The Indian Express -- Leisure

Saturday, May 3 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Chaplin's daughter to play Mother

In the Name of God's Poor is not big budget and is destined for a limited audience. But finally, there is to be a film on Mother Teresa -- for a new US television channel, starring Charlie Chaplin's daughter Geraldine, and scores of Sri Lankan actors made up quite convincingly to look like Calcutta's poor.

Stardust settles on cover

Mumbai police accessed the floppy from which actress Pooja Bhatt's `nude' picture which was downloaded by Stardust and debated whether VSNL should be asked to block the site. Few hours later people from Stardust's marketing department made urgent calls to several publications urging them to send representative for `clarification.'

The saris of India

The sari, as it is worn today, has its roots in the sixteenth century. Before that, women wore dhotis and ghaghras with an odhani. As the odhani got longer, the sari was born. And now every region of India has its own distinct sari, strongly identified with the ethos and milieu of the state.

Mirchi, meat & a bit of Mumbai

When your head is your worst enemy

And White House has become a shadowy mansion of crime

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