Youngsters are getting extremely creative this summer. They are no longer just a bunch of young kids who spend their holidays with friends or waste time at home lazing around.

Most colleges teeming with teenagers are evolving into a germinating ground for young musical talent. That familiar huddle of guitar-players practising rock anthems has been a cliche for generations but for the first time, teen rockers are presenting original compositions to their contemporaries and are riding the popularity charts.

Artiste: Zac Brown Band

If you love the strumming of Neil Young’s guitar or are a self-admitted Dylan addict, then the American country music has been one barren genre with no memorable music to speak of lately. Zac Brown Band, however, promises to be the musical tonic you’ve been waiting for. The band has bagged its first Grammy for the Best New Artist category.
Like most guitar-strapped teenagers, Zac Brown started out with a stage act in his high school years, playing to disgruntled country music fans during recess.

It doesn’t matter that I’ve seen the episode about five times before, it still continues to be funnier than ever before. I still can’t bear to miss it. And every once in a while when I discover that one episode, which I haven’t seen before, it’s uncontrollable joy that beams on my face. A reassurance that there is still some reason to keep watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

 It has been 16 years, yes 16 long years since this American sitcom first went on air. And despite the break up between television and F.R.I.E.N.D.S. in 1994 after a 10-year-long relationship, memories are revisited and there is no love lost. Teenagers all-over the globe are still addicted to this hugely popular American sitcom.

In 2006, the number of energy drink cans sold all over India was estimated at approximately 20 million. Sales for these drinks have been propelled world-over by those in the 12-24 age group category. In the US alone, energy drinks account for a $3 billion market.

Having confined itself to a man’s domain for very many years, looks like wrestling has been given a whole new twist by Sonika Kaliraman.

The summer heat is almost killing you and you’re tempted to dress up in a sleeveless kurti or cargoes to beat the heat. But alas! You can’t do such things as you have a dress code to stick to in college! Students have come up with their own ways to feel a little less hot this summer and they manage to remain stylish despite their dress codes.
Neha Belthur, a student of RV College of Engineering tells us how she and her friends dress up to college during summer. “Firstly, we aren’t allowed to wear sleeveless and capris. So we go in for short sleeves or cap sleeves. We opt for light and summery colours and of course cotton, when it comes to kurtas. We don’t wear high neck or collared shirts or kurtas ‘cos it’s summer.

All good things come to an end and so do school and college.

Summers come with laissez-faire clichés — long, lazy, endless, and most teenagers were happiest taking refuge from the blazing heat in coffee shops and gaming arcades. Not any more though. Groups of impassioned youth are taking their academic time off to make the world a better place.

Artiste: Florence and the Machine
For God’ sake Florence, please put a sock in it!” Florence Welch’s advertising industry dad and art-historian mum have chronicled the challenges of