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The
first decade of the 21st century undoubtedly belonged to the
electronic media and the Internet, having seen the birth of
social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, writes Pratik
Kanjilal
LOOKING
back on a decade, one usually finds a splendid, eclectic
smorgasbord of events. Hundreds of narratives compete to be
heard, telling of the hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies of
the myriad nations and interest groups, which make up the human
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Minimise
stress these holidays
Holidays
are indeed a time to have unlimited fun, but they do bring a lot of
stress, as people forget themselves while enjoying the festive period.
Hence, here are the keys to enjoy this holiday season:
Blasting
scrap
It is a huge task for the
Army to dispose of tonnes of waste ammunition in Mattiwara Reserve
Forest, near Ludhiana, writes Vijay Mohan
CLAD
in a Kevlar bomb suit weighing about 80 kg, a sapper uses a mechanised,
battery-operated rod with a claw at one end, called a manipulator, to
carefully extract a misfired bomb from a pile of metal scrap and place
it on a sand bed.
New
flavour to faith
Although Christians in India
celebrate Christmas on the pattern adopted worldwide, they give it a
distinctive Indian touch, says Anthony Kuriakose
INDIA
is a secular nation and houses every religion in the world.
Christians are a minority here and form only 2.3 per cent of the
population. But that fact in no way lessens the observance of the
festival.
In
coffee country
From culture to nature,
Chikmagalur offers it all within a radius of about 100 km, writes
Sumitra Senapaty
COFFEE
planters’ houses, dogs lolling on verandahs, coffee trails
interspersed with pepper vines in the heart of India’s coffee
country, this is Chikmagalur, a five-hour drive from Bangalore. Legend
has it that a chieftain had two daughters.
Western
music, Indian notes
World fusion music is being
influenced by the Indian classical music, says Madhusree
Chatterjee
IF
we tweak Bob Dylan’s immortal song and say the sounds they are a-changin,
then the world fusion music is definitely going the India way, says
veteran American fusion rock and jazz musician Larry Coryell, who has
grown up on the music of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan.
Colours
of patriotism
Patriotic films are
Bollywood’s way of reminding the nation of a past they cannot afford
to forget, writes M. L. Dhawan
BY
taking up nationalistic or patriotic themes, filmmakers have
done a commendable job of instilling a sense of patriotism in a
generation, which is separated from the freedom struggle by six
decades.
Dharmendra
young at 75
Manisha
Rege catches up with Bollywood’s original He Man, who is all
set to turn funny once again with his latest film after completing a
golden run on celluloid this year
BOllywood
legend Dharmendra, who celebrated his 75th birthday, recently, says
despite his age and accomplishments he is still young, yearning for
more from life and trying to find out why a human being is never
fulfilled and satisfied.
Toon
time
With Anusha Rizvi distancing
herself from Peepli Live after a conflict with Aamir Khan, Ranjan
Das Gupta looks at similar cases from the history of Indian
cinema
Kireet
Khurana’s Ajay Devgn and Kajol starrer Toonpur Ka Superrhero
is touted to be India’s first live action animation film — where
living characters merge with the cartoons.
FRUIT
FACTS
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