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Feature - Men, women and mountains

L-R: Everesters Santosh Yadav and Bachendri Pal of India

Fifty years of mountain lure
"If the world's leaders could spend a few days climbing a mountain together, then things would go better.” so said Reinhold Messner.
The year 2003 celebrated the golden anniversary of achievements in mountain climbing in the Himalayas and the Karakorams. This feature is a tribute to all those who made it to the top, especially the
largely unacknowledged Sherpas, and those who did not. Read on

People - Leila Seth

Leila Seth was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court and the first woman to top the Bar examination in London. Now Penguin/ Viking is promoting her autobiography On Balance, with great fanfare. Notwithstanding her own literary effort, Leila Seth is also the Suitable Boy Vikram Seth’s mother….

Read on .....

Sports - Wasim Akram the 'Sultan of Swing'

He was one of the finest left arm bowlers the game has ever seen and has an enviable record of more then 900 wickets in both forms of the game. Former Pakistani skipper Wasim Akram is now ready to hold a microphone as he joins ESPN Star Sports. The Sultan of Swing is also unofficially imparting important lessons to Indian speedsters to hone their talent.
Excerpts from an interview…

Music - Sunny Jain - a long Jazz Yatra from NY

The recently concluded Jazz Yatra in Mumbai, India, featured a stunning musical performance by Sunny Jain and his group Positive Rhythmic Force. Mesmerized listeners realized that it’s not for nothing that the India-born Sunny has been designated as the Jazz Ambassador of the United States Read on ....