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A celebration of a friendship of more than 40 years, Ruskin Bond: The Mussoorie Years traces the life
of the much-loved writer, who remains a gentle voice in the hills that are both his life and his home
The enduring Bond
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Ruskin
Bond! That isn’t a real name," an old lady confided in me. And
I was just waiting my turn in the dentist’s waiting room when she
assured me. "It’s just a pseudonym!" That was the first time
I heard of an author in Mussoorie.
From left: Ruskin Bond with his favourite companions — books; with a young fan at his residence; and (extreme right) autographing his books at a promotional event
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ARTS
Distinctive
notes
From Mika becoming the first
Indian artiste to perform at the prestigious Melbourne Cricket Grounds
to Psy’s catchy Gangnam style, much is happening on the music scene
Saurabh & Gaurav
If
2011 was the year Adele Atkins dominated sales charts and best-of
lists, 2012 was decidedly more democratic. Perhaps the closest we got
to that was the British-Irish quintet One Direction. The band was
recently named MTV’s 2012 Artist of the Year. One Direction made
their US debut in March with the No. 1 album Up All Night.
Their sophomore album, Take Me Home, was the year’s
third-highest debut.
Wellbeing
Seeds of content
The tiny flaxseeds can
pack in a punch as these provide a huge amount of benefits. These oil
seeds are specially rich in omega-3 fats, similar to those found in
fish, and can be useful for vegetarians
Flaxseeds,
traditionally known as linseed or alsi are tiny seeds packed with huge
amount of beneficial fats similar to those found in fish. Good news
for those who do not wish to eat fish is that flaxseeds are just as
good or may be even better.
Health
Capsules
Society
Hooking little
bookworms
Aditi Garg
Books
are the world in your hands. From being an armchair traveller to
discovering facts and honing skills, falling in love with the written
word is one of the best things you can achieve in life. Inculcating
this wonderful habit in your young ones is a pride beyond compare.
More than any report card with flying grades, the satisfaction of a
child lost in pages of make-believe surpasses all joy.
travel
Like a Paul Gauguin painting,
Maldives is a world of rainbow colours with patterns and striations
A magic
called Maldives
Kalpana Sunder
There
are lush screw pine thickets with gangly roots like a monster in a
cartoon movie, sandbanks with a single palm tree framed against indigo
skies, miles and miles of pristine, blue waters, bristling with a
variety of marine life. There are at least 1,192 islands spread over
800 km, where the highest point is less than 8 feet high!
Globetrotting
Entertainment
Spooky
makeover
Talaash reinforces and
reasserts realism within the supernatural genre in Hindi cinema
Shoma A. Chatterji
Aamir
Khan’s Talaash has opened a can of worms. The ‘Aamir
Khan’ tag seems to have raised the status of the supernatural and
the ghost film. When we mercilessly run down ghost-cum-horror films
made today by Ramgopal Varma and Vikram Bhatt, one wonders why we
should be so grandiose in our praise of Talaash which, when it
comes down to ground zero, is nothing more than a ghost film that
leaves questions hanging in the air. Ghost films often incorporate
mystery, intrigue, thrills, murders, mysterious killings, air of
foreboding and a dozen other permutations and combinations of
plot-lines and stories.
Master
of craft
Spanish director Pedro
Almodovar’s films are mother-centric and deal maturely with
women’s issues
Ervell E. Menezes
On
scanning the list of films from Cinema of the World at the 43rd
International Film Festival of India in Goa, one found that there was
an amazing paucity of Spanish entries. Only two, and those too joint
ventures, namely White Elephant (Argentina-Spain) and Twice Born
(Italy-Spain-Croatia).
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