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Fashion in austen’s day: A still from the film Pride and Prejudice. Clothes will always tend to follow the dictates of utility. Ladies in Jane Austen’s day might wear many layers of petticoats but nothing in the nature of what we would call knickers.

Seeking life, after riots

Twenty-nine-year-old Mohammed Sheikh came to Singapore to get a diploma in hospitality management so that he could gradually "settle" down with a job. Today, seven years later, he says Singapore Full story

Nautanki loses lustre, artistes fall on hard times

Once the nautanki theatre was very popular in Rajasthan’s Brij and Mewat regions and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, but now the popular art form is facing a difficult time. Most of its performers (folk artistes)Full story

Srinagar-Dubai direct flight from V-Day

Come Valentine’s Day, and Kashmir will see the launch of International flights from Srinagar’s modernised airport and the opening of the second section of the Valley’s dream train. After the inauguration Full story