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On sticky turf
On sticky turfIndian hockey continues to be dogged by controversies, even though IHF chief KPS Gill claims that the game’s popularity is on the rise. A report by Prabhjot Singh

I
n 1990, when international coach Horst Wein advocated the need for Perestroika in hockey, he wanted to revolutionise the game by making it more spectacular and viewer friendly. 

Hockey on the upswing
IHF must answer

Pie in the sky
The skybus, currently being test run in Goa, can revolutionise city travel. Prashant Sood gives an update on the brainchild of B. Rajaram of Konkan Railway.

A
ll it takes to move from the underground to the overhead is a bit of big thinking. That’s what B Rajaram, Managing Director of Konkan Railway Corporation, did and he came up with the skybus.

Dedicated technologist

Harry meets Bollywood on his terms
Aditi Tandon
H
arry Baweja promises a blast this year. Identified with resurgent cinema, the filmmaker has ensured that his creations don’t repeat themselves. Though it has taken him a while to generate responses to experimental cinema, he just doesn’t mind the effort.

‘Do not wallow in self-pity or cry’
Hema Malini has played many roles successfully and, of course, her age-defying beauty bowls one over. In an interview with Vibha Sharma, the actress gives advice on how to cope with life

H
ema Malini has always made news. Whether it has been her stint as the leading lady of several Bollywood blockbusters, her relationship and subsequent marriage with the much-married Dharmendra, the innate dignity with which she has dealt with all the turbulence in her personal and professional life or her age-defying beauty that can still make several young hearts beat, Hema has always been in news.

COLUMNS

'ART AND SOUL: Nature of expressions
by B.N. Goswamy

Food Talk: Apricot affair
by Pushpesh Pant

CONSUMER RIGHTS: Flaws in the law
by Pushpa Girimaji

Television: Back in showbiz

ULTA PULTA: Caught napping
by Jaspal Bhatti

GARDEN LIFE: Daylilies for all times
by Kiran Narain

HOLLYWOOD HUES: When Helen raises hell
by Ervell E. Menezes

Bridge
by David Bird

BOOKS

Who will kill him?
Roopinder Singh
The Broker
by John Grisham. Arrow Books. Pages 467. £ 2.75 (special Indian edition).

Gripping tale of magnificent warrior
Parshotam Mehra
Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World
by Justin Marozzi. HarperCollins, London. Pages XXIV+449. £ 25.

Tribute to crusaders extraordinaire
Kanchan Mehta
Icons of Social Change
by Scharada Bail. Puffin Books, New Delhi. Pages 130. Rs 175.

Some good answers to many questions
Jaswant Singh
The Vitality of India edited by Gopal Krishan.
Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh. Pages 366. Rs 795.

Dark side of Soviet history
M. Rajivlochan
Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps
by Anne Applebaum. London: Allen Lane. Pages 610. £20.

Mission statement
Shastri Ramachandaran
War and Peace: Armed Struggle and Peace Efforts of Liberation Tigers. 
by Anton Balasingham. Fairmax Publishing, England. Pages 514. Price £ 15.

Bleak snapshots
Gitanjali Sharma
Under an Indian sky
Ten years in a Bihar village By Janet Ganguli. Penguin Books. Pages 203. Price Rs250

Magical realism of Bollywood
T
he timing could not be more opportune. In keeping with the rising popularity of Hindi cinema abroad, a new book on film industry, Bollywood Unplugged-Deconstructing Cinema in Black and White, has just been released in Mumbai.

An American original
R
on McLarty has joined the ranks of writers of the quirky hero with The Memory of Running. His hero, Smithy Ide, is in the grand tradition of Ignatius J. Reilly of a Confederacy of Dunces and Quoyle of The Shipping News.

The case against free trade
Prakarsh Singh
Globalisation or Colonisation

short takes
Lyrical yearnings
Randeep Wadehra
Impressions
by Sheeba Singh. Unistar, Chandigarh. Pages: 96. Price: Rs 95.

  • Poetic Musings
    by Dr Jagdish Chandra Sharma
    Concept, N. Delhi. Pages: 64. Price: Rs 100.

  • The Inner Chord
    by Vibhuti Gupta
    RRG Publications, Ambala Cantt. Pages: 69. Price: Rs 75.

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