by Amrita Nakai and Bhavna Maheshwari TIME is indeed a strange thing. Everyone knows what it is yet no one can really explain it. Does it fly forward like an arrow or does it, as a new theory claims, pulsate with the whole cosmos from the original Big-Bang across the maximum distance in space?

• Exceptional horological works of art

• Romancing the wristwatch

Singing the song of harmony
Roshni Johar
WHO says birds of a feather always flock together? They simply don’t ! I gleaned this truth while gazing into a huge tree, towering higher than my fourth floor room in state-of-the-art Sir Gangaram Nursing Home, New Delhi.

TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFTS
Kanjeevarams lose sheen
Priya Pandey
THE world-famous Kanjeevaram silk saree may soon be a thing of the past. Like all traditional crafts, the weaving of this drape is in danger of being extinct, thanks to over-exploitation, poor marketing strategies and the influx of fakes.

Why do we gossip?
D.C. Sharma
WE all have a tendency to indulge in gossip. Studies disclose that gossiping releases our pent-up emotions and reduces our tensions. Couples who enjoy gossiping are usually happier because this idle activity shifts their attention from self-centred problems. Happiness being contagious makes their whole family happy.