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Making global managers
The MBA is the acme of middle class parental ambition and student dreams, but as a post-graduate qualification it is a peculiar case. Although cloned from Harvard, and increasingly popular, it has been so distorted and diluted in its execution as to lose nearly all the original intent. Why this is so is worth exploring.

Focus

EXPERIENCE
Slow train to Pakistan
Immigration forms in English, two lengthy customs and immigration checks at Attari and Wagah and eight hours to travel 42 km! That is how taxing the Amritsar-Lahore train journey is.

THE OTHER HALF By By Kalpana Sharma Winds of change		CAMBRIDGE LETTER By By Bill Kirkman Communicating internationally

Rabbi's music

People

COMMUNITIES
A lake endangered
The Hanjis are perhaps the most visible, yet invisible, face of Kashmir. Today their centuries-old culture is being threatened.

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FACE TO FACE
What does Simon say?
Theatre, for Simon McBurney, is a question of communicating with all, not just a restricted class.

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Man of letters
Poet-writer-lyricist-filmmaker Gulzar has his take on all issues, whether it is Indo-Pakistan relations, culture or films.

Lifestyle

CINEMA
Burden of the `Oscars'
What makes a film relevant and how do American viewers view themselves post 9/11? A reflection on the Oscar winners of 2005.

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FASHION
The Dior years
Even today, as one walks past 30 Avenue Montaigne in the heart of Paris, it is not unusual to sense the spirit of a man who made women feel divinely feminine.

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TIME-OUT
Rediscovering Ranikhet
Those days, this mountain town was the place one went to, in order to view the Himalayas in their snowy splendour. Forty years later, though much has changed, it still has the air of a manicured hill station.

Health

HEALTHWATCH
Holistic medicine demystified
A holistic approach to illness works better than conventional ones as patients get more than just a prescription for medicines.

Literature

SHORT STORY
Prodigy circus
ABISHEK could see the eight boys from his apartment balcony. Suresh, his classmate in fifth standard, was reeling off the rules for the day. "Five overs match. Both teams should field. No umpire. If you hit the compound wall of Mantra apartments, ...

Astrology

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MOON SIGNS
By Khousikan

Mesha	Rishabha	Mithuna	Kataka
Simha	Kanya	Thula	Vrischika
Dhanus	Makara	Kumbha	Meena

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