Emotional peak
Late in this quietly mesmerising novel, set in a Himalayan hill town in the north of India, Anuradha Roy describes the crystalline beauty of the peaks in winter, viewed long after the haze of the...
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A credible tale of children growing up into adults voyaging through adolescence, G B Prabhat's Early Indications has placed before us five instances to show how this is an unpredictable world. Each...
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A mysterious death at sainik farmsRukmani AnandiniRupa, 2012, pp 240, 195When Ugrasen drops dead at No 22, Sainik Farms, everybody is horrified and confused. His niece Anjali knows something is amiss....
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Revolving around the death of a squire's wife in 18th century England, Robin Blake's novel is a 'proto-police procedural' of sorts, set in a time when the formal police force was yet to be established,...
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For a nation obsessed with Bollywood, here's a chance to relive some of that magic and the masti of a blockbuster Hindi film, complete with song and dance, mesmerising dream sequences and daring aerial...
View ArticleWhere old meets new
Barcelona is an art lover's paradise, exclaims Janardhan Roye, coming face to face with the stunning style of art and architecture the city is home to.In the north-east of Iberia, on the Mediterranean...
View ArticleTorchbearer of Kirana gharana
Kirana gharana is one of the most prolific Hindustani khyal gharanas. The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a town and tehsil of Muzaffarnagar District in Uttar Pradesh. It...
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It has a gorgeously smooth texture and resplendent aanchal. The Baluchari saree is the pride of West Bengal's textile tradition. The pictorial detail on these sarees is created with great artistry, the...
View ArticleDramatic interplay
Italian painter Caravaggio's works that combine a realistic observation of the human state with the dramatic use of lighting, hold a strange fascination, writes Randy Kennedy Four years before he died,...
View ArticleDancing his way into hearts
It's been long since he was seen on screen — his last appearance being a cameo in his wife Shobha's and daughter Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms production Kucch To Hai, as his real-life son...
View ArticleBack in the reckoning
With many flops behind him, 'Power Star' Pawan Kalyan found himself skating at the edge of a precipice, his career as a Telugu film hero hanging by a slender thread. Ambitious projects to which he had...
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S Nanda Kumar speaks to veteran actor Ramesh Bhat on his time in the Kannada film industry, the years before his venture into cinema, and more.Ramesh Bhat has carved a special place for himself in the...
View ArticleTalent hunt
If Sa Re Ga Ma Pa was the first popular musical talent hunt show on Indian television, which gave the music industry singers like Shreya Ghoshal and Kunal Ganjawala, it was Indian Idol that took talent...
View ArticleWeapons on display
Rachna Bisht-Rawat speaks to military man Wills Willis on the evolution of weaponry, as showcased in Discovery Science's latest offering, 'Triggers'.The AK-47, also known as the single most deadly...
View ArticleNo country for mother tongue?
With English being seen as the elevator to a brave new upwardly mobile world, it is promoted by parents and teachers alike, relegating the mother tongue to secondary status in everyday life. Is mother...
View ArticleMind your language
Communication today is not as much about language as about sound effects, realises Revathi Siva Kumar"Haaku the dhaga into the needle," coaxed Meenal, my 16-year-old neighbour."Ok, ruko ek minute,"...
View ArticleNo fixed formula for success!
Even commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone, whose ideal Formula One season would be decided at the very last corner, could hardly have dreamed of a championship like this one. With just over a third of...
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Harmony in attack is a deadly virtue
Any attack in a game of chess has to be harmonious — that is, the pieces should combine and co-ordinate beautifully, as if it is the most natural thing. Such attacks can culminate in...
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Skill, obviously, is primary in sport. But unless there is unity, the 16 national teams cannot get far, let alone win the Euro 2012. Ask the Dutch, and maybe the Portuguese. They have superbly gifted...
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No roof yet for USOpen» A massive renovation plan announced for the US Open site will not include a roof over centre court and instead focus on new courts and increased seating, the US Tennis...
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