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The
price of adultery
The Indian law on
adultery, drafted more than a century ago, makes it a punishable
offence for men alone. The recent proposal to punish women too
has generated much debate. Shoma A.
Chatterji looks at the archaic law in the light of
changing social mores
How
fair is the National Commission for Women’s stand
against the Union Government’s attempt to amend Section 497 of
the Indian Penal Code regarding the reverse gender bias
contained in the country’s age-old law on adultery?
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Illustration
by Aditi Chahar
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Reaching
for the Pole Star
This girl from a
middle-class home in Pune did the country proud by parajumping
over the North Pole and South Pole without any earlier
experience in the sport. Gagandeep Kaur
on Sheetal Mahajan’s hi-flying triumph
True
to her name, Sheetal Mahajan is quiet ‘cool’ about her
achievement of parajumping over both the North Pole and South
Pole.
Why teens
sleep longer
Parents
often attribute their teenage son or daughter’s early morning
grouchiness to the fact that they have not gotten a good night’s
sleep thanks to all those long telephone chats, or watching
television.
Fame
is a fix
Action
star Sylvester Stallone has warned young actors to not be too
taken up with fame, which can be addictive and destructive.
‘Many
websites misuse photos’
Bengali actor
Tanushree Dutta hasn’t made waves in the industry yet. But she
has a number of films like Risk and Speed in her
kitty. Excerpts from an interview by
Vickey
Lalwani
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