TRADITIONALLY, India’s mainstream cinema has been identified essentially with Hindi language films (Urdu appears to have become a thing of the past) and also with the Tamil films of Chennai and the Telugu movies of Hyderabad. In recent years, the Telugu production rate has even overtaken that of the more highprofile Hindi cinema.

Shadowy Encounters: What monkey this ?
by Anu Celly
ANY whodunit pales in comparison to the recent mystery surrounding the monkey man. Much in line with other events that have generated a mass hysteria across the world—right from the incidents wherein the idols of Lord Ganesha are supposed to have drunk milk from the hands of devotees to the sheer schizophrenia which had engulfed the minds of Malaysians that their genitals were shrinking—the human mind has been prone to an illogical belief in certain irrational and inexplicable happenings.

Thrill of being an examiner
by D.C. Sharma
DURING a recent evaluation of exam answer-sheets, I had a thrilling experience. I came across some interesting ‘scripts’, in English, giving me glimpses of carefree, young minds.

It takes two to fight
by I.M. Soni
IF I say that every marriage has within it the seeds of divorce or disaster, the reader is likely to fret and frown because spouses, however bad their marriage, loathe to admit it.

Why you should...not be a topper

BRIDGE: When the trump is weak
by Omar Sharif