...And the Buddha smiled
by Rooma Mehra
THE red-ball-circle-setting sun spread its tranquillity in an even cascade of a red-water-rectangle, as if God had allowed the full-of-red brush from his watercolour sun to flow into the water-canvas. The face of Buddha smiled at me.

It is reality with a bump as you soar
by Mohinder Singh
DVT (Deep-Vein Thrombosis) is in the news these days. There are recent reports of 30 British victims of DVT suing a number of airlines; the passengers on long-haul flights in crowded economy class.

HOLLYWOOD HUES
War movies that still boom in memory
by Vikramdeep Johal
WHEN Pearl Harbor opened in the USA some time ago, filmgoers could not have ever dreamt that they would witness similar horrifying scenes of destruction in real life only a few weeks later. The sensational attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have arguably eclipsed all that people have seen in recent years on the screen, including the bombing of the White House in Independence Day.

Improbable theme with commercial props
by Divya Kaushik
THE turn of the century, rather the millennium, is also the year of women’s empowerment. Hence, coming at this point of time, Santoshi’s Lajja is a well-timed cinematic launch.

TRAVEL:  The triumphs, travails and tales of travel
by P.P.S. GILL