Looking for a bridge over troubled water? Krithvi Shyam, our young psychologist, addresses your worst anxieties.

What’s your definition?

This December, arts internship is the new buzzword. Payal Chhabria talks to a few youngsters who’ve been there and done that…

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar says Karnataka Youth Policy will be implemented in toto

A tightrope walker from Chhattisgarh performs on the streets of Tiruchi

If today’s youngsters are busy texting “trivial” messages, the letters people wrote in the past were not exactly repositories of social commentary either.

Sanjay Vijayakumar, the trailblazing CEO of MobME, one of the most successful telecom start-ups in India, talks about his entrepreneurial journey

Yoko Hayashi from Japan is savouring the real taste of India. In the city as an intern of the Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry, she tells SHILPA NAIR ANAND that her stay has helped her understand the idea of Indianness .

In the end it was all a maya. The world did not come to an apocalyptic end on December 21 as was predicted by doomsday-mongers, after ‘deciphering’ ancient Mayan hieroglyphs. The world is still alive and kicking! All the more reason to go all out and celebrate life, say a bunch of young achievers from Kerala. They talk to MetroPlus about the phenomenon and their hopes and dreams for 2013. Here’s what they have to say…

They are an entertainment collaborative with new fangled ideas and creative energy. The members of Stray Factory tell Shonali Muthalaly what theatre means to them.

Street children compete for a berth in the Indian team for the Homeless World Cup, 2013, to be played in Poland

Five girls from Kadri Mills Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, have won laurels for their project at the 20th National Children’s Science Congress. Akila Kannadasan reports

Swami Vivekananda had immense faith in the power of youth.

A group of musically inclined youngsters have come together with a song for the KMB

School students who are members of a book club in the city will stage a musical, an adaption of the book Goal! Butterfingers. The play has been directed, produced and scripted by them. They talk about the musical that is being staged for charity

At the science exhibition at the Mahatma Montessori Higher Secondary School, students showcased their skills in innovation

A bunch of young people from Pappampatty village in Tamil Nadu work tirelessly to empower the rural youth by providing them education, employment opportunities and a will to help other needy people. K. JESHI reports

Are Indian youth equipped mentally and culturally to face the challenges that the Internet era throws at them?

While technology seems to have made life easy for students, an increased dependence on it has made it difficult for them to associate with people outside the virtual world.

National Service Scheme units in city colleges are reaching out to society in a big way

Quite a task for a person who is single to make it through Valentine’s Day!

Working out outdoors can be a refreshing contrast to the boring in doors we are confined to at work or college all day!

Milan Vohra, of Mills & Boon fame, talks about her latest novel, Tick Tock We’re 30

P. Balu has brought name and fame to his school, state and country as part of the medal-winning Indian floor hockey team in the Special Olympics

Madurai boys talk about their experience of working in the Oscar winner Life of Pi

Young Hyderabadis are turning events such as weddings and birthdays into a platform for assisting charitable organisations.

Aishwarya Manivannan talks about her love for the ancient martial art, handlooms and how she combined the two in a recent popular video

This Tiruchi school shows how baking can prove to be a viable career option for young adults with special needs

Semmalar Annam packed her bags for Chennai to be a part of Kollywood and she landed a role in the critically acclaimed Ammani

The 10-minute theatre festival, Short + Sweet South India, makes a comeback after two years with enthusiastic participation from new faces and young groups

With climate change and the demand to create a responsible and adaptive built environment, is sustainability given enough importance in the classroom?

Students will now be involved in creating a more sustainable world by influencing the way buildings are built over the next 30 years

The creators of War and Peas, Brown Paperbag Comics, Bakarmax and more talk about the growth of the Indian webcomics scene as the stage is set for Bengaluru Comic Con

The first day first show of ‘BTS: Yet To Come’ in Hyderabad saw their ardent fans make a beeline to the cinemas

Jehan Daruvala, reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E Team, talks of speed, patience and fitness

Meet Agasthi Chandrasekhar from Hyderabad, the first Indian to win a medal in the BMX National Series 2023-Series 1