Sunday, December 14, 2003

ART & LITERATURE

'ART AND SOUL

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LESSONS FROM LIFE

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CAPTION CONTEST

So near...so far! In long-distance marriages, healthy doses of communication are needed to sustain the relationship. Despite modern technology offering ways to shrink the space between these spouses, if one partner flounders in walking that extra mile to remain in touch, it can prove to be a recipe for marital conflict, says Komal Vijay Singh MARRIAGE, they say, is a complex relationship. If you can make it succeed it is the greatest blessing on earth.

A tale of two cities
Dinesh Rathod
FOR a large number of Sindhis, Punjabis and Parsis scattered between India and Pakistan, the prospects of restoration of ferry services between Mumbai and Karachi have rekindled hopes of a new future — of family reunions, joint celebrations and regular visits as in the "good old days".

Linking NRIs through airwaves
Harjap Singh Aujla
THOUGH a multitude of Indian television channels, including Zee, Sony, TV Asia, B4U, Zee Gold, Sun TV and ITV have been bringing India into the bedrooms of NRIs in the USA, the community is not content with receiving only television images from home. It wants its radio too, especially in the cars. Located 8,000 nautical miles away, it is hard for New Delhi to reach America with reliable quality of signal. Medium-wave and FM simply do not have the capability to reach the USA.

Lessons from Hitopadesha
Sansar Chandra
INDIA is known for the variety and richness of her literature that propounds moral values. The reason is that character-building has been the chief aim of the education policy that prevailed in ancient India. Stalwarts like Shukracharya, the preceptor of demons, Vidura of Mahabharata fame, and Chanakya, the celebrated author of Arthashastra and Kamandiki, a great authority in field of ethics, had played a pivotal role in the promotion of this kind of literature.

Casting coup
Vickey Lalwani
VIDHU Vinod Chopra is not a businessman. He is a filmmaker who wouldn't back a film unless he was completely sure about it. Says who? Raju Hirani, Chopra's editor of many films and debutant director of the latter's first production, Munnabhai MBBS starring Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt and Gracy Singh.