Some of his contemporaries -- RK Laxman, OV Vijayan, Kutti, Abu -- were adorning the shelves of our college library, but I was fond of Miranda.

How two friends Kaunain Abedi and Maria Zaki turned their mutual love for juttis into a successful footwear line

Considered the Charlie Chaplin of Urdu humour, Altaf Husain Shadab uses his rich repertoire of humorous tools to dabble in shayeri, ghazal, geet and parody

The Indo-Canadian author’s fourth book, a collection of poems titled ‘The Bridge and the Bend’ garners good reviews in Canada

Meet Khaja Pasha, the first person to submit his PhD thesis on the subject ‘Telugu Naatakaalu, Naatikalu Chalana Chitraluga Parinaamam’ written in Telangana dialect

Manchala Gyanender helps the needy in performing last rites by offering a very crucial service

Carmel Hessing shares what made her spearheads the first-ever pottery studio, Claysutra in the city

Rakesh Dhannarapu's book 101 Flying Secrets seeks to make people aware about the nitty-gritty air travel in a simple manner

Hemalatha, who took up rowing in 2015, has won a total of four gold medals, two silver and three bronze medals in the National Championships in a span of four years

MasterChef Australia fame Sandeep Pandit on changing perceptions of the West about Indian food

Canine behaviourist Shirin Merchant hopes to educate people about dogs and what makes them tick

The founder of Serendipity is the first woman to get the award

Meet M Sanjay Kumar who who goes out of his way to help people in need

Malleshwar Rao and Kapil Kumar joined hands to save lives of several needy people – be it for food or blood

Meet Mohammed Haneef, 84-year-old man who runs ‘auto ambulance’

Paramhansa Yogananda is richly honoured abroad for his contribution to the spread of Indian philosophy and wisdom in the USA and beyond

Kursam Gowthami succeeds in fulfilling her wish of opening a pizza centre in city under the CMSTEI Scheme

Siddharth Srivastav Pilli is a 12-year-old boy who has landed a job at an IT company, courtesy his coding skills

While Bhairagowni Karthika Ram Mohan enjoys a fan following due to her typical dialect, she is not keen on pursuing anything further on the small screen