|
|
 Jumbo
conflict
The rapid degradation of reserve forests and the fragmentation of the elephants’ migration corridor are some of the reasons for the escalating human-elephant conflicts in the North-East, especially Assam, writes
Bijay Sankar Bora
Elephants
used to enjoy a jumbo presence in the socio-cultural life in the
North-East, especially in Assam, where folk tales about the giant
animal are still in circulation. There was a time when a person’s
status in society was gauged by the number of domesticated elephants
he had in his stable.
Killer
Tracks
Pioneer
of change
Brushing aside
opposition, Jameela from Hyderabad has empowered women to assert their
rights and resist injustice, writes Tripti Nath
TWELVE
years ago, Jameela Nishat, a middle-aged woman from the city of
pearls, gave up a secure Central Government job to improve the lot of
voiceless Muslim women, and of those belonging to the Scheduled Caste
and backward classes.
Let
those jewels suit you
As poetry is beautified with
rhetorical words, a woman’s charm is enhanced
by dazzling jewellery, feels Banalata Bipani
YES!
The prices of gold and silver have zoomed. But still, although on a
lesser scale, you find that you have to buy jewellery. It is very
important that you must choose well, keeping into consideration your
body silhouette and other factors that make the same jewellery a grand
success for some women, and an unmitigated disaster for others.
|
Faith accompli
A devotee takes part in the annual festival of Bonalu in Hyderabad. The word “Bonalu” is derived from the Telugu word “Bhojanalu”, which refers to the food offered to Goddess Kali, the Hindu goddess of power. The main ritual in the month-long festival consists of offering cooked rice, jaggery, curd, water and other dishes brought by women in earthen pots to Goddess Kali. Devotees believe that the offerings will ward off evil and epidemics during the monsoon.
Photo: Reuters
|
To our readers
|
|
The Tribune is constantly evolving with the times. In our endeavour to stay connected with our readers, we invite suggestions (maximum 100 words) to update the content of Spectrum and Saturday Extra. You can mail your ideas for consideration about issues and subjects you would like to see more in these pages at
thetribunemagazine@gmail.com
|
|
|
Land of three religions
Sudha Mahalingam visits Ramallah, the beleaguered capital of Palestine
THE
barbed wire fence is never out of sight. It is no more than a
few metres away almost wherever you go in this town of blocked roads
and spiked gates. In some patches, the spiky wire is draped around a
reinforced steel and concrete wall, a foot thick.
Songs of free India
Independent India’s history has been captured in Bollywood
songs, writes Madhusree Chatterjee
THE
songs of Bollywood — from "Aao bachchon tumhe dikhayen"
to "Kajra re" — best portray India’s journey
since Independence to the present day when it is fast emerging as a
major power, says a Paris-based historian-filmmaker.
Bollywood
in China
As interest in Indian movies,
music and style finds favour in the Land of the Dragon, Shakuntala
Rao checks out if Indian filmmakers will be able to break
through the barriers of the highly regulated Chinese film market
DRIVING
through the wide streets of Shanghai, China’s cultural
capital of 19 million, I see a giant well-lit poster of Hrithik Roshan.
Paes eyes big screen
TENNIS
star Leander Paes is set to make his debut on the silver screen
with a film titled Rajdhani Express. Leander Paes plays a
common man in the film, which is being directed by Ashok Kohli.
'Playing
a homosexual was complex'
Bohni
Bandyopadhyay chats up Rahul Bose, who plays a gay in his
latest film I Am
HE
is playing the role of a homosexual in Onir’s upcoming
directorial venture I Am and actor Rahul Bose says the
experience was complex as well as interesting.
|
