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 Marriage Made In India
As we stand on the cusp of a social flux, perceptions about love, marriage and sex are being recast.
Twin revolutions of sex and love have led to the break-up of the arranged marriage system, as more people decide to marry for love rather than community
or caste
Ira Trivedi
The relations between
man and woman in this country have changed more in the past ten years
than they have in the previous three thousand. Traditionally, the
mating game began with marriage (arranged by the family based purely
on caste and economics) was followed by sex (usually for the first
time) and then blossomed into ‘love’ (if the couple was lucky).
That convenient little formula is now being radically altered—from
marriage, sex and then love, we are moving to love, sex (or
vice-versa) and then, maybe, marriage. Many young Indians from the
urban middle class are beginning to believe that love and sex are the
only things that matter in relationships, particularly marriage.
ARTS
Society through her eyes
Artist Nalini Malani’s oeuvre encompassing paintings, installations and moving images is as vast as her knowledge and concerns for women
Nonika Singh
Cassandra,
the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, had the gift of
prophecy yet no one would believe her. Today when artist Nalini Malani
uses Cassandra’s myth in her works, the world seems to be not only
paying heed but also listening with awe and adulation.
Broad brush
SPORTS
The lone ranger battling the odds
Amit Kumar
It
required the ignominy of the expulsion of Indian Olympic Association
by the International Olympic Committee to bring him and Luge into
public eye. The Winter Olympian from Manali, Shiva Keshavan, has been
a silent hero. The game he represents can be fatally dangerous. Not
only was Keshavan India’s only Olympic representative in Nagano
Games in 1998, the then-16-year-old was the youngest Luge entrant
ever. Sochi performance might not have been up to the mark, but he had
an eventful time with a near fatal crash in the practice run and
nick-of-the-time recovery, the video of which went viral on the social
media.
Partners beyond boundaries
Sabi Hussain
‘Stop
War, Start Tennis’ — the Indo-Pak pairing of Rohan Bopanna
and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi had launched a novel campaign in 2011,
which earned them the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award, but little
did they know that the same year would witness the end of their
much-publicised partnership.
Society
A peep into
the history of Ambala
The Ambala Cantt with
tree-lined roads and open spaces owes its origin to Capt Robert
Napier, a Bengal Sappers officer
Lt Gen Ranjit Singh (retd)
The
genesis of Ambala Cantonment lies in the defeat of the Marathas in the
IInd Anglo-Maratha War on September 11, 1803. On that day, Lord Lake
defeated Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia at the battle of Delhi. Marathas,
who till then had controlled the territories North of Delhi, were
forced to cede these to the British under the terms of the Treaty of
Surji-Anjangaon on December 30, 1803. The Sikh chiefs, who had fought
along with the Marathas, however continued their struggle against the
British under the leadership of Sardar Gurdit Singh of Ladwa for their
independence.
soul talk
Good news for
active gaming fans
According
to a recent study, active gaming adds to activity levels of kids,
helping obese ones lose weight. Senior author, Dr Deneen Vojta says
that it is doubly beneficial as the kids are interested in their
screen time and instead of making it a stand-off between them and the
parents, it can be turned into something favourable. Seventyfive
overweight and obese kids were recruited from Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Texas and divided into two groups. Over a period of 16
weeks, they were put on a weight-management programme at YMCAs and
schools. One group was also introduced to Xbox active games. They were
given two active games and it was found that these kids added a few
extra minutes of vigorous to moderate activity to their routine as a
result of the game and they ended up losing weight.
Travel
Cruising in the Benz city
The Black Forest, vineyards and wineries, castles and the museums of Mercedes Benz and Porsche make Baden Wurttemberg in Germany an intriguing destination
Anand & Madhura Katti
The
beautiful region of Baden Wurttemberg (also called the Swabian region)
in South Germany is a lesser trodden place that's emerged as the
fastest growing destination in Germany. Black Forest, vineyards and
wineries, castles with baroque architecture and the museums of
Mercedes Benz and Porsche make it an intriguing destination. Globetrotting
Entertainment
Teen queens
These actors as young as 14 years are already famous, rich, busy and enacting roles of charcters much older than them and they have no qualms about it
Surekha Kadapa-Bose
Kanchi
Singh, Mahima Makwana, Avika Gor, Disha Parmar, Digangana Suryavanshi,
and many more teenage girls have a couple of things in common. They
are all well-known daily soap stars on Hindi channels and all of them
are under 18 years of age! Some are as young as 14 years and are
already famous, rich, busy and enacting roles much older than their
age.
Nadia: The first global heroine
The history of Indian cinema is incomplete without highlighting the contribution of Fearless Nadia
Shoma A. Chatterji
Nadia
of the famous
Hunterwali series of films is back in the news. Select films
featuring Fearless Nadia as she was known, were screened at the
Kala Ghoda Festival in Mumbai. Her grandson, the late Riyad
Vinci Wadia made a documentary Fearless — The Hunterwalli
Story (1993).
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