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Red Star over
Bihar
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The Maoist raid on
Jehanabad jail shows the increasing firepower of the Naxalites. Ambarish
Dutta reports from Patna
THE
strike by the Maoists in Jehanabad was not an isolated incident but a
well-planned attack with clear objectives. And the Maoists were
confident that they could carry it out in the social and political
powder keg that is Bihar.
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ENVIRONMENT
An ethical challenge
The first meeting of the
parties to the Kyoto Protocol since the treaty’s entry into force
earlier this year will be held from November 28 to December 9 in
Montreal, Canada. Steve Connor
writes about what the world might be like when the climate change
begins
Scientists
have compiled one of the first comprehensive pictures of what the
world might be like when climate change begins to dry up water
supplies and teams of specialists have assessed the scale of dangers
to human health when a future climate triggers weather extremes such
as high temperatures, floods and drought.
HERITAGE
The Ajanta of Tamil Nadu
Sittannavasal, 58 km
from Trichy, means ‘the abode of great saints’ in Tamil. At
Ajanta, paintings depict mostly Buddhist themes, whereas Jaina themes
have been portrayed in its southern counterpart, reports Dhananjaya
Bhat
ALL
of us are aware of the greatness of the Ajanta murals, a UNESCO world
heritage marvel, and as to how they were rediscovered in 1819 by a
group of British soldiers following a tiger into its lair. But very
few have heard of the equally brilliant murals in the cave temples of
Sittanavasal, known as the Ajanta of Tamil Nadu.
Best
of East and West
Kuala Lumpur has something
for everyone, finds out Yana Bey
AS
one of Southeast Asia’s glitzy capitals, Kuala Lumpur has much of
the cosmopolitan glamour of Hong Kong, towering high-rises (you will
never forget the first time you view the giant gleaming cylinders of
the 452-metre Petronas Towers from their base), rocking nightlife, a
vibrant fashion scene and international cultural shows and concerts
but with endearing characteristics that are a contrast to the lurking
brittleness of the Chinese city.
Rocky
heritage
The rock formations in
Hyderabad are in danger of destruction due to the apathy of the civic
body. Ramesh Babu Kandula reports
THE
city of Charminar has a distinctive character that dates back beyond
its very existence. The amazing rock formations that are quaintly
perched at artistic angles in the Deccan Plateau have been a part of
the magnificent landscape of the city and its surroundings for eons.
‘Did daddy ever hit
you?’
Deepa Mehta’s latest
one-hour documentary, Let’s Talk About It, views domestic
violence among immigrant families in Canada. What sets it apart is its
treatment. Mehta hands over the camera to the children of abused
women. The result is a hard look at familial abuse, reports V.
Radhika
"DID
daddy ever hit you in the stomach when you were pregnant with me? Did
you feel scared? Did you ever think he would kill you?" Melissa,
10, asks her mother Xiomara Fuentos, who migrated to Canada from El
Salvador. Fuentos had miscarried a baby after being beaten by her
ex-husband.
A
clean entertainer
Randeep Wadhera
Inferiority
complex can make one do funny things. It can also trigger off
psychopathic tendencies. But, on a benign scale, the complex does give
rise to a desire for setting up defence mechanisms that will be comic
if their end results were not so tragic.
‘Thank
God, directors didn’t forget me’
Manisha Koirala is one of the
few mainstream stars to have ventured into non-Hindi movies. She is
now busy working for Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh’s Khela
Manisha
Koirala, who is now busy working for Bengali filmmaker
Rituparno Ghosh’s Khela, is thankful that good directors did
not forget her despite a nearly two-year-long sabbatical.
Gulzar’s
lyrics for Lollywood
TO
revive the Pakistan film industry, Pakistani TV artist-turned film
producer Humayun Saeed is producing a film with a Rs 50-crore budget,
the script of which is being written by Indian film writer Javed
Siddiqui and lyrics given by Gulzar.
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