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 CBI: The Naked Truth
An Insider’s Account Former
Joint Director, CBI, B.R. Lall bares the working of the premier investigative agency and reveals the mindset of officials who hesitate to touch the political masters and take action against them. The rule of law does not apply to those who are supposed to enforce it. Some of the scams that rocked the nation—the Jain Hawala case, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha affair that rocked the PV Narasimha Rao government, the Lakhubhai Pathak deal, the Indian Bank scandal and the fodder scam — all prove how the investigations were thwarted and those in power allowed to go scot-free.
The Jain Hawala Case
JMM affair
Lakhubhai Pathak deal |
Indian Bank Scam
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
Fodder scam
No rules for the high and mighty
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Dalip
Singh: A life in struggle
Despite
being cut off from his
heritage and cultural roots early in life, Maharaja Dalip Singh
continued his struggle against the British.
Kanwarjit
Singh Kang on lesser-known aspects of Dalip Singh’s life.
Not
many
may be aware of the peculiar circumstances that conditioned the
struggle of Maharaja Dalip Singh, the son and successor to Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, against the British.
Where
life imitates art
A
perfect blend of style and substance. From museums and picture
postcard countryside to choicest food and wine, the French Riviera
offers many of life’s little pleasures finds out Gayatri
Rajwade
Femme
fatale and much else
Actress
Barbara Stanwyck, whose
birth centenary falls on July 16, was good at playing the victim and
the victimiser with equal ease, writes Vikramdeep
Johal
Folk’s the way to go
Bollywood
film songs infused with loads of folk music are an instant hit with
GenX, says
Sonali Jha Chatterjee
Her
voice lives on
M.L.
Dhawan remembers the singing sensation of yesteryear Geeta
Dutt whose appeal has not declined for the present generation
Dia goes off beat
Bollywood
beauty Dia Mirza is all
set to go off beat with national award winning director Manmohan
Mahapatra’s Bits and Pieces where she stars opposite Rahul
Bose. "I am stepping into art films with Bits and Pieces.
The film will see me in a different light," Dia said at a
promotional event.
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Fiat rides again |
Old Fiat 500 car — a tribute to Italian film director Federico Fellini’s movie La Dolce Vita — is seen during a ceremony in Turin, Italy. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has big aspirations for the little car, hoping the redesigned version of the compact vehicle can be for the automaker what iPod was for Apple. — AP/PTI |
SOCIETY
Net profit
Free textbooks
Frederick Noronha
Obtaining
free school textbooks via
the Internet has increasingly become a realistic possibility, with
many easy-to-share resources growing in cyberspace. There have been
global debates over the rapidly rising textbook prices with
responses from teachers, students, schools and governments.
Take
this pill and don’t bother to eat
Scientists have
developed a pill which, when taken, makes the person feel like
he has eaten a good meal. The pill made from cellulose has a
highly absorbent powder that expands 1000 times when taken with
water.
Yawn
and remain cool
Latest research
shows that yawning helps in keeping the brain cool,
contradicting the popular belief that yawning promotes sleep and
is a sign of tiredness. Yawning involves opening the mouth
involuntarily while taking a long, deep breath of air. It is
commonly believed that people yawn as a result of drowsiness or
weariness because they need oxygen. |
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