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Sunday,
March 14, 2004
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Sweet poison
 The body requires some
amount of sugar for energy. True, but it has to come from natural
fruits, vegetables, grains, milk, dates, raisins, etc. Getting this
energy from sugar is nothing short of suicidal because it is more
damaging to health than all other narcotics combined, writes
Amar Chandel
ALARMED by the falling
consumption, sugar manufacturers recently inserted advertisements in
various publications to disprove that sugar was bad for health. It was a
desperate marketing manoeuvre, but many were taken in by the assertion.
For their sake, it is necessary to set the record straight.
A historical moment frozen in time
Chitleen K. Sethi
A
manuscript born of a routine ritual but, when found, after 125 years
becomes an invaluable witness to history. There is a 33-page description
of a celebration that took place in the princely state of Kapurthala in
1887 to mark the Queen Empress Jubilee Festival in a book.
Cycle
as a stage
Bibhuti Mishra
SUBODH Patnaik and his friends
cycle through rural Orissa to spread theatre and share a social message
with the people. Pedalling furiously, they bring theatre to villages on
their cycles. These are not plays about morality.
Adventure
Thrill
of kayaking on the Ganga
Tarun K. Roy
KAYAKING is the most
challenging and thrilling of water sports. Kayaking is, in fact, an
event in the Olympics. A kayak is a
specialised fibreglass or plastic boat, propelled by a double-bladed
paddle.
Crossing
boundaries
Chasing the fragrance
Anees Jung
IT
seems as if all that we once lived is for sale. Fort Cochin is one more
example. Twenty years ago I was a guest in Tower House, one of the Dutch
colonial houses whose windows opened out to the Arabian sea and the
Chinese nets.
Britney
eyes Cher’s palace
HOME
is where the heart is. Teen pop sensation Britney Spears has her heart
all set on a new house, which happens to be Cher’s palatial home in
Malibu in California.
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