Sunday, June 27, 2004


ART & LITERATURE
'ART AND SOUL
MUSINGS
TIME OFF
ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION
GARDEN LIFE
NATURE
FOOD TALK
TRAVEL
RELATIONSHIPS
LIFE'S LESSONS
CONSUMER RIGHTS
BRIDGE
HOLLYWOOD FLICKS
DREAM THEME
ULTA-PULTA
INTERACTIVE FEATURE
CAPTION CONTEST

 


Simply fashion

More than style and form, it is unwearable clothes inspired by designers’ whims and mindless exposure of the human body that rules the world of fashion. Hype built around fashion events leave most people wondering about the relevance of ramp fashions to everyday life. Are any of these clothes really wearable, asks former Editor of Femina Vimla Patil.

 

NOT so long ago, high society in India sincerely believed that only the top divas of A-list partygoers in metros wore revealing clothes. For instance, Parmeshwar Godrej attained an iconic status for her revealing outfits, especially after satellite TV channels tracked her leaping necklines and formidable cleavage during the Miss World contest held in Bangalore in 1996. Her sartorial style branded her as the queen of cleavages. Since that year, the Indian fashion scene has changed dramatically.

Hemis festival: Legacy of Ladakh’s past
Hemis Gompa is the venue for the most significant festival of Ladakh, writes Kishie Singh
H
EMIS Gompa is known as the Chang-Chub-Sam-Ling, the solitary place of the Compassionate One. His Holiness, the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche, Supreme Spiritual head of the Drupka Kargyud lineage and head of the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh has graciously consented to grant a public audience of the Six Ornaments of Naropa.

Cloned babies by next year
T
WO Chinese Singaporean couples are trying for cloned babies to be born late next year, a newspaper reported today. Thomas Kaenzig, the Swiss-born Vice-President of the controversial company clonaid, told the daily tabloid streats the agreements have been signed with both couples.'' We have scheduled the process to begin in early 2005,'' Kaenzig was quoted as saying.

As good as it gets
The screens are ablaze with Amitabh Bachchan. Three releases in three weeks. His commitment is to be seen to be believed. While some of his juniors have abstained from the interview session organised for Deewar- Lets Bring Our Heroes Home, he is one of the first ones to arrive at the appointed hour. Vickey Lalwani talks to the Bollywood legend.

The Godfather: Hero for all times
I
T is not just a group of American film experts who voted Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone in the film The Godfather as the greatest-ever movie role. Actor Anupam Kher has a large portrait of Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in his office. "Brando is my all-time hero," he told me. "And Don Corleone was the pinnacle of his career."

Girl with golden voice
S
ONU Kakkar, the singer of the hit song Babuji jara dheere chalo bijli khadi yahan bijli khadi from the film Dum, has bagged the Best Debutant Singer MTV Immies Award. For someone as popular she is, Sonu’s unassuming demeanour comes as a surprise. She is shy while giving interviews.

A potter’s legacy
Shona Adhikari
P
OTTERY, has always been important to me — whether it’s the kind that one finds at every street corner in India, or the creations of serious art potters. These are the people who are closest to Mother Earth, creating beauty and utility out of natural resources.

COLUMNS

'ART AND SOUL: Scientists, showmen and painters
B.N. Goswamy

TELEVISION: Neena once more

FOOD TALK: Who says khichri cannot be gourmet’s delight
Pushpesh Pant

CONSUMER RIGHTS: Unfit fitness centres
Pushpa Girimaji

LIFE'S LESSONS: Comfort zone

BRIDGE

ULTA-PULTABusiness of politics
Jaspal Bhatti

BOOKS

Globalisation on trial
Rumina Sethi
Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate.
by Naomi Klein. Flamingo, London. Pages 256. $ 13.

Books received: English

Politics beyond parties
Ashutosh Kumar
The Conceits of Civil Society
by Neera Chandhoke. Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Pages 278. Rs 575.

Of Tibet’s victory in the ’62 war
Amar Chandel

A Clash of Political Cultures: Sino-Indian Relations (1957-62)
by Sudarshan Bhutani. Roli Books, New Delhi. Pages 282. Rs 450

Wonder and glory of Goa
Kamaldeep Kaur Toor
Goa: A Daughter’s Story
by Maria Aurora Couto. Penguin, Viking. Pages 436. Rs. 495

Nature as teacher
Shalini Rawat
Curiouser & Curiouser
by Neeraja Raghavan. Full Circle. Pages 78. Rs 295.

Continental shelf
Prerana Trehan

Breaking the royal rule
Kamlesh Mohan
People's Movements in the Princely States.
by Y. Vaikuntham. Manohar Publishers. Pages 246. Rs 500.

Hindi review
Remarkable senstivity
Harbans Singh

Nirvachit Kavitain of Bhagwat Rawat
Edited by Vikas. Itihas Bodh Prakashan. Rs 65.

CITY OF JOYCE

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