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 Steeled
to succeed
With
his aggressive bidding for
Corus, the low-profile Ratan Tata has catapulted Tata steel to the
fifth-largest steel manufacturing unit in the world. It seems for this
trained pilot, the sky is the limit. Shiv
Kumar profiles the tycoon who has finally emerged out of
the patriarch JRD’s shadows.
Second
coming of lavaani
This
song-and-dance extravaganza originated at
temples in Maharashtra. It was also used as a form of entertainment
and morale booster to the tired soldiers during the 18th and 19th
century Maratha battles, writes Dhanvanti
Keshavrao
Meet
the housecleaning brigade
Daksha Hathi
So
many of the wonder
cleaning products available in the market are poisonous to plants as
well as to pets. The first synthetic detergents came into our lives in
1907. Before then, the world was using soaps for cleaning everything.
We forget that detergents are made from petrochemicals, a
non-renewable resource, and so many detergents are not good for the
environment as they are not easily biodegradable.
Capital
heritage
A hand clasp across
the oceans ensured Delhi a splendid cathedral. Jamila
Verghese writes about the Capital’s Cathedral of the
Redemption.
The
book inside an old trunk
had a blue hard cover with thick worm-eaten pages. I had discovered`A0
the minutes register of Delhi’s Cathedral of the Redemption. Soon
one was drawn into the myriad problems and delights of the saga of the
building of this church.
For
a memorable holiday
How often have we
dreamt about living in a city close to the sea, in cottages and
bungalows which have weathered the test of time and amble in quaint
streets? Fort Kochi offers all this, reports Jangveer
Singh
Miles
and miles of heart
Ervell E. Menezes
Good
literature abounds in
stories of orphans looking for love. They make poignant subjects like
Oliver Twist or Nicholas Nickelby. In much the same mode is Heidi,
a little chit of a girl passed from pillar to post but who because of
her kind, caring ways is able to find love, especially in her crusty
old grandpa.
Star
parade
Bigger-than-ever budgets and
grand canvases have made multi-starrers the in-thing for Hindi cinema,
writes Vikramdeep Johal
The
more the merrier—this
seems to have become the casting credo of Bollywood’s big banners.
Of the 12 principal actors in Nikhil Advani’s Salaam-e-Ishq,
only one is an unknown, South African lass Shannon Esra (the gori
mem paired with Govinda). The rest are all stars, veterans as well
as relative newcomers, perfectly capable of forming a celebrity
cricket team for a charity match.
Hollywood
Hues
Few
takers for this legend
Flags of Our Fathers switches back and forth in time to reveal how
hype plays a major role in the war effort, writes Ervell
E. Menezes
Veteran
filmmaker Clint Eastwood
continues to demolish American legends. What he did with that bloody
sport of boxing in Million Dollar Baby, he does in Flags of
Our Fathers with a World War II incident Holllywood glorified in
the 1949 John Wayne-starrer Sands of Ivo Jima.
No
laughs for Hitler
The first German attempt at a
film comedy on Adolf Hitler has failed to click, reports Tony
Paterson in Berlin
Mein
Fuehrer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler
by the Jewish director Danny Levy was meant to be Germany’s
long-awaited answer to classic film satires about the Nazi leader such
as Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator or To Be or Not to
Be by Ernst Lubistch.
‘I
play one of the most fabulous roles’
The
youngest nephew of Aamir
Khan in Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke has grown up. After his first film as an
adult, Kalyug, did fairly well, Kunal Khemu is up for trial again. He
talks about his second film Traffic Signal to Vickey
Lalwani
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