The Tribune Spectrum

Sunday, August 31, 2003

ART & LITERATURE
'ART AND SOUL
BOOKS
MUSINGS
TIME OFF
YOUR OPTION
ENTERTAINMENT
BOLLYWOOD BHELPURI
TELEVISION
WIDE ANGLE
FITNESS
GARDEN LIFE
NATURE
SUGAR 'N' SPICE
CONSUMER ALERT
TRAVEL
INTERACTIVE FEATURES
CAPTION CONTEST
FEEDBACK

The problem of being Chandigarh
A. S. Prashar

The Open Hand stands out against the skyline of City Beautiful
The Open Hand stands out against the skyline of City Beautiful
CHANDIGARH completes 50 years of its existence later this year. It has come a long way since its formal inauguration by the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, on October 7, 1953. This may thus be a good occasion to examine some of the major problems facing City Beautiful, its future prospects and to determine how far it has drifted from its original concept.

  History of the city

Off the beaten track
Trailing a rogue elephant
THERE is no choice but to kill an elephant declared a 'rogue'. But the job is dangerous and needs utmost precision. Arch hunters Ranjit Mukherjee and Chanchal Sircar of Kolkata share their experience with Uttara Gangopadhyay.

Lovers' party to combat political ills!
 Bibhuti Mishra
HOW can you combat hatred? Through love, obviously. That is the simple motto of Biswanath Ramachandra Champa Swapnaji Taslima Voltaire. His party, the Lovers' Green-Globalist God-free-Humanist Party of India, has given a clarion call to all lovers to fight communalism and obscurantism in every form and strengthen humanism and rationalism through electoral party politics.

 

Does print-making have a future?
Dinesh Rathod
THE fraternity of print-makers in India has found a new champion in Aditi Modi. In her bid to "revive the spirit" of this fast-disappearing art, she recently organised an exhibition, Graphics — Today and Tomorrow, at the Habitat Centre in Delhi.

Wedding bells in Bollywood
SENIOR Hindi film heroines are opting for matrimony over films. While Pooja Bhatt has already tied the knot, Karisma Kapoor and Bipasha Basu are getting ready to walk down the aisle. If 2002 saw a lot of splits (Aamir-Reena, Sanjay Dutt-Rhea Pillai, Karisma Kapoor-Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan-Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi-Gurpreet, Pooja Bedi- Ebrahim Furniturewallah), the present year seems to be one of unions.

Heavy action, slim storyline
Ervell E. Menezes
REMEMBER the scene in King Kong where the monster holds Jessica Lange in the palm of his hand? Well there’s almost something like that in Hulk with Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) being the beauty with the beast. And there’s much more of the Gulliver-in-Lilliput effect to keep the viewer going.

  Week Specials

 

TIME OFF: Fast-forward to future shock
by Manohar Malgonkar

TELEVISION: Now a scare fest on small screen
by Mukesh Khosla

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: “I’m not talented, just hard-working”
by Avinash Kalla

NATURE: How butterflies bluff the enemy
 by Nutan Shukla

TRAVEL: A yatra that is an affirmation of faith
by Shashi Mehta

LIFE TIES: The greatest gift a father could give
by Taru Bahl

LESSONS FROM LIFE: Your room’s not ready yet

DREAM THEME: Dreaming of singing
by Vinaya K. Manhas

ULTA-PULTA: Asli kaun, naqli kaun?
by Jaspal Bhatti
Books
Home
Top