At the time of writing this, actor Abhishek Bachchan was playing the role of a dutiful son. In real life, that is. He was at the side of his very illustrious father—and the subject of a cover story in our inaugural issue of October 2004—Amitabh Bachchan, recuperating in a hospital in Mumbai following a surgery in his intestines. While his father’s health may have slightly declined, Abhishek’s career graph has only soared. In spite of being his father’s son, and surrounded almost always by a sea of huge expectations, Abhishek has managed to hold his own in Bollywood. He’s given us some real virtuoso performances in 2005, and is quite easily one of the hottest silver screen heroes around. His fan following has mostly gone the way of his career graph, happily it has not been restricted to young females drooling over his very name.
Every failure has inspired him to work really hard, it’s not very difficult to figure where that inspiration might have come from. Amitabh Bachchan himself had to struggle initially before tasting success. In some curious champion-like way he keeps reminding us that the only place that one finds success before work is in the dictionary.
The same feel-good that Abhishek Bachchan brings to the silver screen is gradually making its way into the state of West Bengal, especially among a rising band of investors, thanks largely to its out-of-the-box thinking chief minister. Not only does the CM share the same mental wave length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on liberalization, no longer does the improved industrial climate in the state make the Left parties see red. He's also learnt to deal with uncalled for trade unionism with a fist that may not be iron, but certainly with a determination that is quite steely.
Photographer Dilip Banerjee held a month long exhibition of his pictures at the University of California at Berkeley, drawing acclaim from the local media, and select academicians. We have captured some of his enduring images.
With the Pravasi Bharatiyas flourishing like never before, we have decided to step up our extra-India content. Our magazine is taking a closer look at a segment that is inspiring us all from across the world, and, of course, keeping the tricolour truly flying high.
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