Dr Nita Mukherjee describes the knowledge conservation efforts of a music academy in Mumbai

Way back in 1956 when the renowned tabla maestro Pandit Nikhil Ghosh set up Sangit Mahabharati (SMB) most people thought it would be just another “music class” which artistes set up to make ends meet. Patronage of the performing arts was diminishing. State sponsorship necessitated compromises; and...

Geeta Seshu describes how Yusuf Meherally Centre has

The first time I visited the Yusuf Meherally Centre (YMC), I was in exalted company. At least six top doctors of Mumbai, each a renowned specialist in his or her field, piled into a vehicle on a Sunday morning to make their way to the YMC hospital at Tara, near Panvel, along the Mumbai-Goa highway. The doctors obviously knew each other...

A cost-effective way to improve mass nutrition levels

If Shah Rukh Khan endorses fortification of food with essential vitamins and nutrients, then the public will begin to understand its value and demand it. With this in mind, Dr S.K. Nanda, principal secretary, Gujarat Government (Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs), together with Mumbai municipal commissioner, Jairaj Pathak, met the...