The Indian Express -- Leisure

Sunday, November 16 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Russian director star-hunts for an out-of-the-earth fare

Aspiring actors seeking a meteoric rise to stardom are lining up for an intergalactic first -- a made-in-space film shot aboard the creaking Russian space station Mir. Forget the Star Wars trilogy, let alone Star Trek. This would be shot by real astronauts with an out-of-this-world backdrop of, well, space.

The begnning of the end

The Spice Girls have started to believe their own publicity. Instead of understanding that they are merely a piece of inspired marketing, they suddenly think they might be artistes. In the words of a song the Spice Girls may never sing -- now the end is near as the latest signs show. The new single was only Number One for a week, a weak performance by Spice standards.

Strictly for children

Children's Day is as good an occasion as any to take stock of the country's future citizenry. There is a whole new generation growing underfoot which knows all about how to cope with volcanoes, roaches, killer snakes, dinosaurs, tornadoes, fires in highrise apartments, sinking ships, Vikings who employ the half-Nelson to deadly effect and, of course, aliens.

Potraits -- That kind of power

The begnning of the end

Clamour for Lord's laddus leaves a bad taste in cooks' mouth

Russian director star-hunts for an out-of-the-earth fare

Strictly for children