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Tale of a nightingale
Of empires and challengesSANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY takes a look at "Challenging Empires - World Social Forum", an anthology of published essays from across the world on alternative perspectives released to coincide with the just-concluded Fourth World Social Forum. 
Love and lossIT IS not often that a film based on a literary work satisfies fans of the author completely. For the author too, whether a novelist or a playwright, the process of transforming the written word into the language of cinema can often be painful, ... 
Daring in black and whiteA young, enterprising photographer Saadiya Kochar tries to revive the magic of black and white photographs with her debut book "Being", recently launched in New Delhi. RANA SIDDIQUI speaks to her. 
Reading is believingTO REVIVE the book reading habit, in a country that ironically churns out 75,000 books every year, a two-day national convention, `Making India a book reading society' was organised by the Federation of Indian Publishers at Le Meridien hotel in ...
And live to tell the tale!Who says Lodhi gardens in New Delhi are merely a romantic hangout or a walker's delight? Its trees and tombs are rooted in history. And dead men do tell tales, warn AJAY CHATURVEDI and T.N. BEHL.
White is right IF DRESSES could, can jewellery be far behind? After some shocking changes in the attire finding acceptance among the youth, now it's time for the traditional gold jewellery to go for a colour shift. Dwarka Gems Limited has opened a new chapter ...
Beauty yes, talent of courseTHIS BAHU is different. She doesn't crib; she doesn't scheme and most importantly, doesn't look for a shoulder every time she is in trouble. Niki Aneja Walia, who is playing Dr. Simran in "Astitva... Ek Prem Kahani", has nobly grown from the ...
Simple and straight... really I don't take oil, fat, chocolates and rice. Avoid smoking and alcohol. Exercise daily for an hour to stay fit and try to catch an eight-hour sleep. 
Thai flavoursTHE TROUBLE a modern day epicure encounters quite often is the varied cuisines themselves. The Chinese, the Italian and the Mexican fight for attention, even before the knife and the fork battle it out on the table. Not that culinary battles are ... 
A fine experienceADDING TO the list of restro-lounges in Delhi arrives Mantra, an overall experience of fine dining. Lining up an appetizing cuisine with dishes flavoured with piquant sauces and fresh herbs and menus like the three course executive lunch, owner ...
Household fame ZEBA, THE international home fashion brand, has always hogged news lines, be it in the Limca Book of Records, 2003, for creating the world's largest hand tufted carpet, or for taking up the creative wheel to decorate Nikita Anand's house. This ...
New frontiers after LOC You may not have noticed Ashutosh Jha in J.P. Dutta's "LOC". Yet the Delhi University student who played a Pakistani soldier in the film is destined for better things after this war saga, says RANA SIDDIQUI. A new leaf BOLLYWOOD MUSCLEMAN Suniel Shetty was in New Delhi with friend and actor, Mahesh Manjrekar the other day. Usually film stars and their units come for some promotional activity. This time they came for a different reason altogether - to meet ... 
Towards changeRECALL THE film "Lagaan" in which farmers stare at the sky, hope and desperation writ large on their faces, but not a patch of cloud shows? This is a sad but common sight in rural India. And now consider a scene at a seacoast in India where a ...
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