Kudos to Kanta bai
Aditi Garg
LITTLE did know that a seemingly harmless tiff with my bai would snowball into a major ego problem. She was being unreasonable and she knew it but refused to comply with my instructions. In a sudden spurt of anger, I made the gross mistake of telling her to leave, saying that I could manage without her. And that was it.

The Marathon Experience
Yana Bey
AT a little past seven in the morning on Independence Day, a group of elderly Ladakhi women in traditional clothes and ornate jewellery were laying out their vegetables for sale as usual on the pavement of Leh's main street. They glanced in surprise at a number of policemen standing about and shooing away motorists, clearing the carriageway.

On the sands of time: 1996
Year of bold themes
M.L. Dhawan
SANJAY Leela Bhansali’s Khamoshi—The Musical was the story of a daughter Annie (Manisha Koirala) torn between her obligation towards her deaf and dumb parents—Joseph (Nana Patekar) and Mary (Seema Biswas)—and her desire to pursue singing and settle into matrimony.