The Indian Express -- Leisure

Thursday, December 25 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Cult predicts Second Coming in March

There was hardly a ripple in Texas as dozens of Taiwanese began moving into this quiet, middle-class suburb of Dallas, one family at a time a few months back. But this week a newspaper in Taiwan reported that the newcomers were members of a cult whom officials in their homeland feared planned a mass suicide, firing concern amongst the group's neighbours.

Heroes and hero worship: Teejan wants to play politics

Teejan Bai and Phoolan have a few things in common. Both are rustic women belonging to lower castes, totally illiterate and yet have been able to break through the system on individual merit. While Phoolan was able to enter Parliament, Teejan Bai is a Padmashree recipient who is now eager to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Experiments with truth on stage reveal Gandhi as father of his son

The play may have been on Gandhi but no one was wearing khadi for sure. Silks, fine suitings and Fifth Avenue perfumes were more like it. In fact, before Mahatma vs Gandhi opened, the organisers had a special request: "members in the audience are requested to switch off their cell-phones, please".

Cult predicts Second Coming in March

Experiments with truth on stage reveal Gandhi as father of his son

Heroes and hero worship