The Hindu :Sunday, May 09, 2004

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Saddam: a fair trial?
Anything else could be a charade of international law, says SHELLEY WALIA.

Spotlight

TRENDS
Work for a room
Despite the surface glitter of its high society lifestyle, Mumbai is very hard on the average working woman. A reality check by V. GANGADHAR.

Reflections

The Tamil trail in Singapore
Kili Josiyam, Udipi restaurants, and temples ... not very different from home in Chennai. HARIPRIYA SRINIVASAN looks back on her visit to Singapore.

SILICON VALLEY SOJOURN

IT's the sole focus
... and it is likely to be the only topic of conversation at any social gathering you wind up at on a weekend. S. MUTHIAH concludes the series on life in the Silicon Valley.

Issues

ISSUES

Second chance at childhood
Runaways, abandoned, neglected — children on the streets face a range of dangers and abuse. NIMI KURIAN looks at what is being done to empower these children.

Environment

ECO-WATCH
When tourists go berserk
The onslaught begins in early March and MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA details this year's damage.

Columns

THE SHASHI THAROOR COLUMN The importance of being Irfan, revisited		MEDIA MATTERS By Sevanti Ninan Case for scrutiny

PAST & PRESENT By Ramachandra Guha A salute to smaller states		BITE THE BALLOT By Mukund Padmanabhan Spectre of instability

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People

PERSONALITY
Feminist view of science
RAJASHRI DASGUPTA talks to Evelyn Fox Keller on how the feminist critique led to the development of a gender-free and `better'science.

Lifestyle

VIGNETTES

New York is book country
While most of London's bookstores have sold out to pizzerias, New York, on the other hand, is overflowing with them, and crammed in one place — Manhattan ... . PRADEEP SEBASTIAN's impressions.

LIFESTYLE
Catwalk capital
Of late, Dubai is drawing the attention of international designers and fashion houses, says VASANTI SUNDARAM.

EVENT
`Middle Earth' in Lion city
It's an interactive exhibition on the third leg of its world tour, writes SAVITHA GAUTAM.

CINEMA

Gibson's passion
Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" fritters away the chance to strengthen the significance of Christ's message of forgiveness, comments GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN.

Health

HEALTHWATCH
Demystifying asthma
Dr. V. V. VARADARAJAN clears misconceptions about asthmatic attacks in children.

Astrology

MOON SIGNS
By Khousikan
What is the prospect for marriage of a girl born on December 7,1969 at 2.20 AM ?

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