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In this issue’s column, we’ll spend the entire time discussing an issue with the help of an Urdu feature film from Pakistan, Khuda Kay Liye. Directed by Shoaib Mansoor, Khuda Kay Liye revolves around a young Pakistani man named Mansoor who goes to the United States for higher education. During his study years, the tragic events of 9/11 turn the World Trade Center into dust. Chaotic investigations and arrests...
As you cross the IIM and Atira, in Ahmedabad, you are sure to be attracted to the Ahmedabad Management Association, which is a much loved and respected institution, that holds a unanimous appeal. It has something for everyone. Be they children, adults or senior citizens! Summer workshops for kids, Post Graduate Diploma Programmes, Workshops and Lectures, are all parts of their agenda. AMA is synonymous with...
Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has a woman President now – the first one in the history of the 60 year-old organisation. And she is a fiesty 65 year-young entrepreneur, Paru Jaykrishna. Because of the stature of the organisation and the standing of Paru herself in the world of business, it would be terribly inaccurate to call her the Principal woman leader of Gujarat. And as with all...
India is a funny country. Here you can kill your unborn or new-born daughter but you cannot kill a cow. You can hurt country’s infrastructure but cannot hurt a society’s (perceived) sentiments. And here you can produce as much tobacco as you want, but cannot hold it in your hand in front of the camera. But then, where “har symbol kuchh kehta hai”, how much more can we be surprised of anything? Especially...
Just as we were about to wrap up this cover story, the news sphere exploded with the fracas involving Taslima Nasreen and some hardline Muslim activists. The striking part of the attack on the lady author from Bangladesh was not the attack itself. Because of her writing, Taslima is now a veteran of attracting death Fatwas and threats. The striking part – as fortunately, and probably only for the first...
Deciding upon a movie program at the eleventh hour is not such an issue in Mumbai. Because it does not take too long to spot a newspaper vendor. So, it takes a two-rupee coin to buy a daily; get the show timings of every movie playing in the city and then decide accordingly. But that is talking about just the fun part of it. The bigger and, admittedly, a much refined aspect of that example is the culture of...
