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Their future is ours
The recently Auto Expo '98 was the stage for the display of many a dream car for company's like Daewoo, Hyundai and Ford. So just what do you think the cars of the future would be like? Like the last expo, it took Daewoo, Hyundai and Ford to provide answers in the shape of Matiz, SLV, GT90 and Scia, the four concept cars on display.
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Singapore counts on Indians to bail out tourism sector
The South-Asian currency crisis has drastically effected Singapore's tourism industry. The country is now looking at tourists from North America and the Europe for solace. Singapore has also launched several incentives to grab the attraction of 7 million Indian tourist during the year.
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Agashe ready to quit FTII
Mohan Agashe, director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a dejected man, thanks to a few of the influential students at the FTII who are pressurising the veteran regarding implementation of the revised syllabus. Mohan Agashe has expressed his willingness to step down if either Jaya Bachan, Mani Kaul or Kumar Sahni would agree to take his place.
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Carl Perkins dies at 65
Carl Perkins, a rock 'n roll pioneer whose song "Blue Suede Shoes" and lightning-quick guitar-playing influenced Elvis Presley, the Beatles and a slew of other performers, died. He was 65. Complications resulting from Perkins three strokes in November and December took the last breathe out of him on January 19.
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Gaach, a French tribute to Ray's best man, Soumitra
It took a French woman, Catherine Berge to pay a tribute to the master Satyajit Ray and his films. "Gaach" (tree) a documentary featuring one of the most popular film and theatre artiste in Bengal, Soumitra Chatterjee was up for screening at the film festival in India.
A people painter
The Kabaka (King) of Uganda, the courtyards of old palaces, the kite-sellers of Saurashtra, a nubile young woman, fast asleep. For a synoptic account of Madhav Satwalekar's work, these examples should be enough. Because the main themes of the former director of Art, Maharashtra state, are: landscapes, people, people and more people.
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