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Murder, she wrote

Published: Fri 11 Sep 2015, 9:21 AM

Last updated: Fri 18 Sep 2015, 9:40 AM

That's one of my favourite TV series - you know, the one based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Of course, Christie's books are something else, which is why I never loan any from my substantial AG collection. Losing one to a friend (or relative)-as is the case often (it's happened many times with my non-AG books) - is like losing a vital clue to the way the minds of Miss Mand HerculePoirot work. These days, however, there's another murderous chapter that has me in thraldom: the Indrani Mukerjea case that has whipped up mass hysteria in India. The Indian media, especially the news channels that have been playing and overplaying the coverage to bits, is being given sporadic raps on its knuckles for speculating on dodgy leaks and jumping to (at times unsubstantiated) conclusions. But I am not talking about the hype and the hoopla-I'm only talking about the case; obviously there's something very twisted about it but the narrative, whatever form it ultimately takes, is the stuff of page-turners. It's a legal-cum-homicide thriller writer's dream. In this issue, we take a look at some of the other high-profile 'murderous' mysteries that triggered edge-of-the-seat legal battles, hogged newspaper headlines and public imagination, and gave way to a new set of case studies for criminology/psychology classes. Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. Miss Marple may need to take a backseat. A friend's husband-a fine dapper young man, who's still a long way away from blowing off 30 candles-has a furiously receding hairline. It affects him a lot, my friend tells me. At first, she could not figure out why a man should be so concerned about losing hair, but now she buys him hair fall shampoos, and makes him eat stuff (like eggs and spinach) that helps regrow hair. "Sometimes -like when he is staring at his hairline in the mirror gloomily - I am tempted to tell him it's no big deal, but you know what? It is a big deal for him." A couple of medical experts give us their views on male pattern baldness, and the stress it causes our men. But don't lose hope. Yet. Hair today, gone tomorrow; may be back the day after. Bollywood gets bookish this time read about starry biographies and autobiographies. Travel takes us to five fab coastal town in England. Life Coach instructs on tackling cultural diversity. All this and much more. Enjoy reading wknd. and have a great weekend!

by

Sushmita Bose

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