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 Following
the solo trail
More and more women are
yielding to the wander bug and the pull of the unknown. They follow
their hearts and carve out a solo trail. We listen to a few of them
who dare to be different and follow the dictum: Explore. Dream.
Discover
Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
Come
vacation time, Dr Harpreet Gill, an academician with MCM DAV College,
Chandigarh, happily puts away her saris and satchel in exchange for
rugged outdoor gear and a rucksack; taking off for shores unknown and
spaces unexplored, all by herself. "I love travelling", she
states matter-of-factly. Elaborating further, she says,
"Different places, landscapes, cultures, they were all part of my
growing up as an Army brat. Solo travelling, for me, was a natural
progression.
ARTS
'Art & soul
The mysteries of Chavin
Combining primitive religious
beliefs and practices and great sophistication at the material level,
the mysterious temple in Peru, which was the theme of a recent
exhibition at Zurich, continues to remain a puzzle
B.N.Goswamy
Mysteries,
it seems, will never end. Till a friend called me up to tell me about
a splendid exhibition featuring it at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, I
had never heard the name Chavin. He told me that it was an ancient
archaeological site — the full name is Chavin de Huantar, after a
village — up in a high valley in the Peruvian Andes. I decided to
look it all up.
BROAD BRUSH
LIFE
More for less
The inexpensive mustard oil can be more beneficial than many costly cooking mediums. Rich in mono-unsaturated fats, its consumption can reduce the risk of coronary heart diseases by almost 70 per cent
Considered
a poor man's oil, mustard oil was almost discarded by the rich and
elite for fears of being adulterated or causing heart disease. A
traditional oil native to north and north-east India, it seemed to
have lost its glory to refined oils. However, scientific research has
re-discovered its goodness. And once again it has found respectability
and is back in favour on the grocery shelves.
Health Capsules
Society
Under The Greenwood Tree
We must heed our culture's reverence for trees of all kinds. This means preventing the extinction of the kikar tree. In this endeavour the forest department, our farmers and regional research laboratories must unite
Deepak Rikhye
To
determine when the Acacia
farnesiana or the kikar tree arrived in India can entail a
labyrinthine search. The kikar has been the quintessence of our
landscape in Punjab, Haryana and Ranthambore. But alas! It is
diminishing. JR Vaid, a farmer who
has been farming his land for decades, is located in Haryana's Ambala
District.
TRAVEL
A haven for city weary
Sudha Mahalingam
Lansdowne
is a jewel in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand that has so
far managed to remain undetected by the roving eyes of the inveterate
SUV-borne Delhi tourist. It is a benign and a
relatively obscure hill town with a seductive name and can barely
provide beds for car loads of tourists who may land up without notice.
Lansdowne can accommodate no more than a couple of hundred people at a
given time. And these are wise people who have planned their trips and
booked their rooms well ahead.
Globetrotting
ENTERTAINMENT
The curious case of quirky titles
Filmmakers are dangling new baits for cinegoers with quirky, tongue-twisting film titles. Impossible-sounding names like Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola and Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana are intriguing audiences and bringing them to the theatres
Deepa Ranade
Ever
since Salman Khan’s
films with dry and commonplace titles like Mr & Mrs Khanna
and Veer tanked at the boxoffice, Salman has made sure that his
films have catchy titles that will instantly catch the fancy of the
audience. Wanted, Ready, Ek Tha Tiger and, of course, Dabangg
bear testimony to his resolve that ‘well begun is half done’. Two
years back when Dabangg released, most of us wondered what it
meant. But today once-incomprehensible Dabangg has become a
common phrase for anyone who is fearless and audacious!
Flickering
Angels
Subhrajit Mitra’s documentary
sheds light on the plight of children of prison inmates in West Bengal
and the society’s indifference towards these young people who are
marginalised for no fault of their own
Shoma A. Chatterji
Prisoners
belong to a ghettoised world. Label them under the common heading
called ‘criminals.’ What about their children? What happens to
these kids while their parents, often both, are behind bars? No one
conceives of prison inmates as people with a family with
wives/husbands, in-laws and children. So, one does not question what
happens to the children of people serving a jail sentence. Flickering
Angels is a documentary that sheds light, perhaps for the first
time, on the children of prison inmates in West Bengal.
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