1. Play on Mayawati not allowed

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    Uttar Pradesh elections do not cease to surprise. Now the District Magistrate of Lucknow, Anil Sagar has disallowed permission to stage a play `My sandals’ since according to him, it has references to the chief minister, Mayawati and her party’s symbol, the elephant. This he says, is a violation of...
  2. All work and no play

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    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   Every Friday, friends and colleagues wish me a `Happy weekend’. It is almost like a ritual. Last Saturday, when the weekend began, I wondered if I am really enjoying my weekend. In India, the weekend isn’t valued the way it is in the West.   ...

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