Lounge for 09 Apr 2011

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Vol. 5 No. 15

LOUNGE THE WEEKEND MAGAZINE A young girl fetches water for her family in rural Gujarat.

BUSINESS LOUNGE WITH AUDI’S MICHAEL PERSCHKE >Page 8

OLD­TIMERS

This year, watchmakers update their collections by going back to some classic, retro designs >Page 7

WHY WE HATE OUR

GIRLS The 2011 census reveals our abysmal child sex ratio. Is it poverty, deep­rooted cultural conditioning or our ignorance about what it means to be a woman, asks Shoba Narayan >Page 10

DETOURS

OUR DAILY BREAD

SALIL TRIPATHI

YELLOW IN THE OUTFIELD

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e had been driving around Lake Ullswater in the picturesque part of northern Britain matter-of-factly described as the Lake District, admiring the hills and woods, stopping at parking areas to climb the velvety green hills, and then returning to quaint inns for lunch. The landscape was dotted with sheep posing for photographs, the menus at the inns with boasts of rare, juicy varieties of Cumberland sausage. My sons were keen to see Scafell Pike, the highest fell in... >Page 4

CULT FICTION

SAMAR HALARNKAR

REBIRTH OF THE HOME PIZZA

O

nce upon a time, I liked pizzas. My favoured toppings were jalapenos, sausages and pepperoni. I liked meatiness on my pizzas, and I liked the tang and bite of pickled chillies. To me, a pizza was comfort food. More than anything, it meant I did not have to cook. For someone who has spent a lifetime cooking for self, friends and family, an occasional meal out of a box was a big deal. Sometime, maybe about 10 years ago, I stopped liking pizzas. I grew tired of the thick crusts... >Page 5

R. SUKUMAR

DREAMING IN WATERCOLOUR

Patron Jehangir Nicholson’s private art collection will finally be accessible to the public >Page 13

THE QUIET REVOLUTIONARIES

Two journalists unearth illuminating stories of the activist lives their fathers led >Page 16

DON’T MISS

in today’s edition of

WORLDS IN RED AND BLUE

S

ometimes, when you buy comic books in lots of six and seven (or maybe a dozen) and then, before you finish reading them all, buy another lot, it’s quite possible that you overlook a little gem that gathers dust till you rediscover it (usually when you are looking for something else). And so, last weekend, I came across Matt Kindt’s Revolver, a book I bought sometime last year and then forgot. A quick read and another more considered read later I was convinced that I had just... >Page 17

FILM REVIEW

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