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Sunday,
April 11, 2004
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Netas, godmen and
lucky charms
A.J. Philip
| SEVERAL
decades ago, when I was an impressionable boy, I watched with horror how
my widowed grandma, who had brought up her children all by herself, was
treated on an important day in her life. A pious lady, she was at the
portico of our house with other women to receive her new daughter-in-law
when a family member whispered something into her ears. She immediately
went into her room. |
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Takht
that
showcases a rare craftsmanship
Subhash Parihar
A
standard scene in every village of Punjab is a group of villagers
gossiping on large wooden takht under some shady tree. It serves
as a village club. The gathering comprises old men and idlers. From
morning till evening, people come and play cards or engage in leisurely
talk which ranges from international affairs to local gossip.
When
decency prevailed over tradition
Trilochan Singh Trewn
IT is a
standard war practice that the victors loot the property of the
vanquished. But sometimes, human considerations far outweigh baser
instincts and regard for the fallen enemy prevails over the need to
assert.
A wonder called Wazirabad
On a visit to Pakistan, Nirupama
Dutt is impressed by
the effort to maintain the composite culture at Wazirabad
AN hour
and a half drive from Lahore reaches us to Wazirabad, a city on the
banks of the Chenab River where the picturesque Palkhu Nala, a snow
stream from the Himalayas joins the big river. It is Id-ul-Zuha and we
are to spend it in the home of an artist couple Huma Safdar and Akram
Varraich.
Images of 1984:
A matter of identity
In his new Hindi feature film Kaaya Taran
(Chrysalis), Sashi Kumar — journalist, TV anchor and documentary-maker—explores
the deeper implications of the 1984 riots and post-Godhra carnage in a
multicultural society
like ours. Instead of being a mere retelling of the tragedies, his story
deals more with the identity crisis
underlying these. In an interview, he tells
Chetna
Keer Banerjee about the making of
this Rs 1.5-crore
film and the issues that impact him.
A TRIBUTE
Peter Ustinov
Hero who shone as Nero
Ervell E. Menezes
IN
the death of Oscar-winning actor, playwright, novelist and humorist
Peter Ustinov in Geneva recently, the film world has lost a giant though
not many of this generation will have seen his films. In a way, he
earned fame as detective Hercule Poirot in the many adaptations of
Agatha Christie’s mysteries but that was much after he won two Oscars
for Best Supporting Actor in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964)
and a Golden Globe for playing Nero in Quo Vadis (1951).
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