Marriages like any institution are in an exciting flux, coloured by the issues, idiosyncrasies and innovations of our era. They are no longer the goal of women or even men. In the changing script, a million variations in marriage may exist, but as long as two people find balance, life moves peacefully at a different pace during different times, writes Dr. Harish Shetty. If anyone bombastically roars in a party that ‘they are happily married’, then remember that it is a lie. There are no happy marriages. Peaceful marriages are a realistic goal where happiness is a byproduct. Happiness can…
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been dogged by corruption scandals and other controversies since a long time. Venkat Ananth wonders aloud whether the richest cricket body in the world is capable of reforming itself to safeguard the sport it governs. A month ago, as I made my way to the Supreme Court of India to cover a set of proceedings in what is now infamously known as the “IPL (Indian Premier League) betting and spot-fixing case”, it was a surreal experience. I wondered what a journalist, transitioning between sport and political journalism, was doing in…
Dr. Manisha Patil says it is time for India’s premier art institute, which produced some of the best talent in the field of art, to shed its colonial baggage and reinvent itself. It was many years ago, on 2 March 1857, that the Jamshedjee Jeejibhoy School of Art and Industry, or J.J. School of Art, as it is widely known, was established in colonial India. The third of the art schools to be set up in the country, it was preceded by the ones in Madras and Kolkata, begun in 1850 and 1854 respectively. Inspired by the Great Exhibition of…
Gulzar a poet, lyricist, dialogue-writer and director has been bestowed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. A seven-member jury comprising eminent artists, unanimously recommended Gulzar for the prestigious award. The 79-year-old soft-spoken, fair and handsome poet has directed a wide variety of films ranging from Mere Apne to Koshish, Khushboo, Mausam Angoor, Libaas and Maachis, is the 45th recipient of the award. Born in Dina (now in Pakistan) a part of Jhelum district in 1936, Gulzar imbibed his love for Urdu poetry from his Urdu teacher in Delhi’s United Christian School where Urdu…
Megan Mylan’s documentary, ‘After My Garden Grows’ has a universal appeal as it tells the story of an adolescent girl from India`s hinterland – a school dropout who nurtures her garden to make a living while also learning about property and inheritance rights, health and nutrition. The black screen comes to life. A young girl dressed in a rustcoloured salwar-kurta is expertly clambering on top of a wooden structure amidst dense green foliage. As the camera follows her, the youngster turns slowly to reveal her serene, pretty face. The stirring sounds of the flute strike up in the background as…
The marcgravia evenia, a plant native to Cuba, has bowl-shaped leaves that act as a satellite dish to reflect sound waves emitted by bats. They also enable the plants’ pollinators — the Cuban nectarfeeding bats — to locate the plant easily amidst the surrounding foliage. Researchers believe that the plant has developed the bowl-shaped leaves in addition to its regular leaves because the curved shape reflects sound waves more efficiently. Even though many plant species are pollinated by bats, this is the first instance of a plant evolving special leaves to aid echolocation of bats.
From ruined temples to huge manmade lakes and from dying art to long hanging bridges, the district of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh has something to offer to every tourist and traveller. Warangal seldom seems to make it onto a tourist itinerary unless your kid is a student of the prestigious National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal. The entry to this top engineering college in India is marked with an ancient looking gateway and as one moves deeper into the town one finds that the power station, government buildings and even residential buildings have the strange ancient looking gateway. Warangal Fort…
An institution in himself (1914-1984) Born on 22 June 1914, in a family devoted to music and dance for generations, Guru Ayyampettai Thyagaraj Govindraj Pillai had first started his music lessons from Vidwan Veerabhadra Pillai. Later he was thoroughly trained in the intricacies of Carnatic music by the veterans Vidwan Markhanda Pillai and Vidwan Venugopal. By sheer dint of hard work and intense devotion to the art, Guru Govindraj Pillai had reached the pinnacle of fame which very few could accomplish. It was just after he married Karunambal, the only daughter of Bharatha Vidwan Kuppiah Pillai, that the genius of…
Shinzani Jain is a 3rd year BSL LLB student at ILS Law College, Pune. She is a volunteer at the Academy of Political and Social Studies. Shinzani likes to read, write and research and is interested in politics and journalism. Dilapidated roads wrecked with ruts and naked boney kids roaming around with potbellies are common sight throughout India. Government hospitals nurture equal number of pallid patients and rodents. Corruption in India is double the global average. As the crime rate continues to rise, the country barely survives with a desperate need of security forces. The absence of investment in infrastructure…
Authors : Justice Narendra Chapalgaonkar Translation : Sharadchandra Pendse Publisher : LexisNexis Year of Translation Publication: 2013 Price : Rs. 295 This book portrays a vivid picture of the foundational years of India’s legal entities as they evolved through the study of the lives of the three iconic figures of Indian Judiciary, namely, Justice Kashinath Trimbak Telang, Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade and Justice Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar. All of them, outstanding judges of the Bombay High Court in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, they were part of the processes that shaped the ground for the judiciary and…