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JANUARY 2013 `75
“Narendra Modi Is The Best PM Candidate”
Why Lady Gaga Has Become ‘Poker Faced’
Shailendra Singh’s Fascinating Tirade
RAM JETHMALANI
Fake Art Menace Plagues India
JRD Tata Revisited
NEWSSTAND COPY
C O N T E N T SJ A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3
70No More Gaga about Lady GagaSociety questions if Lady Gaga has lost her quirky swagger. Does this spell the end of her career?
By Srividya Menon
28Ram Jethmalani“I have made enemies in my own party”Ram Jethmalani speaks his mind on his own party members, slams Rahul Gandhi, candidly discusses his income as a criminal laywer and looks back at the time when he was asked to resign from the BJP.
By Meeta Mishra
The Fake EncounterFake works of many eminent artists are available in the market today. Sadly, there is not much the painters can do about it.
By Ekatmata Sharma
Mobilising the YouthYoung politico Abu Farhan Azmi candidly speaks about his comeback into politics as the President of the Mumbai wing of the Samajwadi Party’s Yuvajan Sabha. By Ujwal Salokhe
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CONT EN T SJ A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3
Uncle JSociety flashes back to a July 1981 interview with JRD Tata to begin a brand new series of ‘sepia memories’.
By Leela Naidu—Binoy Thomas
The Big ‘Bong’ Theory!The Bengali community has a glorious past and a brighter present. We detail promenient Bengalis and their contribution to the country.
By Kakoli Poddar and Sudeshna Chakravarty
Postmortem 10
Backstage 8
Privileged Information 14
Society Says So 62
Melange 126
Party Central 134
REGULARS“I am Moody. I am Psycho. I am a Creative Genius”Shailendra Singh of Percept Limited talks to Manali Shah about building his own image and new ventures, without mincing any words.48
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82118The Unlikely GuruSpiritual leader Radhe Maa has found thousands of followers around the world without any preaching. What is her allure?
By Manali Shah
Payback TimeChief Coach of the National Junior Shooting team, Jaspal Rana, tells Society why he chose to return to the sport. By Ngathingpei Khayi
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BY MEETA MISHRA
“I have made enemies in my
own party”He is as well-known for his legal acumen as for his outspokenness about matters close to his heart. Ram Jethmalani gives a glimpse of his cand demeanour to Society in his characteristic style. Read on…
RAM JETHMALANI
The name Ram Jethmalani evokes pictures of a grumpy, angry old man. The images that the mind
conjures are those seen on television, where his vehement stance often makes it difficult for
people to get in a word edgeways, whether it is a journalist or other participants on the show.
Whether he courts controversy or it is the other way round is difficult to judge. “I speak the truth. And,
people like my free speech,” he thunders. Jethmalani can single-handedly keep the media and the
people in politics busy with his quotable quotes that he assures me are all original (not that anyone
can think otherwise).
But, meeting him was quite a revelation. Contrary to his image, he is not a grouchy old man,
vehement yes, but certainly not cranky. He smiles easily. A smile that reaches his eyes and makes his
skin flush, giving a healthy glow to his face. “I am a health aficionado. I eat very little and exercise
for half an hour daily. I drink a glass of scotch or brandy with warm water every day. I do a mix of
push-ups, yoga, I go for walks. I love to play badminton. I expose myself to the sun and fresh air every
day.” There is a treadmill in his office space and an international-level badminton court in his home
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art
The Fake EncounterFake works of contemporary
masters like Satish Gujral, SH
Raza, FN Souza, MF Husain and
Arpana Caur are floating in the
Indian art market and the artists
feel helpless about the problemWork by Seema Kohli
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