Delights Troop

Beach: Candolim Beach: Located 14 kms north of Panaji in the state of Goa, the Candolim Beach is a part of a long extension of beach coastline along the Arabian Sea that begins at Fort Aguada and ends at Chapora Beach.  This place is also famous as it is the birth place of Abba Faria, considered to be one of Goan freedom fighters and the Father of Hypnotism. The white sandy Candolim beach naturally beautified by the scrub-covered dunes draws a lot of tourists these days. Candolim beach offers various water-sports activities-right from parasailing to water-skiing, wind surfing and so on. Fishing is an activity for those who love peaceful and quiet environment. Yoga & meditation has also gained popularity here because of the idyllic atmosphere. Special beach excursions are also arranged in Candolim beach wherein a tourist is taken right to the core of the sea from where he can capture some memorable sunsets. Candolim's nightlife is very calm, giving a break ...

More Americans are quitting their jobs, suggesting many are growing more confident in the job market. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of people who quit their jobs in April jumped 7.2 percent to 2.25 million. That's just below February's level, which was the highest in 4 ½ years. Overall hiring also picked up in April, though not as dramatically. Employers filled 4.4 million jobs in April, a 5 percent increase from March. Hiring fell in March and April's level was below February's. The report offered a reminder that the job market is far from healthy. The number of available jobs fell 3 percent to a seasonally adjusted 3.75 million. Openings had reached a five-year high in February and remain nearly 7 percent higher than a year ago. Still, the growth in hiring and quits provides more evidence of a dynamic job market that is making slow but steady strides. It follows Friday's May employment report, which showed the economy added a n...

Nayanthara just can’t seem to keep herself out of the headlines. The latest headliner is IPL’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) terminating her contract as their brand ambassador. The actress, who is shooting for Kuselan in Hyderabad, said she is yet to recover from the shock. Chennai Super Kings has released a press release saying they have terminated their contract with you as brand ambassador. I am yet to get any official letter about it. I got up in the morning to read about it in the newspapers. But what went wrong? I am shocked. I just can’t figure out what went wrong. I was always willing to sit across the table and discuss things with them, but their decision of dropping me has been hasty and highly unethical. They say you did not turn up for the first match in Chennai to cheer the team? How could I? I was unwell. My doctor had advised me to take complete bed rest after I fainted on the sets because of low BP and sunstroke. Does Mr Gurunath of CSK think media reports about my hea...

Ancient Indian texts and epics are a treasure trove of wisdom on the way we live, how we approach work and life, and the influences that make us uniquely Indian. Sadly, these texts haven’t found much attention as an area of study in context of modern business—how have they moulded the way we run our companies, and manage our teams? Or, shaped our views on profit, branding and leadership? In this special feature story, we’ve attempted to bring together three best-selling authors—Devdutt Pattanaik, Radhakrishnan Pillai and Ashwin Sanghi—each of whom have unlocked the secrets of mythological and historical Indian gems such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Kautilya’s Arthashastra, and revealed them to be prized management handbooks relevant even today. In the course of this story, we’ve discovered fascinating insights into the innate traits and cultural inclinations that have defined business and entrepreneurs in India. Take what Ashwin Sanghi, author of The Krishna Key, and an entreprene...

Lisa Haydon has perfected an easy-going, carefree, bohemian vibe-and it’s infectious! It may have something to do with the fact that she’s currently taking a break from work and relaxing in Goa with her fiancé, music mogul, Karan Bhojwani. Either way, I’m left with a sense of camaraderie with this water-loving, Havaianasobsessed (she owns dozens!), tongue-in-cheek girl, as we erupt into fits of giggles discussing everything summerworthy- from must-visit vacay spots, summer flings and boys, to fashion finds, beauty faves, and how she maintains that flawless, Amazonian body (lucky girl, she eats whatever she wants!) “My whole life has been an ode to escaping normality,” confesses Lisa, and you’ve got to admit she’s done a pretty good job of being extraordinary! Her Summer Wardrobe Essentials "You always need flats for summer. You can get different colours and styles to match everything. Sure, stilettos are fun, but who wants all that baggage when it’s so hot? I’m absolutely in ...

Cinema is colorful yet dark. It appears beautiful yet it is ugly at parts. And it is the one of those field which creates star overnight and brings them down in a blink of an eye without any emotion. Many, who reached to its peak, have fallen down from the top and disappeared without a trace. The success only matters here and once you are on the downfall, the industry hardly comes to your rescue. The struggle, depressions and failures make even a strong-hearted successful man resort to the extreme step. Be it Hollywood's iconic star Marilyn Monroe or our own Silk Smitha, the failure was intolerable leading them to commit suicide. Not all have committed suicide due to their professional failures. There are people, who have taken lives due to their personal issues as if that is the only solution they can think of for their problems. The latest victim is young Jiah Khan, who had earlier worked with AR Murugadoss' Hindi film Ghajini starring Aamir Khan. On this occasion, we would ...

Gauging public opinion is never straightforward. But it's even more difficult in a country racked by sectarian conflict, and haunted by militia death squads. Joe Twyman, who ran polling organisation YouGov's Baghdad bureau, explains. No child grows up dreaming of being a pollster. Those who do grow up to be pollsters rarely aspire to work in Iraq, a place synonymous with conflict, violence and death. However, that is precisely what I ended up doing in 2007, at the height of the sectarian violence with the country edging towards civil war, as director of YouGov's polling operations in Baghdad. Flying into Baghdad for the first time I was certain that I was going to die. There was no anti-aircraft fire, no missile lock, no alarms blaring and no flak. It was just a commercial civilian flight, but the plane was performing a manoeuvre I later discovered was called a "corkscrew landing" - coming into the runway in a rapid spiral to avoid being hit by mortars. The vast ...