Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, December 30, 2001
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper Sunday, December 30, 2001 |
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 Wounds that scarred a year The world greeted 2001 cautiously and the eight months rolled past with their share of tragedy, scandal and hope. Then came the events of one terrible day, September 11, that cleaved the year into two distinct eras. Everyone woke up to the fact that terrorism had undergone a globalisation process of its own. Now, as we move forward, the newly interdependent world becomes frighteningly more complex. DOM MORAES reviews an eventful year on the verge of fading away. More
Preaching peace, waging warDevotion to one's god and devotion to one's religious establishment are entirely different. It is dangerous to mistake the will of the religious establishment for the will of God. This spiritual illiteracy is packaged as devotion and is the reason why people express their religious devotion by hating and hurting people of other faiths, say SWAMI AGNIVESH and Rev. VALSON THAMPU. More SPOTLIGHT 
No handicap is too greatWorking on the premise that no two children are alike, the teachers at Karuna Vihar, a school for mentally challenged children, design individual programmes. The key word is fun, and education is activity-based and includes skills of daily living. AN ITA JOSHUA reports. More
Disappearing traditionsRural craft has always held a special place in our history. Visvakarma's Children: Stories of India's Craftspeople by Jaya Jaitly explores how a promising beginning for artisans has succumbed to technology over the years. A review by SABITA RADH AKRISHNA. More CINEMA 
A strong, human scriptMerchant-Ivory's `The Mystic Masseur' — based on V.S. Naipaul's book of the same name — has much going in its favour: the music, the screenplay and the performances. It is, says UMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTA, a fitting tribute to the Nobel Lau reate. More 
Truth and illusionSince its recognition at the Trento Film Festival, Italy, `Jesus Goes to India' has been evoking a multifarious response worldwide. GOWRI RAMNARAYAN talks to director Preeti Chandrakant. More 
Facets of lifeThe films screened at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival showed that Asian cinema had many stories to tell, many plots to uncover and many themes to analyse. GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN reports. More
For a good night's sleepObstructive Sleep Apnea is a debilitating sleep-related breathing disorder. Noted fitness expert PEG JORDAN looks at remedies. More
Flavours of a culture FOOD provides one of the most fascinating windows into a culture — enabling important insights into its mores and customs; tracing its social and economic history; documenting its rites and rituals. Since this is a relatively new approach ... More
By Laurie Baum The week ahead
MOON SIGNS By Khousikan What is "Guru Chandala" Yogam? Will it give benefit? What may be the bad effects?
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