The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 17, 2009

LIFE

MUSIC & DANCE: Play it again, Begum
Shamshad Begum is played back even by GenNext, decades after she stepped back from the microphone. The legendary singer turned 90 recently.. ‘Mere piya gaye rangoon’, ‘Leke pehla pehla pyar’, ‘Kabhi aar khabhi ...

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: Oslo’s Nobel act
A city of smiling hearts that celebrates the champions of peace. If someone had told me that the colour of peace could be red — that too a bright, flaming, passionate red — I would never have believed him/her. However, in Oslo that ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Connect with the crowd
Urban multiplex viewers are networked and have a zillion options for entertainment. So how does Bollywood get these elusive creatures to the theatres?. The other day, a reporter from a Delhi-based daily called, asking whether there has been a ...

POLITICS: Where’s the party?
Two women professionals explain why and how they want to make a difference in politics.. I think I have already made a difference. Whatever the outcome of the elections, I have won. I did not expect this massive movement that has started. ...

BOOKS: Missing Morse
It is a decade since the quixotic cop from Oxford was killed by his creator, Colin Dexter.. How many Indians have heard of Inspector Morse, I asked a friend when both of us suddenly remembered that it was in 1999 that the last Morse book, ...

SPORTS: 65 athletic years
A retired welder keeps alive the spirit of sportsmanship. Babulal Roy, a retired welder from Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), is going places, living out his childhood passion for sports, athletics and soccer in particular. Recently the ...

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