Eyes full of dreams, a heart brimming with aspirations and the aim to reach for the skies. She dreams of becoming our very own Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. She is diligent and above all a beautiful human being. But in the core of her heart lurk insecurities and fears which wake her in the dead of night. The horrible dream, some one is clipping her wings & she cannot fly any more. Why these nightmares? Why this insecurity when she is young and talented? Legitimate questions. Which demand reasonable replies. But before replying to those questions I am going to narrate her predicaments . . . [MORE
   This is an appeal to all right thinking and environmentally conscious citizens to rally to the cause of saving Niyamgiri Hill, one of the most important biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Ghats of Orissa. The top of this hill is proposed to be mined by Vedanta Alumina Ltd, a subsidiary of Sterlite India ltd for Bauxite which will be used for their 1 million tonne alumina refinery to be set up in Lanjigarh, a Schedule V area. Niyamgiri Hills, named after the Niyamraja, the main deity of the Donagria Kondhs, are one of last untouched wildernesses of Orissa . . . [MORE