Monday, November 9, 1998
Jostling for space
It's difficult to believe that Goregaon (West), the western suburb housing a population of over three lakh Mumbaiites, has its origin in a humble grampanchayat of around 20,000. Once surrounded by green wadis and buffalo stables, the bustling suburb today resembles a concrete jungle with a criss-cross of busy roads and hi-tech shopping complexes, not to forget the ever-growing slum localities.
The brute of Baghdad
Abbas al-Janabi is a big man and a heavy smoker and he sucks hungrily on a Marlboro every time he mentions the name of Uday Hussein, son of Saddam, for whom he worked for 15 years before fleeing Iraq for his life and freedom in the West. Janabi, a heavily-built 50-year-old with the thick moustache, speaks without passion about a world that sounds like a nightmare.
ISKCON subjects gurus' sexual peccadilloes to public scrutiny
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) sees itself as going through a purging process, by printing in its journal stories of child abuse and sexual misconduct involving some of its gurus.
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