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A false sheen?
`The country is forging ahead, it's poised on the brink of greatness, and there are even these advertisements that tell us so'. So is DILIP D'SOUZA justified in being sceptical? Is India really shining or is it just this?...

Book Review

Consider the lilies of the field
Here's a user-friendly book that introduces you to the world of wild flowers.

Issues

SPOTLIGHT
Conflict in the jungle
Just resettlement is a worthy solution to meet our conservation as well as social goals, says SANJAY GUBBI.

Focus

TRENDS
Hidden by hunger
It is not enough to attain food security. The need of the hour is to get to nutritional security, argues G.M. SUBBA RAO, while taking a second look at concepts like malnutrition and under-nutrition.

ROUNDABOUT By Hugh And Colleen Gantzer Desert symphony		THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Crime and confusion
CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman The storm that Hutton created		FIRST STRIKE By Anil Dharker Reality TV, future TV?

Comedy Queen

People

TRIBUTE
She lived her dream
Her death was tragic but her life was testimony to her fighting spirit. DEEPA KANDASWAMY remembers astronaut Kalpana Chawla.

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IN MEMORIUM
Unsung, unhonoured
Suraiyya's golden voice still rules the airwaves though the face behind it has been forgotten. V. GANGADHAR goes down memory lane.

Lifestyle

ART
The occasional sepias of autumn
In a departure from convention, the Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, recently celebrated five decades of Akbar Padamsee's career by mounting a major exhibition of his works on paper. RANJIT HOSKOTE comments.

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LIFE
The customer is queen
Women seem to be the target of all consumer oriented products. KANCHANA BANERJEE examines this trend.

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EVENT
Musical conversation
Was the meeting between Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Jethro Tull really music without boundaries? UMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTA ponders over the question.

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GARDENING
The 'lost and found' orchid
YOU might have heard that orchids are very beautiful flowers. Yes, they are not only beautiful, but are also very delicate. In nature, orchids are some of the plants that die first when sudden changes take place in the ...

Health

HEALTHWATCH
Epidemic proportions
With kidney diseases on the rise, Dr. ABI ABRAHAM suggests ways to control and prevent it.

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HEALTH ALPHABET
Question of weight
Obesity is a growing problem and its consequences are far-reaching.

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Ask the Doc...
My daughter's children, a son, 12, and a daughter, six, have severe Lamellar icthyosis of the skin. Is there any treatment to cure/improve their condition? There are no known cases in our families or my son-in-law's family. Dr. R. ...

Astrology

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MOON SIGNS
By Khousikan
Moon signs only speak of the Moon's position at the time of birth. Doesn't the birth time deserve greater reckoning in daily/weekly predictions?

Mesha	Rishabha	Mithuna	Kataka
Simha	Kanya	Thula	Vrischika
Dhanus	Makara	Kumbha	Meena

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