Bangalore, the technology capital of India and also state capital of Karnataka, was traumatized by bomb blasts last month. With no thought spared for the impact it would have on the investigation process of this serious incident, the political fraternity, commentators, anchors and experts competed with their conjectural theories, desperate to lap up whatever mileage the incident could bring, writes Priyanka Bhardwaj.

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Maharashtra Minister Ajit Pawar’s scoff was a very very bad one. You don’t gag about an issue that is so serious and has cost so many lives, like you don’t say that a girl was raped as she was asking for the horrible crime to happen when she was wore jeans and lipstick and was out in the evening, as many politicians have insinuated. And, this is when Pawar, himself, as a minister in Maharashtra, is responsible for irrigation projects to ensure water supply to farmers, writes Siddharth Srivastava.

For the connoisseurs of South Asian literature written in English, the book Midnight’s Children has to rank near the very top. The multi award-winning novel written by Salman Rushdie in 1981 was made into a film recently by director Deepa Mehta.

Keeping such a background in mind and the length of the novel, when news of Midnight’s Children being made into a single movie was heard, the first thought that came to mind was “not possible.”

Others who have read the book may or may not agree but this is not just the story of Saleem Sinai and his many friends, but an epic directly related to two countries, India and Pakistan and includes the birth of a third, Bangladesh. There was just too much in this factional tale to condense into one single screenplay, but Salman Rushdie has done exactly that and quite successfully.

Ras H. Siddiqui talks to Deepa Mehta about the film and reviews Midnight’s Children.

Despite profoundly negative health consequences of indoor air pollution, about half of the households in the world cook using solid biomass fuels. The situation is much worse in India where 83 percent of rural households and nearly 20 percent of urban households still use firewood or animal dung as the primary source of energy for cooking. Burning these unprocessed biomass fuels in traditional open fire burners, or “chulhas,” results in an estimated half a million premature deaths and nearly half a billion illnesses each year, writes Avinash Kishore.

Two indelible venues in Northern California have cemented the myth and story of Jack London. The most dramatic is, of course, Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon at Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif. The second is Jack London State Park in Sonoma Valley, one of the storied and legendary regions of Northern California. Back in 1959, the hamlet of Glen Ellen had yet to burst out of its rustic lifestyle to today’s boutique wine and shopping destination. Our travel editor Al Auger gathered up his picnic goodies, blanket, pillows and reading material and set off for an anticipated exciting day with the legendary Jack and Charmian London. He presents a page from his fond memories.

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