Friday, June 19, 1998
The Agony & The Ecstasy
Fluttering wildly in the breeze, swinging over the shoulder or romantically sweeping the floor. Trailing whimsically behind a traditional ghaghra choli or sometimes wrapped coyly around a slender neck, swirling around a shapely waist over the traditional churidar kurta. This interesting and quite often, I'm sure, exasperating piece of fabric -- usually about two and a half meters to maybe 25 -- seems to be a symbol of femininity in the basic Indian context, which I think is sometimes simply beautiful!
No full stops for Abdulali
Her father, a retired air marshal grows orchids near Pune. Her brother works on Wall Street. And she flits between New York, Mumbai and Pune doing development projects for Ford Foundation. Sohaila Abdulali's current visit to Mumbai, though, had nothing to do with women's health issues that keep her busy at the Foundation.
Out & About
Need your browsing fix but cannot make it to the bookstore? Well, thanks to the internet, browsing can take on a whole new meaning. Log in to www.indiabookshop.com and you have a window to a growing database of 10,000 titles -- all that can be purchased over the net. A virtual shopping cart allows visitors at the end of the ride to automatically calculate their purchases.
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