Paes unlimited

His exuberance is infectious. His tennis is exciting. His resolve is unshakeable. Leander Paes might not be a spring chicken any more, but he’s back to his winning ways, writes Vikramdeep Johal In the summer of 1990, two 17-year-old Indians made quite a splash in England. While Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test hundred at Manchester, Leander Paes clinched the junior singles title at Wimbledon. LIVEWIRE: Leander is always pumped up on the court, even when the chips are down

‘Musical shows are high on visual score’
Sugandha Mishra from the Apeejay College of Fine Arts in Jalandhar is just 21, and she’s already a veteran in classical music. Since the age of three, a good number of awards, prizes and scholarships have come her way. In a tête-à-tête with Minna Zutshi, she talks about the highs and lows of her swar sadhna

Not a matter of degrees
Mike Lockey
A recent survey in Britain of young Asian businesspersons has revealed that more than half of them believe that business experience in the real world is of far more value than continuing with further education up to degree level. Of course, the mantra used to be "education for education’s sake" — which meant that a university education was good in itself; it did not necessarily mean more money or a better job, but it did mean a more rounded and better informed person.

I’m a strict mother: Jaya
Motherhood means everything to me, says Jaya Bachchan in a chat with
Subhash K. Jha
For Jaya Bachchan, the love and respect her children give her are more important than any success in the world. According to Jaya, who gave up tinsel town after hits like Koshish and Guddi and returned to the screen only after her children had grown up, ‘she is a strict mother’. Excerpts from an interview:

Striking notes
Conductor Zubin Mehta, who celebrated his 70th birthday this year, is one of the five honourees set to receive the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors.

Lessons from Dalai Lama
British TV star Zoe Lucker has credited the Dalai Lama for bringing peace into her life and curing her of her panic attacks. The actress, who features on the hit British show Footballers’ Wives, revealed that reading the Dalai Lama’s book The Art Of Happiness had changed her stress-filled life for the better.