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A river
gasps for life
The Ganga is ‘dying’, and fast.
The most revered river of the country can no longer be classified as
"threatened". If the WWF report ‘World’s top 10 rivers at
risk’ is any indication, continuous water withdrawal, pollution and
climate change have together created a situation of very high risk for
our most famous river, reports Vibha
Sharma
 "What
makes a river so restful to
people is that it doesn’t have any doubt—it is sure to where it is
going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else," Pulitzer
prize-winning columnist Hal Boule once said. This statement, however, no
longer holds true as some of the world’s greatest rivers, including
the Ganga, are no longer assured of reaching the sea unhindered, says
the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Evening time at Har ki Pauri,
Hardwar: Reverence for the river does not prevent people from polluting it
The stamp of
Himachal
S.P.
Sharma on the many colourful stamps and first-day covers on
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal
Pradesh is one of the few states in the country that has remained the
favourite choice of the Postal Department while choosing different
themes for issuing first day covers and stamps.
Angkor Wat:
Monumental work
India, France and Japan are
involved in a massive project for restoration of the Angkor Wat
temples in Cambodia, reports D.B.N. Murthy
A
visit to the Angkor Wat Temple complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia, in March
this year was more interesting as well as encouraging than my first
visit in July 2002. In 1992, UNESCO included this temple in the World
Heritage list as a monument of universal value for human beings and
one that is exposed to crisis too.
 Lata,
Asha inspired me — Rahat
Tomojit Bhattacharjee
Stepping
into the shoes of a maestro like Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is no
mean task, but this modest young man from Pakistan is not only
continuing the legacy of the legendary Sufi singer with absolute elan,
he has carved a niche for himself in global music scene as well.
Rahat Fateh
Ali: Following in the footsteps of his uncle, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Toast to Raj
Kapoor
A lounge in a Fagu retreat
has been dedicated to Bollywood’s greatest showman
Come
summer and everybody loves to rush to hill stations. The cool climes
of Himachal Pradesh in particular are preferred by many from the
region.
Double roles in
Hindi films
M.L. Dhawan
The
double role is a mode of expression for actors to demonstrate their
mastery over the craft. It is a challenge for an actor to display his
acting skills on the screen. His conviction may or may not come across
on the screen and create a grand illusion. Most of our leading stars
have done double or even multiple roles at one or the other time in
their career.
Loss of film
heritage
Original prints of films are
precious cultural treasures that need to be protected, writes Arpana
India
is celebrating 60 years of independence and in these last six decades
our cinema has come a long way. But the flourishing film industry
remains ignorant about the importance of film preservation.
Black courage
Sarafina portrays
apartheid in South Africa at its peak. It is a devastating picture of
man’s inhumanity to his fellow men, writes Ervell
E. Menezes
Set
in Soweto at the height of the white atrocities on the blacks, Sarafina
is the story of a spunky black girl of the same name who is in school
while her mother works as a maid in a white household in Johannesburg.
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