Consumer Notes
Breathe uneasy
The Mayor of Chennai recently inaugurated an oxygen parlour in the city where he reportedly said that people preferred buying bottled water.
Corporate
New path to corporate nirvana
Should high-end management institutions in India rewrite their curriculum to include teachings from the Vedas, Puranas and Upanishads? If today's management gurus are to be believed, this could just be the need of the hour.
Grit and goodness
She has run the gamut of professions -- a housewife who took up teaching as a pastime, making a mark in business despite no family background in it and gaining international recognition for her success, all in a span of 12 years.
Health
A comforting chant?
It's not so much to tame the tiger as it is to liberate him. That's what these guys do. They stand in a circle and let go. As the tempo builds up, they groan, moan, shout, stomp, shake -- reminiscent of Hollywood's dance-of-the-savage exotique exulting i
n inner body rhythms. Except there's neither war nor bloodshed. Wipe off the war paint, strip off the skin-and-feathers' costumes, and emerges the modern tribe: students of Oberlin College observing their traditional groaning ritual! The tiger unleashed:
the final examinations' pressure.
Miscellaneous
Such a remote (controlled) idea
One of the good things about television for kids is that it is not confined merely to the TV screen; the channels recognise the need to organise events that will get the young ones out from their armchairs. During the summer vacations, as any
mum will tell you, this is a boon.
Click for Adams
If you are interested in photography, and more so in fine art photography, you don't need to be introduced to Ansel Adams. One of the greatest artist-teacher-technologist-professionals in the field, he was best known for his black-and-white
landscape photography.
Textiles
Something to dye for
Pipar is a tiny village just an hour's drive from Jodhpur. Few know that this sleepy village is the nerve centre of the natural-dye fabric industry of Rajasthan whose earth colours, indigo dyes and prints are a rage among the chic ethnic sophistic
ates in India and abroad. In fact, a large part of the production is exported. The colours are not fast and this seemingly adds to the fabric's ethnicity and preference.
Travel & Places
Darjeeling: A taste of thunder
My earliest memories of Darjeeling are of the romantic Rajesh Khanna serenading lovely Sharmila Tagore all the way to the hill-station, riding on a jeep alongside the famous `Toy Train' in the Hindi film Aaradhana. Thank God, the original steam engin
e still loops and zig-zags its way through the hills, even though I may be 30 years too late to be serenaded by a hero!
Desert the 5-stars; pitch your `royal' tent
This time I did the desert in `royal' style, living not in a heritage hotel, palace property or 5-star hotel but in a tent! Tents, after all, have as much of royal history as Rajasthan's mahals or havelis thanks to their association with royal shikars or
hunts.
Way into the deep blue
His job is to sell Indians the latest hot wheels from Ford India. But ask John Fink, the 40-something athletic Vice-President (Marketing, Sales and Service), Ford India, what makes him tick, and he will tell you he is happiest when taking a break in his
sailboat back home in Detroit.
