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An island in transition

An island in transition
Mauritius is giving itself a makeover. The jewel in the ocean is changing from a paradise island where leisure is celebrated to an IT enclave ready to reap the benefits of the cyber revolution, writes A.J. Philip

Married and apart
Anything but Love brings out in a subtle manner the love-hate relationship that defines a marriage, writes Aditi Tandon

Meditation in stone
Marking Buddha Poornima which falls on May 23, Thakur Paramjit writes about the 2000-year-old Gandhara sculptures, depicting Buddha’s life and doctrine

India at cannes
Starry show, dim picture
Even as a handful of Bollywood stars sparkle in Cannes, Indian films are threatened with a long fade-out from the world’s premier festival. Saibal Chatterjee reports from Cannes.

Dilwale maange more
V Gangadhar on the unending appeal of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge, which has completed 500 weeks at Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir

COLUMNS

ART AND SOUL: Pope and the artists
by B.N. Goswamy

Food Talk: A snack that always ticks
by Pushpesh Pant

CONSUMER RIGHTS: Banking on security
by Pushpa Girimaji

GARDEN LIFE: Path perfect
by Kiran Narain

HOLLYWOOD HUES: When Sergeant plays mother
by Ervell E. Menezes

Television: Crime pays

ULTA PULTA: Car sewa
by Jaspal Bhatti

Bridge
by David Bird

BOOKS

Upto the Marx
A. J. Philip
Across Time and Continents
A tribute to Victor G. Kiernan
ed. Prakash Karat.
Left Word Books, New Delhi.
Pages 255. Rs 450.

It rekindles hope in secularists
Prophets Facing Backward: Post-modernism, Science and Hindu Nationalism.
by Meera Nanda. Permanent Black.
Pages: 308. Rs 695

I am a fanatic rationalist
Rana Nayar speaks to Meera Nanda on her life, interests, passion for science and her book Prophets Facing Backward

Fly with it
Shastri Ramachandaran
The Red Carpet
by Lavanya Sankaran Review, Headline
Pages 215. Rs 295

A bland catalogue
Jaswant Singh
The Cripps Mission
by Prashanto Kumar Chatterji.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Pages 217. Rs 300.

Life behind bars
Harbans Singh
My Days in Prison
by Iftikhar Gilani. Penguin.
Pages 148. Rs 195.

Spirits come calling
Kanwalpreet
Just Beyond: Short Stories
by Anjan Ray. Stellar Om Books International. Pages 251. Rs 195.

An engaging tale
Sridhar Chari
Mahashwetha
by Sudha Murty. EastWest Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd.
Pages: 171. Rs 150

Short Takes
Resolving the identity enigma
Randeep Wadehra
Identities at large
edited by Rupinder Kaur, Paramjit Kaur & Rabinder Powar. Twenty First Century Publications, Patiala. Pages: xv + 131. Price: Rs 300

  • I have read that somewhere
    by Aswath Venkataraman. Frog Books. Pages: 147. Price: Rs 245

  • Celestial Gems
    by Joginder Singh Hemkunt Publishers. Pages: 146. Price: Rs 151

Battle for the books of Herculaneum

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