Wednesday, October 28, 1998
Clinton-Monica scandal on canvas now
After Coke and Kentucky Fried Chicken, "Clintonitis" which shook the mighty American establishment has finally arrived albeit on canvas, courtesy Ahmedabad-based painter Mohsin Shaikh and his vivid portrayal of the Monicagate scandal.
Putting Pen to Paper
The craft of making paper with one's hands, which has a long tradition in India, is a highly neglected area today. Several paper-making factories have shut down and this village industry no longer seems to have any takers," says Sangita Kathiwada of the Morarka Centre for Research and Revival of Crafts (MORCRAFTS).
Future play in the past tense
Last year, just before the annual Prithvi festival kicked-off, the overworked festival directors -- Sanjna Kapoor and Divya Bhatia -- declared with near-certainty that their ambitious plans of going international would be postponed to 1999. A festival on that scale could not be pulled off by 1998, it would take too much out of them and Prithvi, they averred.
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