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Past imperfect, future indefinite
Here is a narrative about home, the village and the world in which its author, MARIA AURORA COUTO, crosses the boundaries between history and memory, truth and imagination to evoke personal and community experience. It is as much an appraisal of Goa's past as it is an examination of its present and a vision of its future. Exclusive extracts from Goa: A Daughter's Story, which is to be released shortly.

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TOURISM
Paradise lost?
`Serendib', `Ceylon', `Island of Dharma' ... . For a small island-nation, Sri Lanka has many names that reveal its richness, beauty and fabled delights. But two decades of ethnic conflict have hit the tourism industry hard, says SHONALI MUTHALALY.

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FIRST STRIKE By Anil Dharker Forward or backward?		AGAINST THE GRAIN By C. Rammanohar Reddy Say `yes' to India-Pakistan cricket
CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman Iraq, a year thence		THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Perception and reality
BITE THE BALLOT By Mukund Padmanabhan Post-retirement posts

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Two octogenarians in Gandhi
Shunning the limelight, two men who look to Gandhi for inspiration continue to lead lives that ought to inspire a new generation of youngsters. GOPAL GANDHI writes of Narayan Desai and Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy.

Lifestyle

SILICON VALLEY SOJOURN
A valley transformed
The change here from grain and cheese land to sand (silicon) and computer chip capital has been wrought by people from all parts of the world. In a series, S. MUTHIAH looks at the past and the present.

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

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