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...DIED. NADIRA, 74, one of only a handful of Jewish actresses in Bollywood; in Bombay. Born Florence Ezekiel to a Jewish family in Bombay, Nadira made a name for herself in the 1950s playing vamps and villains-in particular as a temptress wooing Raj Kapoor in 1955's Shree 420-in an era when most actresses shied away from such parts. She appeared in more than 60 films and was famed for her imperious on-set attitude. "How did you know I had given you permission to scold me?" she once responded to a director who had lost his temper...
...finding a hotel room in delhi or bombay these days and the chances are that, unless you booked weeks in advance, you will be turned away. India's cities are packed with international businessmen keen to sell in one of the world's most important emerging markets. Multinational conglomerates eagerly seek local partners. And nearly every corporate head of consequence makes the now-obligatory pilgrimage to Bangalore to pay homage to the country's booming software industry. As far as the urban middle class is concerned, there has never been a better time to be Indian. After decades of being...
...Capturing both the intimacy and detachment of photography, Jones' breakthrough novel Sixty Lights (2004) might well have been subtitled I Am a Camera. A snapshot of 19th century Australian orphan Lucy Strange, who picks up the camera to make sense of her curious, off-kilter life in London and Bombay, the book limned the early history of photography while foreshadowing the advent of the moving image. Strange by name and nature, Sixty Lights risked alienating readers but ultimately dazzled with its precise image-making, from a gentleman's top hat set aflame in gaslight London, a dhoti-flapping Indian impaled...
...ruthless businessman, has confounded his critics and become an excellent global campaigner. Bono has the rare ability to affect many, not only with his music but also with his deeds. Such people and the initiatives they have undertaken will have a profound effect on millions of lives. Mohit Salhotra Bombay I was very pleased with Time's choice. The Gateses and Bono are breaking through people's apathy about the poverty that kills millions every year. That trio is waking us up to the world's problems. Here is a son who lost a mother because of aids. There...
...only place in India to offer amuse bouches as a matter of course. There's more crustacean in the crab cakes than seems wise at these prices ($5), and the steak and kingfish get rave reviews. Chandeliers, high-backed chairs and a good wine list: can this really be Bombay...