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Land of roses

A.J. Philip salutes the indomitable spirit of the jawans and officers in the world’s highest battlefield — Siachen

OUR prayer had its effect. The sky was clear and so was the Khardung-la, which we could see from our room. Since we had no navigational knowledge, we kept our fingers crossed. Nevertheless, we got ready, either to go to Siachen or return to Chandigarh. Then, the phone rang. Gp Capt B.R. Krishna was on the line with the good news that the weather god was favourably disposed towards us.

Cotton bounty
A good yield from the first picking has given a boost to the morale of farmers
in the Malwa belt, writes S.P. Sharma
FARMERS in the Malwa belt of Punjab are harvesting a bumper cotton crop this time although the acreage under its cultivation has declined due to the fear of mealy bug that caused huge loss to their produce last year.

It’s a thin line between love & hate
Steve Connor
LOVE and hate are intimately linked within the human brain, according to a study that has discovered the biological basis for two of the two most intense emotions experienced by both men and women.

The return of Saeed Mirza
His films focus on the trials and tribulations of the common man. Shoma Chatterji on the filmmaker whose retro is being held in London
DO you remember Saeed Akhtar Mirza? He is the angry filmmaker who broke the stereotype of Indian cinema in his own distinct way with his film Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978).