of floods on revenues. Excerpts from an interview with The Hindu:

Through data and evidence, journalists Sreenivasan Jain, Mariyam Alavi and Supriya Sharma debunk notions of love jihad, population jihad and appeasement of minorities

An interview with B.C. Pathak on India’s nuclear power plans and strategy

The author of Let’s Talk Mutual Funds on why mutual funds should be a part of the Indian investor’s portfolio

Guha talks about his literary confidant, Rukun Advani, and their relationship that deepened over long letters, not boozy lunches

Electronics and Information Technology Minister says the thought process that there should be accountability of what is published on social media is taking shape globally; he says provisions which allow government to take over networks are imperative in today’s world; and India will have to triple the amount of digital connectivity especially when introducing new technologies such as 6G

“As far as INDIA bloc, in Maharashtra, you have the Maharashtra Vikas Agadi, in Bihar you have the Mahagathbandhan and in Tamil Nadu you have DMK-led secular front. So, in each State these talks are already on. And I am sure by the end of this month, the situation will be far clearer,” says CPI(M) general secretary