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Krishna
lila in murals
The walls of Bhandari temple, Batala, are devoted to scenes from
the life of Krishna.
Kanwarjit
Singh Kang visits the temple which is a fine example of 19th
century mural art
A
strikingly lofty sikhara of a temple, popularly known as Bhandarian
da Mandir at Batala, once visible from a considerable distance,
roused the interest of visitors to this industrial town. The temple is
devoted to Radha and Krishna. An inscription in Persian, affixed above
the entrance of the shrine, reveals that it was erected in 1909 (1852
A.D.), by Kishan Chand Bhandari.
NOKIA
CALLING
K. J. S. Chatrath takes you
on a tour of Nokia, a small town in Finland. The birthplace of the
largest mobile phone company in the world, the town — with half a
dozen churches — is also home to a Christian movement that works in
many parts of the globe, including India
Visiting
Finland, a country not visited by many Indians, I entered the posh
shop of Nokia phone company in the main shopping street of Helsinki. I
told the young man behind the counter the purpose of my visit. "I
am from India visiting Finland on a holiday. Nokia is a popular mobile
handset in India and having come to Finland, I would like to visit
Nokia town where phones are manufactured.
Winning
stroke for Indian hockey
Abhishek Roy
In a country that eats, drinks and sleeps cricket, a movie on hockey
certainly bucks the trend. So when Shah Rukh Khan waves the magic
stick saying Chak De! India, the audience rises to cheer
Former
women’s hockey coach Mir Ranjan Negi, who inspired Shah Rukh
Khan’s role in Chak De! India, doesn’t want to hog the
limelight emanating from the movie’s success. "I don’t want
to hog the limelight.
The
case for trained talent
Santosh Mehta chats up Estonian
director Tina Lokk, one of the jury members, at the recent Osian Ninth
Cinefan Film Festival
The
focus of Osian’s Ninth Cinefan Film Festival that concluded in Delhi
recently was the Japanese cinema. Twenty women filmmakers exhibited
their creative work during the festival which saw more than 140 films
by over 100 filmmakers from 35 countries.
SOCIETY
Need
to revive the lost bond
When we are young, we
consider them our buddies. As we grow, we tend to forget this bond.
Anjali
Mehta looks at the tenuous
man-animal ties
Why
is it that animals, which play such a dominant role in our lives when
we are young, lose their appeal as we grow in years? This is quite
baffling, especially when considered in the context that childhood
events leave lasting impressions.
A
place for Urdu
Aparna Srivastava Reddy
They
say it is a dying language. But, is it? Urdu, the language in which
poetry was composed even before prose was written, which was the
language of courts and high office till just a few decades back — is
ready to evolve with the times, to stay alive. One often hears the
lament in literary circles that Urdu is dying.
Unique
thanksgiving
Believe
it or not, residents of Indore district’s Chirmolia village have a
unique custom of offering watches at a temple existing under a giant
banyan tree. The watches are tied to the branches of the tree.
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