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The
e-volution of
reading
A look at how reading habits have
changed now that there are many more ways than just books to
understand and experience the world
Vibha Sharma
A
famous American novelist and essayist, William Styron, once
said: "A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the
end. You live several lives while reading it". This conveys the
power of the magical world that gets weaved between the cover pages of
a book. Change being the only permanent thing in this world, the
reading habit cannot escape getting metamorphosed over time.
’Art &
Soul
Chandarvo: Textiles
for goddesses
The book on sacred textiles helps
us understand the rituals, production and iconography of the printed
fabric of Gujarat
B.N.Goswamy
If
one were to come upon suddenly a piece of paper with these
lines scribbled on it, I wonder what one would be able to make of it,
even if one knew some Gujarati:
Vadibhai 24.177
Chandarva navakhanda 72"
pano 4 mitar lamba ek pania
Sara rang ma, saama modha ni banyo
Bakra 3, pada 3, sikotar 2
Pava 2, sandhani 2, bethak vihat
2, hadkai 1
Rupaya 31.20 baanaana
Chandarva nang ek no bhav rupaiya
103.
Broad brush
Fitness
good
health
Workout
at work
Despite a busy schedule, you
must make time for some simple exercises that can be done while
sitting even in your office
Nawaz Modi Singhania
It’s
hard prioritising. It’s tough making the time to ‘fit’
everything into a day. We are often so many people all rolled into
one. We juggle from managing a career, being a parent, a spouse, a
son/ daughter, a home-maker, etc, etc. God, the list is unending!
Too
much weight can bring you down to your knees
Dr Rajeev Sharma
Excessive
weight is associated with many health problems, be it blood
pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular ailments. But one of less
talked about implication of being overweight is the damage this can
cause to your knees — the crucial body joints that carry our weight
all our lives, making movement possible and easy.
Society
soul talk
Study
says people fail when stakes are high
High
stakes and financial bonanzas offered in sports or game shows
actually drive participants to perform poorly because of the fear of
losing their potentially lucrative reward, a new study says. After
all, you would think that the more people are paid, the harder they
will work, and the better they will do their jobs — until they reach
the limits of their skills, the study adds.
Travel
A
train to mountains
Declared as Unesco World
Heritage sites, the three mountain railway trains of India are more
than a century old and still retain the elegance of a bygone era
Kavita Kanan Chandra
Ever
travelled in the narrow gauge trains of the mountain railways
of India? The chugging steam engines bellowing big clouds of smoke
that curls as it rises to create aerial artistry make the journey a
lyrical experience. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Kalka-Shimla Railway
and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway exude an old world charm that tugs
your heart.
Entertainment
‘For
me, to act is simply to do’
Actor, playwright,
environmentalist, Padma Bhushan Naseeruddin Shah talks about the
contradiction of being an ‘honest’ actor
Shoma A. Chatterji
Naseeruddin
Shah was recently in Kolkata to deliver the Satyajit Ray
Memorial address recently and the subject of his speech was The
Honest Actor. Over the years, he seems to have developed a strange
cynicism about cinema, acting, Bollywood, and so on. But let’s hear
it from Naseeruddin himself.
A
rare treat
Hollywood is scraping the
bottom of the barrel despite its assembly-line productions
Ervell E. Menezes
Browsing
through my spiral notebooks for past films (the titles are on
the last page) is a pleasant pastime because time often dulls memory
and titles may seem familiar but one often gets deceived. Often one
ticks the good ones, but not always. Hence there's always a surprise.
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