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Saying
it all about salt
by
Maharaaj K. Koul
IN
ancient Greece it was common to exchange salt for slaves, which
resulted in the phrase ‘not worth his salt’. Salt was so valuable
in ancient Rome that it was doled out to Julius Caesar’s soldiers as
part of their pay, called the salarium from which the word ‘salary’
has been derived.
Reliving the
Phoolan story yet again
by
Narendra Kumar Oberoi
SHE
was overtaken by her persona while she was alive. This persona was not
just of her own making. It was thrust on her with the publication of
her biographies in French, English and other languages and the release
of the film Bandit Queen. She had become a celebrity. What kind
of becoming it was and what tension it might have generated in her
being, has been of no interest to her discoverers.
Peers
matter much
more than parents
by
Mohinder Singh
PEERS
matter much more than parents. And so whatever our parents do to us is
overshadowed, in the long run, by what our peers do to us. The above in a nutshell
is the argument advanced by grandma Judith Rich Harris in her book The
Nurture Assumption (1998), a book carrying enthusiastic blurbs from
some of the world’s top psychologists.
He brought water
to a parched land
by
Mohan Maitray
THE
Magsaysay Award Winner, Rajendra Singh, is from an affluent farming
family of village Dhol in the Meerut district of UP. He never thought
that Rajasthan would be his Karambhoomi. The eldest in family,
Rajendra was different from his three brothers right from his childhood
onwards.
Khulja Sim
Sim has opened new doors for him
by
Pratima Kamath
HE’S
the kind mama would like for a son-in-law. Sparkling clean looks (as if
he was scrubbed to perfection every minute), a smile that could launch a
dozen toothpastes and confidence in plenty — say hello to Aman ‘Anupam
Kapadia’ Varma.
HOLLYWOOD HUES
When men invoke
women’s wrath
by
Ervell E. Menezes
ASHLEY
Judd is one of the bright new talented actresses who exhibited her
histrionic talents in thrillers and whodunits like Double Jeopardy
and Kiss the Girls. In Someone Like You, she shows that
she is equally at home in a romantic comedy. But it is really the clever
handling of the subject by Tony Goldwyn that makes for such a delightful
entertainer.
Galleries fail
to draw crowds
by
Dinesh Rathod
FROM
those ancient times when the creative aspirations of a community found
magical expression on cave walls, Indian artists now have the option to
exhibit their works in proper, well-equipped galleries within their
immediate neighbourhood and faraway lands.
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