Past and future came together at Auto Expo 2002
by H. Kishie Singh
AUTO Expos come and go but leave a lasting impression. Auto Expo 2002, Wheels of Change, as the C.I.I. referred to the event, was held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from January 15 to January 22. A vintage and classic car display was one of the highlights of the show. The cars brought back memories of bygone days.

Breathing life into old paintings
by Ashok Malik
EVER since her marriage to a reputed industrialist in Kanpur, Sujata Goenka was fascinated by an old, dark canvas of an Indian nautch girl, mounted in her husband’s study. Nobody knew who had painted it. All that her in-laws could say was that "the painting has been there ever since the house was built".

Two emperors in the same mould
by G.S. Aujla
THERE is a remarkable similarity in the lives of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) and Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). They dominated the East and the West in the later part of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. Pitted, ironically, against the same arch rival, the British, they maintained a heroic stand.

Using theatre for consciousness raising
by Neelu Kang
A MAN in a very passionate voice is speaking these dialogues with many dead bodies lying around him. This is not a scene from a Hindi film or a polished performance in a packed hall. There are no arch-lights, costumes, makeup, and other techniques. Viewers, sitting on the ground or standing in a circle, are engrossed in watching the show without blinking their eyes.

HOLLYWOOD HUES
Don’t Say A Word is excellent
by Ervell E. Menezes
PSYCHOLOGY may have started showing up in cinema in a big way in Hitchcock’s Psycho. But it continues to raise its complex head from time to time. Recently The Cell dealt with a brain-mapping device aimed to enter the macabre, mystifying recesses of the mind. Don’t Say A Word also deals with a psychological disorder.

Pioneer of Punjabi pop turns to devotional music
by Dharam Pal
JAWAHAR Wattal is comparable to a music machine that never stops. Composing foot-tapping numbers for over a decade, he has given the Indipop scene stars like Baba Sehgal, Daler Mehndi, Shankar Sawhney, Karran Jasbir, Bhupi Chawla and Shweta Shetty. He has also reinvented singers like Usha Uthup, Shubha Mudgal, Hans Raj Hans, Shujaat Khan, Ali Haider, Ila Arun, Hema Sardesai and Poornima.