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August 2004
Environment
- Receding Gangotri glacier
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The Gangotri glacier, source of the river Ganges, has been receding at
such an alarming rate that environmentalists fear that if urgent measures
are not undertaken, a time may come when Ganges may just disappear.
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People - Flora MacDonald
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She is the first Canadian ever to be
honoured with a Padamshree for her
social development work in India. At 78, Flora MacDonald, Canada’s former
Foreign Minister, is deeply involved in combating infant mortality,
promoting literacy, conserving forests and setting up income
generation schemes in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttranchal.
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Flora MacDonald
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The
Gilgit Manuscript
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The almost seventeen centuries old Gilgit Manuscript has
been giving historians a hard time, as no one has yet been able to fully
decipher it. The lamination of the manuscript by the National Archives of
India sometime ago has once again put the limelight back on this
all-important literature concerning India, Tibet, China, Japan and other
neighbouring countries.
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Interview / Art - Iqbal Hussain
Iqbal
Hussain is unconventional, outspoken, radically innovative,
avant-garde and more – all of which appears starkly in his
paintings.
He immortalizes his subjects in paintings that belong to Lahore’s
Old Walled City - courtesans, dancers, musicians, and the Ravi
River. He uses mirrors within his paintings with great
sophistication, as if to say mockingly to the viewers that
this is to make you reflect on what is in front of a blinded
society.
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Iqbal Hussain
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and
Books
Pamela
Constable's Fragments of Grace
Visual Arts
Iqbal
Hussain - an interview
Pitamber
Singh chronicles Delhi police
Sports
Waqar Younis
Business & Industry
Management
& Business Dev. in Pakistan
- a book
review
Music
L Subramaniam
Bally Sagoo -
Haanji
Heritage
Saving
Elephanta
Lifestyle
The Dhaaba
Minu Carrad
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