The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, December 20, 2009

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CINEMA: Bombay Talkies: Broken moulds, forgotten tales
When Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934, he did more than just create another studio to pamper the growing appetite of the urban middle class for cheesy exotic films. What he did was to break several moulds of the film ...

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From Life

GENDER: The farm widows of ‘prosperous' Punjab
Farmer suicides leave the women destitute in the ‘bread basket of India'.. For the widows of the Punjab farmers who took their lives when caught in the vicious cycle of agrarian debt and misery, the ubiquitous picture of the content and ...

WILDLIFE: Orangutan county
‘Caged' humans watch as the primates roam free in this preservation facility in Malaysia.. The female orangutan glowered at us as we stared through our ‘metallic cage'. At Orangutan Island in Bukit Merah, Malaysia, the animals wander ...

ENVIRONMENT: Love the green, la
A rapidly developing economy with an eco-conscience. With a cool breeze blowing across the green expanse and children flying colourful dragon kites by the dozens, one would easily mistake this to be a landscaped garden. Well, actually it was the ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Heady with enterprising spirit
A US-based Indian's winery blends local skills with the latest techniques in the business.. Girish Mhatre is a vintner with a difference. An electrical engineer by training, the Mumbai-born, New York-based, IIT-Powai alumnus wants to reconnect ...

CINEMA: Not ‘performing' assets
Business has touched new lows in Bollywood this year.. This is that time of the year when everyone in the Hindi film industry is toting up totals. An old-time distributor who did not want to be named put it succinctly: “2009 has been ...

CINEMA: Many mediums
The Amitabh-Abhishek starrer Paa has received a thumbs-up from reviewers. The movie has undoubtedly brought out the best from the senior Bachchan after Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black. But what has also irked reviewers is the movie's portrayal ...

BOOKS: Breaking a water siege
In 2002, the government of Botswana cut off water to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in a bid to force the last of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen out, and build a modern country in the truest sense. Trucks were sent to pick up the Bushmen and ...

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