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The
taming of the bar
The Allahabad High
Court, the largest in India, has a history of many famous legal
battles. It has often been described as "A court held to
ransom by a crowd of unruly lawyers". Justice
S.S. Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High
Court, in his book The Other Side of Justice recalls an
extraordinary case of a clash between the bar and the bench, and
how the bar was made to behave. Exclusive excerpts:
AN
occurrence of significant consequence for the Allahabad High
Court was the action initiated by the Supreme Court for contempt
of court against V.C. Misra, the chairman of the Bar Council of
India. |
The Allahabad High Court: The building, which took five years to construct, was inaugurated by Lord Fredrick Chelmsford in November 1916 |
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STAR ATTRACTION
The 60th Cannes Film Festival opened on May 16 with the screening of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai’s movie My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, daughter of renowned Indian musician Ravi Shankar. Jones, the latest in a long line of pop singers seeking stardom, is a reluctant actress. “I did not ever plan to be an actress”, says Jones. “It was Wong Kar Wai who knocked on my door.” Jones was the toast of Cannes on the opening night of the world’s premier festival as she walked up the mythical red carpet alongside her director and co-star Jude Law. —PTI |
Join the ivy
league
Daksha Hathi
A
gate of ivy for our garden will keep the heat of the sun away and give
the gate a pretty, green and cream coloured ornamental design that
will be the envy of neighbours and guests.
Ideal for a quiet
holiday
If you haven’t seen a
trillion stars in the sky, relaxed your eyes on verdant scenery, heard
the cry of the seagull or been with your thoughts for a while, Devbagh
island on the Karnataka coast is the place to visit, writes Tanushree
Podder
Karwar,
the picturesque port town in Uttara Kannada district on the Karnataka
coast, traces its history to the time of Arab traders. Karwar is the
place that inspired RabindranathTagore to pen his first drama. With
gentle waves, silver sand, a calm and peaceful ambience, Karar has all
the makings of a perfect holiday destination.
Fonda has fond
words for Larry King
Hollywood
star Jane Fonda surprised her friend and CNN anchorman Larry King by
turning up in person during a special show to honour his 50 years in
the business.
No issues playing
Vivek’s mother: Amrita
Amrita Singh is excited
about her comeback film Shootout At Lokhandwala. She talked to Vickey
Lalwani at her Belscot bungalow in Lokhandwala
How did Shootout
at Lokhandwala happen?
Sanjay Gupta sent me
a script of his forthcoming film Dus Kahaniyan. Two days later,
he called me up to say that he would rather prefer I played Vivek
Oberoi’s mother in Shootout At Lokhandwala. I told him I had
no issues because I always believe that an actor is not determined by
the age he or she portrays on screen.
Web
of special effects
Whether it was
Superman, Batman or Captain Marvel, it was scaling dizzy heights
that gave them their persona. Hollywood knows how to anticipate
and mould tastes, writes Ervell E. Menezes
Time
was when (at least
six decades ago) Tarzan, alias Johnny Weissmuller, swung from
trees voicing his then famous cry ahaaahaaaa. The jungle was his
habitat.
Each new Spider-man film must have something new, special or different, like in
those James Bond films |
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Life imitates art
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti
Hai, when it was
released in 1961, proved Raj Kapoor’s grip on the public imagination
to be strong as ever. Surendra Miglani pays
a tribute to the great showman on his death anniversary, which falls
on June 2
When
some ferocious dacoits surrendered to the police on the prompting of
Loknayak Jai Prakash Narain sometime in the late 1970s, film critics
and cine-goers were amazed to see how life was imitating art.
Kajol’s
southern splash
Bollywood actress Kajol is
all set to play a lead role in a Malayalam film tentatively titled Heartbeats.
In 1996, she hit it off with
the Tamil audiences with her first south Indian love story Minsarakanavu.
The film, which also had dancing wizard Prabhu Deva and Arvind Swamy,
was noted for Kajol’s sprightly performance as well as its song
sequences. The film was remade in Hindi as Sapnay.
Society
House
that’s actually a power-house
Believe
it or not, an electrical engineer in Indore has used a large number of
electrical appliances, including a big transformer for his home’s
interior decoration. Located in the Jawra compound in Indore, the
house owned by Ramesh Aggarwal is an unusual attraction for every
passerby.
Right
place to lounge in
They are informal, cozy
and hark back to the 1950s. The lounge bar is the current fad,
reports Nutan Sehgal
The
violent glam of the eighties disco gave way to the more elite
pubs in the nineties. But for the hip and the happening, the
haze of cigarette smoke is rapidly clearing up.
Dim lights, excellent
food and great music are the hallmark of these bars |
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Computer that
makes objects invisible
A University of Liverpool
mathematician has designed a unique computer model, bringing closer to
reality, making objects such as airplanes and submarines appear
invisible at close range.
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