Jaipur’s wait for one of the most loved desserts, the doughnut, may nearly be over

The other day I was watching a feature on Dunkin Donuts, the famous American chain of doughnuts and coffee, on television. It was then that it occurred to me how similar the cooking process of doughnuts and our Indian vadas was. Both are fried with a hole made in the centre giving them the shape of a ring. The only difference is that while the former is a dessert, the latter is a salty snack. Of course, the batter is different too. Doughnuts are made of white flour mixed with yeast and our vadas are made of ground lentils.

Even after a delay of two years, the new building at SMS Hospital is far from completion

The new state-of-the-art outdoor patient department (OPD) of Sawai Man Singh hospital is still far from completion even though it was inaugurated in a hurry by former chief minister Vasundhara Raje on September 11 last year.

All the OPD and operation theatres of the SMS hospital were planned to be shifted in the new building but the project has been marred by the inordinate delay since inception. But now authorities of SMS hospital have once again given February 28 as the new date for the OPD to become operational.

Four students from Jaipur have secured positions among the top 10 scorers in exams of different Company Secretary (CS) programmes.

The results of CS courses were declared on Wednesday by the Institute of Company Secretary of India.

Megha Garg achieved 3rd rank in the foundation programme while Ravi Mansaka stood 2nd in the executive programme at national level. In the final year course, Omprakash Kasera and Raghav Bajaj bagged 2nd and 6th positions respectively. Gagan Jain, a student from Pali, secured first rank in the final programme of the CS course.

RICHA SHUKLA was not about to miss this one! Students from all over the state came together at Jaipur to exchange ideas and have fun at the Jalsa festival. Here’s the update…

It was an evening that saw Bollywood singer Javed Ali serenading the crowd at the Jalsa festival on Tuesday. The performance by the Kajra re fame celebrity singer got the crowd to its feet, swaying to his songs.

It is the time when colleges from around the state meet and do what youngsters do at their age—lots of learning and loads of masti

Come on girls, set the ramp on fire………….walk a little elegantly Amideep…. and you Smita….!! Try to carry some attitude while walking on the ramp……….” Pooja Rajvanshi, faculty member shouts out instructions to students during the fashion show rehersals for the Jalsa festival. The third edition of inter-collegiate festival Jalsa being organised from February 23-25 by Dainik Bhaskar in association with business school EMPI, New Delhi, has become the buzzword among college students. 

I have been watching the awards show on television and it is really a fabulous achievement as Indian creativity has been recognised. It is not the talking point whether the director is Indian or not, but the point is that people who really made it happen by and large were Indians. It was shot in India and its star cast was Indian. We should appreciate the effort that has brought India into limelight.—Piyush Pandey, ad guru

An Indian lyricist and music director winning the Oscar is a very good thing for the music industry of the country. With this, Indian cinema has made a big impact on the world scene and is very good for Bollywood. Though it shows India still in the slums, the story, performances and direction is world class.—Rajiv Bhatt,musician