Booking Bollywood: A new literary genre in making By Madhusree Chatterjee Bollywood is coming alive in fine print. A spate of innovative books is not only documenting Indian moviedom for posterity but also throwing meaningful light on the evolution of mainstream cinema.
A journey from Indian slums to Germany - for football By Richa Sharma Khushali Darbeshwar, 19, pinched herself several times as she watched the opening ceremony of the women's football World Cup in a jam-packed Olympic Stadium here. From an Indian slum to Germany - it was like a fairytale dream for her to witness the soccer extravaganza.
India Cheers for Brazil, South Africa By Sujoy Dhar When it comes to sports, India has always cheered for Brazil in soccer. Now come another three cheers, this time for South Africa in cricket. The reason: a South African named Gary Kirsten who coached India to win the Cricket World Cup this year, for the first time in 28 years.
Soccer magic scores for S. Africa tourism The successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2010 was the single most important event responsible for pushing up tourism arrivals in South Africa during the year to 8.1 billion, an increase of 15.1 per cent over the previous year, South Africa's tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, announced while inaugurating Indaba 2011, Africa's largest travel and tourism show being held in Durban.
Once criticised, painter Tagore now aesthetic icon By Madhusree Chatterjee He has inspired generations of painters, yet Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who began to paint at the late age of 67, was dismissed by peers and critics as a "bad and untrained" artist during his lifetime."The first exhibition of Tagore's paintings in May 1930 in Paris that received an overwhelming response was later exhibited in Kolkata, a city in east India (in 1931 and 1932). But the audience there was strangely silent and I remember reading articles criticising his style and technique," senior artist Niren Sengupta told IANS.
Delhi a most modern city for women: Pakistani American writer By Madhusree Chatterjee Many here may beg to differ, but young Pakistani American writer Sheba Karim, who has made the Indian capital her home for one-and-a-half years, says it is one of the most modern cities in the subcontinent for women.
Indians in US exult as India wins World Cup By Arun Kumar From Atlanta to Washington, Indians across America erupted in unbridled joy as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a six in far off Mumbai to win India the coveted ICC Cricket World Cup.
Mumbai now also becomes nation's cricket capital By Sirshendu Panth After being acknowledged as the country's commercial capital and entertainment hub, Mumbai a city from the western India, has at last found international recognition as the nation's cricket capital by getting to host World Cup final which is being played in India for the second time.
Poor World Cup for African nations By Sirshendu Panth It is a World Cup dominated by sub-continental teams and not an African Safari, as many believed seeing the all-round strength of the South African team.
Going 'Chak de India' in Ethiopia By Manish Chand The sun never sets on the cricket-crazy Indian diaspora. Over 200 Indians broke into dance and celebratory chants of 'Chak de India' at a downtown restaurant in the Ethiopian capital as India trounced Pakistan in the blockbuster World Cup semifinal.
India-Pakistan cricket bonhomie in heart of East Africa By Manish Chand Dar es Salaam, March 31 (IANS) When Indians and Pakistanis get together, they talk and enjoy cricket wherever they maybe. Thousands of miles away from Mohali, in East Africa’s booming metropolis Indians and Pakistanis gathered together to savour the semi-final knockout cricket contest, cheering their teams on and celebrating the peace initiative.
Unusual kinships: Foreign women in Gandhi's life By Madhusree Chatterjee Mahatma Gandhi and foreign women shared a complex relationship. His innate sensitivity drew several women from the West to the icon of non-violence who felt at home with them, says Melbourne-based Gandhian scholar Thomas Weber.
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