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NORTH AMERICAN SPECIAL:
VARIETY
AMERICAN ROUNDUP
New York
Timeless Faith
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ABSOLUTE DEVOTION: A photograph on display
at the museum |
It is not so much
about religion as it is about faith. Perhaps that's why the American Museum
of Natural History has decided to showcase the universal appeal of Hinduism.
Running through to February next year are two displays of photographs
that celebrate Hinduism in all its forms: "Meeting God: Elements
of Hindu Devotion", featuring over 75 colour photographs shot in
India in 22 years by Stephen P. Huyler, a cultural anthropologist. And
"Portraits of Worship: Personal Shrines of Hindus, Sikh, and Jains",
an exhibition of 15 colour photographs taken in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
Yemen and Cambodia by award-winning photojournalist, Steve McCurry. While
the former reveals the household and community rituals and festivals that
are the mainstay of Hindu life, "Portraits ..." depicts shrines
of Hindu practitioners living in the US. "This exhibition focuses
on contemporary Hindu worship, which has roots extending back to one of
the world's oldest civilisations, but is a vital contemporary practice,"
notes Laurel Kendell, the curator for this exhibition at the museum.
—Anjali Sharma
New York
Woman Trap
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| COSMO STUD: Patel |
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Back in March, when
two of his women colleagues asked Sameer Patel if they could send his
photograph to Cosmopolitan's "Stud Showcase 2001", he thought
it was a joke. After all, he didn't think he was good looking enough to
be chosen by screaming women as one of the most handsome hunks from 50
states. So when Cosmopolitan called Patel to tell him he had won, he hung
up the phone, still convinced that it was a joke. "It's been a pretty
interesting experience. I had no idea how big the magazine was,"
says an embarrassed Patel, 25, a computer software designer and developer
who works for Amdocs. Incidentally, he still does not think he's good
looking.
—Sonia Chopra
Florida
Second Best
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WINNING PRESENCE: The TCS booth |
Last year, Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS) had the rare honour of winning the "Best
Booth in Show" award at Gartner Inc's annual ITxpo. This year, however,
Asia's largest information technology consultant just missed repeating
the feat. In Orlando, TCS was named first runner-up amid a field of over
330 exhibitors and about 450 booths that offered well-conceived design
and mind-teaser giveaways. TCS' theme for this year's booth was "it
services-onsite, offsite and offshore". "The turnout for the
booth was actually spectacular considering that 2,000 people cancelled
because of the terrorist attacks on September 11," said Dheeraj Kohli,
business development manager of the newly opened TCS Tampa office. This
was TCS' fourth year at the event.
—Nitish S. Rele
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