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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Vol. 4 No. 33
LOUNGE THE WEEKEND MAGAZINE
BUSINESS LOUNGE WITH McCAIN FOODS’ KS NARAYANAN >Page 8
This chairman planned his retirement. But 15 years after taking on the Big Daddys and emerging as the sole survivor of the first telecom rush, he is not yet ready to relax
THE GREAT OUTDOORS Look rugged and ready to brave the elements. Hardwear is the way to go this season >Page 7
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DAVID AND GOLIATH
A phone that pushes the boundaries of what you can hold to your ear, and one that was hit by a shrink ray >Page 9
THE FIRST AIRBENDER THE GOOD LIFE
CULT FICTION
SHOBA NARAYAN
R. SUKUMAR
THE GUY YOU SNEER THE BIG DEAL AT AND LAUGH WITH ABOUT ‘RED’
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eing south Indian, I didn’t grow up with raksha bandhan. This week, rather than tie a rakhi for my brother, Shyam, I thought I would write this column about siblings. When you are a child, you are convinced your sibling exists to annoy you. Shyam was born 14 months after me. He didn’t give me respect I thought I deserved, eavesdropped on my conversations, read my diary, and took an undue interest in my friends. We fought all the time. We had to share a room. When I wanted to study, he would want to sleep. >Page 4
MUSIC MATTERS
H
ollywood’s latest marketing gimmick would appear to be making movies featuring yesterday’s (or the day before’s) action heroes. The Expendables is clearly an example of one such movie, although I must confess that I believe Jason Statham to be the best-big-thing-who-will-probably-never-be in action movies. Red, which should release in India soon, looks like a movie in the same mould. It has an all-star cast of Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman... >Page 15
SHUBHA MUDGAL
ON THE DOUBLE
The striking quality of Ketaki Sheth’s portrayal of Patel twins from India and the UK: an amplified humanity >Page 17
DON’T MISS
in today’s edition of
THE STAMP OF GENIUS
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here are many ways to gauge the importance and significance of music and the arts in society. The most obvious way would, of course, be to examine actual genres and forms of music and their exponents; their popularity or lack of it; as well as their stature within the nation’s culture. More oblique, but equally effective ways could include looking at advertisements for concerts and cultural events in print and electronic media, billboards and hoardings, as also postage stamps... >Page 17
PHOTO ESSAY
FORCES OF NATURE