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Sunday, December 21, 2003
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 A fine balance
Leila Seth
I have now completed the age of
threescore and ten. Though I feel young, and think that old age is ten
years ahead of me, I know I am living on borrowed time. I began writing
this book after lighting a diya before a statue of Ganesh at
20.02 hours on 20.02.2002. I will not be here for the next such
palindrome, when all the zeros have been replaced by ones. Nor probably
will Nandini, for whom in the first instance I have written this
book.
Man
with titles for all seasons
Aditi Tandon
IN a scenario where publishing
is seldom seen as a productive business proposition, a local label is
busy redefining the realm by inspiring it with a rich literary and
academic base, on the one side, and competitive pricing and marketing,
on the other. And, at the heart of a strong "publishing"
momentum that has been building up in this part of the North for the
past over six years is a man, who started his life from the proverbial
scratch.
From
paintings to computer images of Christ
K.R.N. Swamy
TWO thousand years after the
birth of Christ, BBC decided to find out as to how Jesus Christ looked
like, for its 234 million pounds (Rs 1400-cr) project on Christianity,
titled ‘The Son of God’. Although the physical appearance of the
Master has been subject of many books/theses, BBC found that they were
not of much use for a scientific presentation.
Adventure
Spidermen &
spiderwomen of sport climbing
Yana Bey
A rag-tag crowd of 20-odd
autorickshaw drivers, chaprasis and passersby with time on their
hands lined up like crows along the fence separating Bangalore's Sree
Kanteerava Stadium campus from the road, constituted the only spectators
from outside the climbing fraternity at the ninth national sport
climbing championship held recently.
Adding
nostalgia’s warmth to winter chill
Abhilash Gaur
IT'S
6 am on a December morning. I am in my kitchen. Bright yellow patches
gleam on the frosted glass: light from the kitchen bulb. I yearn to
trace a flower on the misty glass; feel a drop of water grow at my
finger tip till it slides down the pane in a zig-zag line... But my
finger meets a layer of dust on the window. It's rough and dry. I turn
off the light and return to Mumbai.
Of
female bondage
Sushmita Sen’s Paisa Vasool, produced by Manisha Koirala, is a
women-centric story. But it’s a fun film rather than a serious look at
empowerment and feminist ideals, the actress tells Lata
Khubchandani.
Return
of the Chhote Nawab
Arun Roy
THEY are comparing him to fine
wine — rich, full-bodied and maturing with age. He has lost the brash,
impulsiveness of youth as he speaks now in slow, measured tones, much
like his father, the illustrious Mansoor Ali Khan, former Nawab of
Pataudi.
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