Book: Rukmini Devi – A Life; Author: Leela Samson; Publisher: Penguin-Viking; Price: Rs.500.
In 1935 Rukmini Devi brought the ancient dance form Sadir, later known as Bharatanatyam, back to life on the Indian stage with a performance in Chennai. Sadir till then had been confined to the temple precincts and was the ‘preserve’ of devdasis.
The renowned [...] Continue reading Rukmini Devi breached gender barriers through Bharatanatyam
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President Barack Obama hopes to use next week’s nuclear security summit to clearly spell out how to secure world’s nuclear material so it does not fall into the hands of terrorists or dangerous states.
“Our expectation is not that there’s just some vague, gauzy statement about us not wanting to see loose nuclear materials,” he said [...] Continue reading Obama to focus on securing nuclear material
Dulla Pehalwan from the US, Jassa from Italy and Jinder Amli from Canada… all have gathered in Punjab for the first edition of the World Cup Kabaddi Punjab 2010 that is turning out to be quite a gathering of Punjabis from all over the world playing the game.
While the Canadian team in the nine-nation tournament [...] Continue reading Kabaddi World Cup – it’s all about being Punjabi
She has done drama and action, but Lara Dutta is partial to comedies. And now she is ready with another laugh riot “Housefull” which she says is mad but not mindless.
“It’s not a mindless comedy. It has a tight screenplay. So if you are not following because of all the confusion, you might lose the [...] Continue reading ‘Housefull’ is mad, not mindless: Lara Dutta
Scientists have developed a simple blood test that is capable of detecting breast cancer in women before it can be detected by standard screening methods.
Normal breast screening checks using x-rays – only detect a tumour once it is three of four times bigger, by which time it may have started to spread beyond the breast.
The [...] Continue reading Soon, simple blood test to detect breast cancer