The Indian Express -- Leisure

Wednesday, November 12 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

India baiters and admirers lap up Dixit's memoirs set in turbulent Lanka

Assignment Colombo, the memoirs of former Sri Lanka high commissioner J N Dixit of his turbulent years in Sri Lanka, has proved to be a hot seller on the island with the first lot vanishing from book stores within a week of its arrival from India.

A pot-pourri of cultures

Prabhus would have thought this one up. Taken the staid pathrel--a pious vegetarian snack, much loved by Gujaratis--and in a sizzling interpretation, traded the goodness of gramflour for the hedonism of minced meat.

Anatomy of a concert

A cutcheri is like a vast expanse dotted with spectacular alighting spots. These comprise largely of compositions whose importance I asserted in the earlier piece. While the compositions themselves are to be executed with craftsmanship and finesse, which reveals the calibre of the musician.

India baiters and admirers lap up Dixit's memoirs set in turbulent Lanka

A pot-pourri of cultures

Portrait of painter as a goatherd

Anatomy of a concert

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