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The kitchen
initiative
Utilising the services of women from low-income families to cook food has widened the beneficial aspect of the mid-day meal scheme in schools.
Amar Chandel takes
a look at the path-breaking “Jahangirpuri Model”
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NOVEL PROJECT:
Women from economically weaker sections make puris for a Monday “special” under the mid-day meal project
Photo by the writer
Rajni
Thakur, Bimla Devi,
Bharati Saha and Ram Devi have many things in common. All of
them are from the poorest strata of society, are widows and are
the sole breadwinners for their families. They are among the 40
women employed by Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI) to
cook mid-day meals for more than 20,000 schoolchildren of
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Fall of a culture
There was a time when
tawaifs of Lucknow were treated as the epitome of etiquette and
culture. They excelled in poetry, music, dancing and singing, and
entertained the nawabs of Oudh. Today the word applies to a
common prostitute, writes Yogesh Vajpeyi
THE
melody from the film, Umrao Jaan (1981), portrays the tawaif
of nawabi Oudh as a tragic figure, whose lover faces disgrace
in civil society. This disgrace is but one part of the many complex
representations of the north Indian tawaif in Hindi cinema that has
excited the popular imagination.
The
Princess who died unknown
Princess Bamba Sutherland,
eldest daughter of Maharaja Daleep Singh, lived like an alien in her
father’s kingdom, writes Kanwarjit Singh Kang
"If man were immortal
he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which
he had trusted should betray his trust, and, in short, of coming
eventually to hopeless misery. He would break down, at last, as every
good fortune, as every dynasty, as every civilisation does. In place
of this we have death."
THIS
observation by Charles Sanders Peirce reminds one of the tragic drama
that unfolded after Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death, followed by
assassinations, conspiracies, treacheries, betrayals and wars, and the
vicissitudes of his dynasty, as had happened, dwindled from bad to
worse.
A number of farmers are using
tractors equipped with air-conditioners and gadgets like cameras and
phone chargers. Gurdeep Singh Mann
reports from Fatehgarh Sahib
YOUNG
farmers of this historical town have brought about a change in the
traditional ways of farming by introducing tractors fitted with
air-conditioners and other modern gadgets.
Reluctant
pilgrim
For Harish
Dhillon a visit to Garhwal had nothing to do with its religious
significance, but the spiritual pull of the area soon caught up with
him
ALL
of my like-minded fellow travellers and I believed that it is the
journey and not the arriving that is important. As such the plan was
to follow the Bhagirathi, the Mandakini and the Alaknanda as far as we
could go and thus see a great deal of Garhwal.
Metro music: Buskers of London
Cynthia Chandran
FOR
44-year-old Steve Aruni, busking is a way of life. More commonly known
as street performers, buskers are people who sing or perform at public
places for money.
Cinema
of substance
Ervell
E. Menezes, who was on the National Film Awards jury, recounts
his experience
THE
recent National Awards saw Tamil film Kanchivaram, directed by
Priyadarshan, bagging the Best Feature Film award for 2007 and
deservedly so. The awards were delayed pending a court case and the
2008 awards will be announced in a few months.
Shahid
wants to surprise again
Manisha Rege
FRESH
from the success of Kaminey, Shahid Kapur is looking forward to
more "out the box roles" and the actor believes that working
with older heroines is not a big deal as long as audience get good
cinema.
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The photos accompanying the article “America’s largest
private home” last week were courtesy the publication
“A Pictorial Guide to Biltmore”
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Batman is greatest superhero
Gotham city’s Dark Knight Batman has vanquished his comic rivals Spiderman and Superman to be named the greatest superhero of all time in a new poll.
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