Train to srinagar

Sixty one years after Independence, Kashmir has finally got its rail network. Kumar Rakesh reports IN a month or two when a train rolls out from Anantnag to Rajwanshar, it will be the culmination of one revolution and the beginning of another in the Valley.

Jewellery brands woo men
Phiroze Khareghat
ARE office-going men ready to bling? Retailers — from the mass-market Prince Jewellers of Chennai to the venerable Tribhuvandas Zaveri of Bombay — are hoping so, as a new generation of ordinary guys under 40 warms up to such trinkets as titanium pendants, three-diamond rings, silver dog tags and ID bracelets.

Bollywood musical hits Oz
AFTER its triumph in London and other parts of Europe, The Merchants of Bollywood is mesmerising Australia. The musical opened at the theatre at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast recently. With a cast of 40 dancers and actors from Mumbai, it presents hit songs from the blockbusters of the past 40 years.