SOME time back, the old crumbling fort was taken over by an enterprising businessman and given a complete makeover. The years of undergrowth were cleared and neat lawns with flowerbeds surrounding them were developed. The interiors were redesigned to preserve the ethnicity of artefacts even as conveniences and smells of a super deluxe modern-day hotel were injected into the medieval building.

Roly poly children make unfit adults
by Madhu Sharma
INDIA was and is still associated with malnutrition. This malnutrition was in terms of lack of nutrition, especially among the children. Ironically, while this problem still persists, problem of childhood obesity is also fast emerging.

A kingdom of the unmarried
by Ruby Gupta
IT would surprise many to learn that there are certain tribal customs in our country which would seem scandalous, by modern standards. One such tribe is the Muria, who are the inhabitants of North Bastar. They have a custom called Ghotul.

The mysterious origin of the Iceman
by Maharaaj K. Koul
NO one knows who he was or what he was doing high in the Tyrolean Alps that day about 5,300 years ago, the day he died. Scientists are now certain that the Iceman, whom Austrians nicknamed ‘Oetizi’ after Oetizler Alps where he was found in September 1991, is no hoax.

ON THE SANDS OF TIME — 1982
Year that produced cult classics
by M.L. Dhawan
RAMESH Sippy’s Shakti is essentially a clash of personalities, of egos fuelled by the generation gap, which blinds the protagonists to see the irrationality of it. Dilip Kumar steals the rhetorical thunder as a fastidious and irksomely righteous police officer who stops at nothing to nab the law breakers.

Salman in news for the wrong reasons
by Gautam Grover
SALMAN Khan continues to make news for all the wrong reasons. It’s been ages since he had a release and barring an odd Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam, he does not have a major film on the floors. Yet, the media refuses to let go and continues to make a monster out of the young man.

A song on the lips and spring in your step
by Kunal Khurana
IT is that time of the year when winter recedes and the days begin to lengthen. Woollens are discarded as every morning, the sun is greeted by the chirping of birds and branches of trees are laden with fruit. The aroma of a thousand colourful flowers in bloom pervades the air. Nature is at its resplendent best.

Balancing the chi with acupuncture
by Shirish Joshi
ACCORDING to a new study conducted byDr Tong Joo (T.J.) Gan, an anesthesiologist at Duke University Medical Centre, acupuncture is just as effective as other painkillers used to reduce nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery.