Rituals defined This coffee table book is truly a detailed guide to South Indian festivals.
Songs of friendship The audience had a great evening as Pakistani band Strings belted out songs from Bollywood films and the star of the show - Saif Ali Khan - jammed with the band Parikrama
Odyssey into unforgivable, painful past Schooled in a society driven and dictated by tradition precepts and practices her well-meaning elders unwittingly thrust her into a pubescent marriage when more saner counsel should have prevailed.
Of love and longing In a concert, the American opera artistes with their performance held the connoisseurs spellbound.
IN A LIGHTER VEIN: Swalpa connect maadi...
Start now, fly later This new airport business of 'will-it-won't- it, will -it -but- how', is keeping us all in a state of Hitchcockian suspense and creating more ulcers than a software job creates cardiac arrests.
There are reports that suggest extension of the President's Rule in Karnataka. Is that a right move or should the elections be held sooner?
Readers were invited to express their opinion. Most felt that the polls should be held preferably in April or May, in the interest of democracy so that the BJP may be given a chance to form the government. Some readers said that the elections should be deferred as no party has a majority and another coalition government would be a big mistake.