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November / December 2003
People
- Haren Gandhi
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Haren
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Ford Motor Company researcher Dr. Haren Gandhi
has won the
National Medal of Technology for research, development and commercialisation
of automotive exhaust catalyst technology. The National Medal of Technology
is the highest honour bestowed by the President of the United States to
America's leading innovators. Read
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Books - 'Pilgrim' - Richard Gere's book of photographs
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Richard Gere, for most of us, is the immensely popular star
of ‘Pretty Woman’ – and many more movies. Little do his fans and
others know that behind the seductive screen appearance is a sensitive soul,
a politically aware, and a passionate human being who spends his time on
social causes. A Buddhist, and a vegetarian, he has supported, among his various causes, the
right of Tibetan exiles to their homeland, now under Chinese occupation.
Gere considers His Holiness The Dalai Lama his teacher and friend, who
graciously wrote the foreword to Gere’s book of photographs, which is
aptly titled ‘Pilgrim’.
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His Holiness the Dalai
Lama with Richard Gere The
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In
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Amitabh Bachchan was bestowed two honours this month
Alpana
Singh - one of world's 112 Grand Sommeliers
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Films - IAAC holds festival of Indian films in New
York
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Stills from 'Dance like a man'
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A five-day-long film festival in New York, organised by
the Indo-American Arts Council in New York showcased the work of filmmakers
of Indian origin earlier this month. 18 feature and documentary films were
screened – some were shot entirely in the US, while a few, like Pamela
Rooks’ ‘Dance like a man’ were made in India. Pakistani director Babar
Ahmed transcended borders by casting India-born Bobby Routh in his film ‘Genius’.
Nisha Ganatra’s ‘Cosmopolitan’ – with Roshan Seth and Madhur Jaffrey
in the lead-was a vivid and a hilarious rendition of a first generation
Indian in the US. More
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Other articles:
Status
report on South Asia
Closing the Education Gap
Interview with Dr. Ajaz Anwar - the painter of Lahore
Kim's Gun, Lahore
and others .......
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