Pawan, a full-fledged Singapore citizen and a hiking enthusiast for the past two-and-a-half years, carried Shijo, a Singapore resident for 18 years now, through a 45km walk sometime in March 2024. It was a bond forged through a gruelling endeavour, some despair, much sweating, and a good deal of swearing. From that mission of pain and gain, the group Wednesday Walkers was born in May 2024.

“We wish to create AI 171 trust for families of Air India plane crash victims,” says Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran

In an exclusive interview with Navika Kumar, Group Editor-in-Chief of Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, Chandrasekaran said, “It is an extremely difficult situation where I have no words to express, to console any of the families of those who died. I deeply regret that this accident happened in a Tata-run airline. And I feel very sorry. All we can do is to be with the families at this time, grieve with them and we will do everything to support them at this hour and beyond.”

Trekkers@Heart founder Vivek Vaidya helps people find their inner adventurer

Who better to talk about the benefits of hiking and trekking than Vivek Vaidya, the Indian-origin Singapore-based founder of Trekkers@Heart? A management consultant at Frost and Sullivan and a “corporate storyteller”, he is — as his outfit’s name says — a trekker at heart. So much so that Trekkers@Heart is now a full-fledged organisation that helps people find their inner adventurer.

Vijayalakshmi Mohan reinvents the Indian art of rangoli for Singapore and the world

Over the past several decades, Vijayalakshmi Mohan, now aged 66, has been introducing people in Singapore and other countries to this art form. In Singapore, she has turned the rangoli into a vehicle of cross-cultural communication.

Gauri Shrivastava Gupta’s ‘Charulata’ breathes new life into a Tagore classic in Singapore

Gauri has an impressive background in theatre, with over 30 years of experience in writing and directing. A former advertising professional and scriptwriter, Gauri’s body of work in theatre spans children’s plays, forum theatre, thematic productions involving dance and music, as well as street plays with a cause.

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