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When
Shilpa Shetty met Govardhan Brown
 We
the people are comfortable in our skins and going out to conquer the
world with a chak de exuberance. The year is a watershed
because it marks the coming of age of a nation which has become secure
and comfortable in its maturity, writes Pratik
Kanjilal
This
is the first day of
Resolution Week. The last week of December is when we look back on the
year that is about to pass, smile languidly as we recall our finest
moments, sigh maudlinly as we dwell upon what we might have done and
been and turn beetroot red at the memory of what we actually did and
had been. No more of that, we exclaim, sweeping the debris of the past
aside with a small cry. Reaching for pencil, paper and steely resolve,
we proceed in all seriousness to make our New Year’s resolutions.
Fair way to make waves
There were many proud moments for women who have made a mark in all spheres — from politics to business to economics and administration, writes
Vimla Patil
Yet
another year of the new century is about to close in a few days, and,
as usual, observers of the social and economic scene in India are busy
wrapping up the year’s gains and losses—especially for Indian
women, who most certainly form one of the fastest changing communities
in the world today.
Celebratory
fare
Flavours
of festivity
Every family has a
special dish that is cooked to mark special moments.
Pushpesh Pant on festive food
There
is no greater joy than
sharing good food with family and friends and even with rank strangers
at times. And it goes without saying that life is full of events to
celebrate something or the other – occasions when the food has to be
extraordinary. Be it a childbirth, engagement or marriage, house
warming or promotion, an award or anything else – khane wale ko
badhia khane ka bahana chahia.
Art
Scene ‘07
Few
splashes of colour in a dull picture
The Indian art biggies continued
to fetch a good price for their work, but for the regular artist the
canvas remains far from bright, says Ravi Bhatia
The
year 2007 has in the true
sense been a mixed canvas for the art scene. While creations of Indian
artists have continued to fetch huge amounts in international art
auctions, the average Indian artist continues to struggle to eke out a
living waiting for that corporate sponsorship or industrial backing
that would pivot him to fame and affluence.
A patchy show
Hindi cinema rarely rose to great
heights in 2007, though there were some box-office successes like Chak
De! India and Jab We Met, writes Vikramdeep
Johal
Bad
first half, good second half, above average overall — that was how
2007 turned out to be for Bollywood. After the boom of 2006, which
delivered three blockbusters — Lage Raho Munnabhai, Krrish
and Dhoom:2 — this year produced merely one, Farah Khan’s Om
Shanti Om.
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