Bollywood chases the young

Bollywood has been bitten by the youth bug. There are as many young movie-makers as there are fresh new actors. Innovative scripts cater to the younger lot and unflinchingly explore the grey areas of life. Lively music, a must for such flicks, more often than not sets the cash counters ringing, writes V. Gangadhar

Lending wings to her dreams
Kanchan Vasdev
RAVINA Sandhu is the only girl from Punjab to make it to the armed forces as a pilot this year. With three generations of her family in the Army, she — the fourth generation — carries the baton forward by joining the Indian Air Force.


Soaring success: Ravina Sandhu and (left) her family. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

It’s official, love is dangerous
Palpitations, sleeplessness, loss of appetite... we’ve all known it for years, but scientists have now recognised love as an addiction. Kate Spicer reveals why she can’t get enough of that loving feeling.

Rock rolls over 50 years

Rock ‘n’ Roll turned 50 on July 5, when Elvis Presley’s recording of That’s All Right Mama wailed simultaneously over at least 1,200 radio stations worldwide. Stations from the UK to Ukraine, Sweden to Switzerland, Canada to Mexico and France to Germany carried the song as it was fed from Sun Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee. That is where Presley, a 19-year-old truck driver and two other musicians, recorded what many historians call the first rock ‘n’ roll song. — AFP