Stephenie Meyer: The Next J.K. Rowling?
Stephanie Meyer, a Mormon housewife turned novelist, is the new queen of fantasy..
View ArticleNo Shoes, No Shirt, No Worries
WHEN Larry Massa says he likes to travel light, he means it. No need for a jacket and tie at dinner, a pristine set of tennis whites when he hits the court, or even a bathrobe to wear when heading...
View ArticleWhat Adams Saw Through His Lens
WAWONA TUNNEL is a passageway from civilization to natural splendor. The tunnel, dug through a hill on the south side of Yosemite National Park in the 1930s, hides the coming view like a mile-long...
View ArticleMan and a woman, 'just friends'?
“What I’m saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.” ...Harry Burns in When Harry Met Sally...
View ArticleThe two old geezers
Couldn’ think up anything for a Snday morning and hence this joke/ anecdote... For those who have had a heavy night, it really wouldn’t matter as they would only wake up for lunch.... So, for those...
View ArticleThe Lion And The Gazelle
Jews all over the world celebrated the Seder, the unique ceremony that unites Jews everywhere in the defining Jewish myth: the Exodus from Egypt. If we, the Israelis, want to consolidate our nation,...
View ArticleSmiling Cameron Diaz makes emotional return to the red carpet in a minidress
Actress Cameron Diaz made a welcome return to the red carpet in her first appearance since the death of her father Emilio - last night in Los Angeles, wearing a tight red minidress. Cameron, 35,...
View ArticleToo heavy with the metal
We’re running short of Marvel Comic heroes to turn into films — Iron Man is one of the last of the line. Some of the movies have been great (the first Spider-Man), some OK (The Fantastic Four) and...
View ArticleGovt chases ‘cartels’ but the watchdog has no teeth
At a time when the Government is accusing cement, steel and tyre companies of raising prices through cartelisation, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the regulator to check colluders, remains...
View Article209 Kashmiri Pandits killed since 1989, say J-K cops in first report
In the first such report compiled since the outbreak of militancy in the Valley, a Jammu and Kashmir Police report says that 209 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants since 1989. Chargesheets have...
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