Tuesday, October 27, 1998
"Middlemen" make the humble dal a luxury
Whoever coined the phrase Dal mein kuch kala hai (there is something fishy in the pulses) was doubtless referring to its trade. From the field to the cooking pot, the price of this mundane but essential commodity changes at least six hands and the price jumps two-and-a-half times.
A docu film on snakeboats creates ripples
Political parodies may have replaced the epic poems that inspire the oarsmen of the snakeboat to slice through competition to the finishing post, but man's relationship with water still remains intact. Light on the water, a documentary film, explores communal participation, competition and various traditions attached to the making of chundan vallam (snakeboat).
The Bombay Blitzkrieg
Bombay, the fashion and style mecca of the nation, played host to a virtual blitzkrieg of social events these past weeks. When I spotted some of the elegant company start to have booze inflicted emotional outbursts, and tear-singed cheeks looked the order of the night, I looked at my watch to discover it was getting to coffee time.
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