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The Kanishka Bombing, 20 years on
Lest we forget
On June 23, 1985, a bomb tore through Air-India
Flight 182 Kanishka, from Canada to India, killing all 329 people
aboard. Ajit
Jain pieces together
tragedy-scarred memories to retell a tale of bereavement, grit,
empathy and justice denied.
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BUT
for a Bharatanatyam recital in Bangalore, Lata Pada would have been
aboard the Kanishka, like her husband Vishnu and their daughters
Brinda and Arti were. Pada left her family in Sudbury, Ontario, a few
days before June 23, 1985, to practise with her guru in Mumbai,
"for a major upcoming performance.
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When
Freddy gave his motorbike keys away
Jinal
Shah meets a Mumbai family for whom June 23 brings back painful
memories
FREDDY
Balsara was a hit at the Mahim Parsi Colony in north central Mumbai.
He helped the neighbourhood kids with
their studies and threw parties for them when they passed their exams.
He regaled his brother Perci and sister-in-law Veronica by doing
push-ups with his head on the floor.
The
saga of Sohni
Nirupama
Dutt recounts how artists have represented the legend of Sohni
Mahiwal
OF
the famed love-legends of Punjab, the story of Heer-Ranjha is the most
celebrated but perhaps most poignant and picturesque is the saga of
Sohni-Mahiwal. This love legend has the Chenab river as the central
motif and the water of the river plays the role of bringing together
the lovers and then parting them forever.
The
unfinished poem
Brian
Mendonça steps back in time to look at the myriad cultural
dimensions of Nepal that are noticed less during turbulent times
NEPAL
still remains to be discovered. By each one individually. The media
usually concentrates on the political developments here but Nepal’s
myriad dimensions lure one and all, make one young again and lead one
to a stillness and calmness impossible anywhere else, except in the
immensity of the Himalayas.
The
day of the Guru
Saibal
Chatterjee on two of the finest films on the Dalai Lama and the
people of Tibet
AS
a host of celebrities from around the world descended on McLeodganj on
July 6 to kick off the year-long global commemoration of the 70th
birthday of the Dalai Lama, a much smaller, but equally significant,
event in New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre highlighted two of the
finest films ever crafted around the life of the great religious guru
and the plight of his deracinated people.
ENTER HOLLYWOOD
Aishwarya
Rai begins work on her first major Hollywood project this August,
silencing cynics who thought the beauty was making up stories about an
international career.
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