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Spiti
Legend & lore
 Its
starkness leaves you staggering, spellbound and wanting more. The
harsh terrain comes as a sharp contrast to its hospitable inhabitants
and rich culture and heritage. Kishore
Thukral’s recently published book captures the spirit, story
and form of Spiti, the heavenly valley in the western Himalayas.
Exclusive excerpts
Celestial
waters: Ripples in Chandrataal mirror the setting sun. —
Photo by the writer
A splash in the
backwaters
Idyllic
setting, tranquil
surroundings, therapeutic massages, healing foods and exotic cruises
down the Kochi backwaters are the stuff of dreams. Little wonder than
it is called a sojourn in paradise, says
Anurag Yadav
Hanging marvels
Dhananjaya Bhat
The
huge Jai Vilas Palace at Gwalior—with an area of 3,000 square metres
( nearly 75 acres of floor space)—was built within a period of three
years in the 1870s and is a grand edifice. Today, 60 years after
Indian Independence and 36 years after the maharajahs vanished from
the Indian scene, this huge palace stays as a remembrance of the
bygone era.
Touching account of love
Aparna
Sen’s new film in English, The Japanese
Wife, marks several firsts for the director. Sen will shoot the film in virgin areas of the Sundarbans and it will have an international canvas, writes
Shoma A. Chatterji
‘I’m contented and secure’
Lara Dutta awaits her first Yash Raj
film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which releases shortly. She chats
with Vickey Lalwani about the film and
her career.
Awards mean little to me: Paresh
Shweta Thakur
Paresh
Rawal, one of Bollywood’s
most versatile actors for whom the shift from villainy to comedy seems
to have been a cakewalk, believes this is a good period for Hindi
cinema.
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Society
Buying water in Cherrapunji
The
reason for the water shortage is that the town is so hilly that the downpour just drains off. Owing to heavy rains villagers cannot grow crops because five minutes after it rains, there isn’t any water to be seen. Plants rot and the soil needed to sow food is washed away, reports
Dhananjaya Bhat
A nose for music
People
suffering from physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, may now experience the positive effects of music with the help of a computerised instrument that enables one to play music with the tip of their nose.
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