The literature of Partition

TRANSLATING PAIN

Partition of the subcontinent has thrown up a great literature which takes us closer to the pain and suffering of the people, write Dr. Farooq Ahmad Peer and Muneer Azad

  Indian novel writing in English is a living and evolving literary genre. It is richer in content, wider and variegated in range. Before Independence, their subject matter was inescapably political but after Independence a clear shift has been marked in their focus and one can easily find that More

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A poor piece of cinema

LAMHAA

Even artists of stature have failed to pull it up. The film is without a plot and a story line of its own. Sana Yaseen reviews

Kashmir conflict has always managed to attract film-makers because it promises to generate an interesting plot and narrative. But after watching Lamhaa, a wanna - be thriller by Rahul Dholakia this belief of mine has started facing serious contradictions. Lamhaa is not the first of its kind; there More

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Fat – friend or foe

HEALTHCARE

All fat is not bad. Certain misconceptions about fats need be dispelled, suggests Dr. Mushtaq Chalkoo

The myth that all fats are bad is not true. Some of us probably think that fats are bad for health, whether it is cooking oil, greasy chips or the blubbery bits on the meat. We believe that too much of fat would make us unhealthy, overweight and prone to all sorts of diseases from heart trouble to More

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