Films not a priority for me right now: Rahul Sharma

Santoor exponent Rahul Sharma has said composing music for Hindi films was not a priority for him right now and was likely to think about it in another two years.
Rahul composed the music for one Hindi film, ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge,’ but is not taking up similar projects as of now.
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'14 lakh MW can be generated from wind pressure on moving trains'

A city-based industrialist claims to have devised a technique to harness the wind pressure on a moving train to generate power, and has even obtained 22 national and international patents for the concept.
“The technique has the potential to generate 14.81 lakh megawatt (MW) of power in India alone, with its 63,000 route kilometres of railways and 14,300 trains operating every day,” Santosh Pradhan, Chief Executive Officer of Sunita Electro Engineerings, a vendor of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (M&M), told UNI.
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S Korean teenager bucks trend, to study English in Nagpur

Bucking the trend in her country, a South Korean teenager has decided to come to India – to Nagpur, to be specific – to study English rather than follow her compatriots to either the United States (US), Canada, the United Kingdom (UK) or Australia to brush up their skills.

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Slum children get a new life, literally, at ‘Navjeevan’

Babita (name changed), a class VI student, loves to dance, and is adept at Bharatanatyam. No cultural programme at her school is complete without Babita’s performance, and she never fails to evoke admiration. Nothing unusual, really.Now consider this – two of Babita’s three elder sisters are commercial sex workers (CSWs). Her father, a drunkard, is a rag picker, and has taken another wife after the death of Babita’s mother. The three sisters, her father and her stepmother live in a cramped shanty they call home.

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Maoists now appeal to police cadre to revolt

Faced with a shortage of cadres and difficulty in making new recruitment, naxalite organisations have focussed their attention on the police force itself and are making an attempt to instigate revolt among the men in uniform.Pamphlets calling upon the men in the police department and para-military forces to take up arms against the very system for which they work have been found in parts of the naxalite-infested areas in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
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Dynasties have made little dent in Vidarbha

Contrary to popular belief, political dynasties have held very little sway over the electorate in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, barring a few notable exceptions. Among the prominent exceptions that merit mention are the Naik’s, the Gawli’s and the Wasnik’s.
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BSP polled 11.55% votes in Vidarbha in 2004 LS polls

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) polled a whopping 11.55 per cent of the total votes cast in the 11 constituencies in Vidarbha at the Lok Sabha elections in 2004. The BSP polled 5,49,212 votes out of the total 47,56,380 votes that were cast in the region.
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BBC plans TV serial on Mahatma Gandhi

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to produce a television serial on Mahatma Gandhi, with an Indian director and cast.

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How time flies: Government funds documentary on RSS!

It is indeed surprising how times change. Once strictly taboo in the corridors of power, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and things connected with it now have official sanction. Well, practically so, with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) of the Government of India actually funding a 30 minute documentary on Dr Keshav Balirampant Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS.
The change in the government's attitude can probably be attributed to the presence of Atal Behari Vajpayee at the helm of affairs in New Delhi. Yet, the RSS, ostracized for its alleged involvement in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya, has come a long, long way. (The RSS has been banned thrice in the past - in 1948 shortly after the Mahatma's assassination, in 1975, during the emergency, and in 1992 after 'Black Sunday' at Ayodhya).
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India’s High Flying Ladies

On Saturday women showed that even sky is not the limit for them.
For on display were the skills of several daring ladies who had the courage to accept one of the toughest challenges in aviation -- a gruelling 900 nautical mile air race without sophisticated navigation aids.The gruelling race was Air Race India 2003, which was held over the last three days across the country to mark the centenary of aviation.
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Dr Shrikant Jichkar: A scholar-politician

Death finally sneaked up on him when he expected it the least. Dr Shrikant Jichkar had defied death when he spiritedly fought off cancer. However, it seems that death had retreated only to stalk him silently since. On Wednesday, it struck in the most devastating and merciless manner.Dr Jichkar died of grievous injuries sustained after his car slammed into an oncoming bus at Dhamana Shivar, about 40 kilometres from Nagpur.
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Lack of means, but no lack of will

This is a saga of a poor family's grit, determination and sacrifice to fulfil their child's dream. A dream that many may have, but not everyone can realise. The dream of entering the 'noble profession' of medicine.Vaishali Ramesh Wankhede, a resident of the Kachipura slums in Ramdaspeth area of Nagpur city, dreams of becoming a doctor. And she has just cleared the first step on the way to fulfilling her dream.
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A 'simple and studious' bride for Dravid

Imagine a cricketer being bowled over by a girl totally oblivious to the intricacies of the game! That's what has happened to Rahul Dravid, vice-captain of the Indian cricket team.
Dr. Vijeta Pendharkar, 27, has 'snared' Rahul, among the most dependable batsmen in the game today. However, the bride-to-be has little knowledge of the game.
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‘BHARAT’ DARSHAN

HITAVADA CAPTURES A GLIMPSE OF SANJAY JOG
Free, frank and fearless, that’s Sanjay Jog, ‘Bharat’ of Ramayana serial, for you in a nutshell.
Handsome, suave, cat-eyed and fluent in five languages, Sanjay has not allowed fame and popularity to go to his head.
Born and brought up in Nagpur, except for some part of his childhood spent in Pune, Sanjay migrated to Bombay to pursue a career in films. He obtained his diploma in acting from the Filmalaya Academy of Cine-arts and TV, and followed it up with a Diploma in Direction from the same institute.
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Down summery lane!

My memories of the score and three summers that I’ve seen are divided into distinct periods. The mention of summer vacations brings back nostalgic memories of Calcutta, where I was born and spent a major part of my childhood. The vacations in Calcutta, where the school sessions were in resonance with the calendar year, meant a break just as the pace of studies at school was beginning to pick up.
The vacations were meant to spare the pupils the hassles of commuting to school in the heat. But part of the fun was lost due to the fact that the students were assigned tonnes of ‘Holiday Homework” (a contradiction in terms, now that I come to think of it!!)
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Elementary!

I had just become the proud owner of a brand new Yamaha RX-100, and was zooming across the town, exhilarated.Young, fun loving and without a care in the world, I spent the first day in getting a feel of the bike.The next day, I stopped at a Red light. As the light turned amber, and then green, I engaged gear, and started moving off. At that moment a huge, ferocious truck roared in from my right. Stunned, I tried to move out of its way.
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR

"Be sure to learn your lines by heart," the director reminded me, "The play is at 2 O'clock tomorrow afternoon."
"Yes," I mumbled. I was worried. Here I was, participating in a play in our annual gathering, a challenging role offered to me two days ago, and, like an ass, I had accepted. I had not learnt my lines, and they were expecting me to work a miracle overnight.I was nervous. The other play I took part in bombed at the 'box office.' It was a laughable attempt, as a classmate of mine was told by his friend of the other species. And to think it was a comedy!

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