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Book lovers assembled in the
Darbar Hall of Diggi Palace, Jaipur Photo: AFP
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Narratives from the North
Vandana
Shukla
Voices from the region found ample expression at the globally recognised Jaipur Literature Festival
WRiTING
from the North were heard with rapt attention at the recent DSC
Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). The
voices of pain, agony and untold suffering from the Valley
reverberated at The Baithak when Kashmiri poetry pierced through the
hearts of the audience.
Ashram of high value
Sevagram Ashram in a remote Maharashtra village is a place revered by all. It was here that the dream of Mahatma Gandhi to liberate India from British yoke finally started taking shape, writes
Rajendra Rajan
WhAt
could have been the temptation for Mahatma Gandhi to settle in
Wardha, a remote and backward area of Maharashtra, about eight decades
ago? I was trying to grapple with this question while standing on the
road leading to the main entrance gate of Sevagram Ashram recently.
The place is 60 km from Nagpur.
The beautiful island
Culture, cuisine, beauty and shopping, Taiwan has it all, writes
Tanushree Podder
LIKE
most travellers to Taiwan, I was looking forward to shopping, sampling
the delectable food of the region and catching a bit of art and
culture but I landed up doing much more.
Foodies’
delight
Good
news for those who are
addicted to cookery shows on television. FoodFood, the first ever food
channel, has been launched by celebrity chef Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and
Raghavendra Madhav of Astro All Asia Networks.
Positive
effects of stress
A new
study explains why stress and anxiety may be both a boon as well as a
bane for your brain. "That edge sounds good. It sounds adaptive.
It sounds like perception is enhanced and that it can keep you safe in
the face of danger," said Alexander Shackman, a researcher at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Season
for overcoats
As
the Capital goes through one of its coldest winters, many are
discovering the charms of the overcoat, an accessory once consigned to
the bottom of cupboards and pulled out only for hilly holidays or
snowcapped destinations abroad.
‘Parents
must expose kids to Indian culture’
IN
this age, when computers and playstations lure kids more than learning
music and dance, parents must take the onus of motivating the
conventional activities to expose children to Indian culture, says
violin maestro L. Subramanian.
Kiran calls the shots
People will be disappointed if they go to watch Aamir in
Dhobi Ghat because his is not an author-backed role, says Kiran Rao in a chat with
Jyothi Venkatesh
How did you cast newcomers like
Kriti Malhotra and Monica Dogra in Dhobi Ghat?
Monica is a versatile singer, who is
part of the band Shaayar and Funk. I decided to cast Monica after I
saw her with her partner on the cover of the magazine Time Out
Mumbai.
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