On a cool and crisp Sunday morning, nearly a hundred CXOs in Bengaluru, turned up ready to push pedals and ride their hearts out for a cause. Flagged off by Bhaskar Rao, Additional Director General of Brigade Signature Towers, the riders cycled through the verdant green countryside of Hoskote. The inaugural ‘Signature Ride –
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Once morning in early 2011, I got a call from Sudarshan Maini. “Can you come and meet me? Right away, if you can”. I hopped across to Maini Sadan where he announced, ” I want to write a book about Reva and I want you to write it with me”. I was a bit taken
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In Episode 20 of Spotlight with Sandhya, Police Officer Bhaskar Rao, currently the Additional Director General of Police- Internal Security, Karnataka, says “I love losers, because I was one.” Having been a loser in academics through school had made him the butt of ridicule, but his liking for sports and games kept him in good
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He struggled throughout his life to realise his dreams. He fought with his bosses and never held a steady job. Borrowed & lost money on many projects. After 50, things changed dramatically. He got more money & fame than ever before. Presenting the many faces of the successful villain of Madras Cafe, Airlift & Shakuntala in
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Kalpana Rao gave up a job in banking to start a boutique. Years later, she over came illness and depression brought about by her weight gain, and in a completely unexpected turn of events, became a model. That led her to a new career as an actor where she’s shared the screen with super
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“Indian youth are increasingly reading books on Indian history which are written in an inspiring and exciting style”, best selling author and historian Dr.Vikram Sampath tells Sandhya Mendonca in an interview. Riding high on the runaway success of his book on the controversial Hindu nationalist figure Veer Savarkar, Sampath has just inked a deal with
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The guest in Episode 17 guest stomps on the stage in a colourful lungi and ghungroos. Raghu Dixit intoxicates audiences with his music. The boy from Mysore is a global ambassador for Indian fusion music and is every Kannadiga’s favourite. While he’s known for making happy, peppy music that you make, he also makes
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The topic on everybody’s mind is ‘immunity’. There are dozens of therapies and treatments floating around, and if one were to follow each of these, there wouldn’t be time to do anything else at all! To get an expert opinion on what’s the best way to get immunity for both mind and body, I have
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If anything has driven home the point that humans need to listen to nature, the current pandemic has done so. That’s why our interest in talking to Prof.Shannon B. Olsson for this episode of Spotlight with Sandhya. She is an authority on chemical ecology, and she listens to nature’s chemical conversations across India’s diverse ecosystems.
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Did you know that while flus and fevers have become more common, no new antibiotic has been developed in the last 55 years? Until now that is; a breakthrough is imminent with a new class of antibiotics to treat superbugs. What about companies which 3D print human organs, or companies which are working to make
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