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The
beauty trap
Pageants are out of step with
present times, says Prerana Trehan
 When
Lakshmi Pandit surrendered
her crown, cracks appeared in a picture-perfect world. And as the
spotlight swung away from the disgraced Pandit, it brought into sharp
focus the uneasy, often contradictory, relationship between the beauty
industry that refuses to keep pace with changing realities and the
rapidly evolving society that worships it.
Punjabi
Antenna
Striking
a balance
Randeep Wadehra
The channels
were in a dilemma last fortnight. How much, and for how long, should
Tohra’s death be mourned? Should Baisakhi celebrations be given short
shrift? Politicians of all hues vied with one another in offering their
tearful homage to the departed leader. And Janus blushed. There was the
usual ardaas for peace to the departed leader’s soul.
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