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December 15 MOVIES A Global Success Story Pentafour's Sinbad is the first-ever feature-length film fully animated using motion capture. NEWS Chicago Joins the War On Bidis The city council voted unanimously for a ban on bidis to somehow contain the teenage fascination for them. NEWS Professor Wins $ 200,000, Drops Suit Mahabir had alleged that department chairman Cobie Harris, who is black, did not want a non-African American to teach black studies. HUMOR The Beauty Raj The last century had begun with the British Raj consolidating its hold. This coming century will give way to the reign of new rulers, the beauty queens. December 14 ACHIEVERS Four Indians Bag Marshall Scholarship Those chosen for the honour are Nisha Agarwal, Sujit Raman, Alexander Vikram Rau and Jacob Chacko. MOVIES Gurinder Chadha's Film To Open Sundance Film Festival Besides What's Cooking, Suri Krishnamma's third feature film, New Year's Day, is also to be screened. YEAR 2000 EVENTS Holy Options For A Happy New Year Temples, ashrams and monasteries offer some spiritual alternatives to Year 2000 partying. NEWS Round One To Dosanjh His opponents were humbled at the New Democratic Party emergency meeting and it was decided that the 'bulk' members he'd enrolled would be allowed to vote. December 12 MOVIES What Lies Between Earth And An Oscar Some tough competition, and tougher rules, still stand in the way of Deepa Mehta's film. NEWS Kirpan Victory Not All That Sweet Debate continues over the decision not to take action against Gurcharan Singh Bhatia. ACHIEVERS Four Who Broke Glass Ceiling Honored Dr John Kuriyan, Rakesh Gangwal, Dr Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande and Preeta Bansal, collected their Excelsior Awards on December 4. December 11 FORUM India's Going for Growth: Wharton Group Business barons are bullish on India's prospects, but want reforms to continue. ACHIEVER The 3D Man Dr Venkat Krishnamurthy makes his name with a professional software application for virtual designing. SUCCESS STORY What Makes Peter Bhatia Proud The senior-most south Asian editor in the US on the secrets of his success. OPINION 'Journalism Comes First, Biases Later' 'It's important to think of yourselves as journalists first, rather than as a male/female journalist, a minority/majority journalist etc,' Peter Bhatia tells Indian Americans in the business. NEWS How The $16 m Car Theft Racket Was Busted The first man arrested, Claude Illareguy, apparently co-operated but not before a police officer who infiltrated the gang was asked to kidnap a woman, allegedly for ransom. December 10 NEWS Can An Ankle Injury Kill? Following requests from the family, the Victoria coroner tries to find out just how 18-year-old Natasha Rai died. NEWS International Car Smuggling Ring Busted Two Indians face 15 years in prison on charges of conspiracy to possess stolen property, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. EVENT Vignettes Of India In Chicago The Chicago Cultural Center offers an exhibition of pictures by outstanding Indian and non-Indian photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dario Mitidieri and Raghu Rai. December 9 NEWS Robin Hood Or Gull? Zaira Ali, well known for her charity work, is now charged with stealing $ 1 m from her employers, and giving it to her favourite charities. MOVIES Thakshak Numbers Withheld Distributor Video Sound says it is moving away from the practice of announcing the opening weekend's box office receipts. NEWS Letter Ended Case Against Sikh Priest Addressed to the city prosecutor of Mentor, it explained the ceremonial function of the kirpan, the possession of which had got Gurcharan Singh Bhatia arrested. BOOKS Ramji's Amrika Though M G Vassanji has placed his new protagonist in the US, he has tied Ramji with an umbilical cord to Dar es Salaam, the African city that was Vassanji's home till 1970. PROFILE This Monk Can't Renounce India "India doesn't accommodate you, you have to learn to accommodate to it," says Nicholas Vreeland, who returned to New York to arrange the Dalai Lama's recent visit to the US. December 8 NEWS Charges Against Sikh Priest Dropped Gurcharan Singh Bhatia breathes easy three months after his arrest for carrying a kirpan. HOMAGE NRI Produces Documentary On Bharathi The documentary scripted by novelist Prof Indra Parthasarathy describes Subramania Bharathi as the first democratic Tamil poet. SUCCESS STORY Learning From Adversity US Airways CEO Rakesh Gangwal on the need to adapt and to deal with failure. NEWS 'Get Another Job,' Glover Tells Timid Cabbies Actor who once used to drive a taxi, says some cabbies use the fears as an excuse to avoid taking fares to destinations outside Manhattan. ISSUES INS Reform Put On Backburner Lawyers say that politicians are scared to act fast on immigration issues since the election year is around. 'Indian room' December 07 NEWS Embassy Says India Won't Beg But officials vehemently deny they have distanced themselves from the Orissa relief effort. ACHIEVERS Two Indians Among 32 US Rhodes Scholars Neelakash Varshney of the University of Alabama, Birmingham and Jasdip Kharbanda of the University of Chicago were the students chosen for the honour. ENTERPRISE Indian Artists Find Cyberspace Home www.artsindia.com becomes the only American online art gallery devoted exclusively to contemporary Indian art and high-end craft. NEWS 'Slum Landlords' Feel Victimized Owners of rundown hotels in San Francisco resent being singled out for criticism. 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