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A photographer from Plus Ultra visited Parliament when it was in session and managed to capture the Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh in a ...

Among the many hundreds of people who frequent the Marina Beach for their morning walk, there is a particular group of walkers referred to b...

Unable to fathom how a bunch of second-rate English cricketers could crush the Indian team and inflict such a humiliating defeat at home, I ...

President Kalam is, no doubt, an erudite scholar, a scientist of distinction and a man of unquestionable integrity. But the President’s pron...

The root cause of most of the problems that we face as adults is that, somewhere down the line, we jettison the cheery disposition and unfet...

The historic Indo-US nuclear deal was signed after several rounds of hectic negotiations. While dozens of scientists, diplomats and bureaucr...

On reading media reports on the rebranding of ‘Indian Airlines’ as “Indian”, Plus Ultra caught up with the Civil Aviation Minister, Mr.Pra...

When we keep hearing the grim prognosis on the institution of marriage, why it is facing extinction and how the rate of separation of coupl...

Sowmya has tagged me . I am supposed to invite 6 people for dinner and then pass the baton on to 3 more bloggers to play host. The first d...

The first ever indication that I was no longer in the full flush of my youth came to me in a rather subtle manner. A neighbour’s child addre...

Away on a business trip and seated alone at the corner table of the swanky restaurant of the 5-star hotel, with the customary bowl of salad ...

Osama Bin Laden stroked his flowing beard in a contented manner and smiled that famous half-smile of his. He had good reasons to be satisfie...

Sachin Tendulkar turned the ball down to square-leg for a single to complete his 35th Test hundred and surpass Sunil Gavaskar's record f...

Headlines that appear in newspapers, as Indian cricket passes through four distinct phases of a never-ending cycle. Phase 1 : ( after India...

There I was at the lounge of the Mumbai airport, happily gorging on the beetroot cutlets and lazily sipping the fresh lime soda, when that s...

It had finally happened in the year 2034. Orwell had been off by 50 years. All the PCs in this world- with the exception of P.Chidambaram – ...

Following the success of the "Ask our doctor" column, Plus Ultra is pleased to re-publish an "Agony Aunt" column, which ...

I keep my ears on ‘high alert” when I go for a walk in the morning .so that I don’t miss out on the juicy gossip, profound philosophies and ...

So many magazines publish a “Ask our doctor” page where they claim to provide answers to medical questions sent in by their readers. I am co...