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soil saviours
Many farmers of the region are taking the road less travelled and
making a difference, with their innovative practices, organic produce or unconventional crop choices. A look at some progressive agriculturists
ahead of the harvest festival of Baisakhi…
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He
rose to the challenge
S. P.
Sharma
THIS
progressive farmer in the hinterland of the Malwa region has
carved out a niche for himself in other parts of the country
by producing the high price-fetching rose oil and also
shunning chemical fertilisers to grow grains and pulses. The
youthful Rajinderpal Singh, after suffering initial setback,
has now found the right place for marketing his rose oil
produce at Kannauj (UP).
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Sow
much better!
Megha Mann
Thirtyfive-year-old
Gaurav Sahai, an MBA from the State University of New York,
Buffalo, has turned the barren land of Landran village in
Ropar into a fertile vegetable and fruit-yielding farm. An IT
professional-turned-organic farmer, Gaurav answered the call
from within.
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Biodynamic
farming beckons
Sarbjit Dhaliwal
Organic
farming as a concept has not attracted much the imagination of farmers
in this part of the country. Of course, some farmers in this region
have switched over to organic farming, but their number is negligible.
Master
of art
The works of Atul Dodiya
interweave history and culture. Nonika Singh
chats up India’s leading contemporary artist on the influences that
have shaped him as well as his art
LIKE
his art, the man, too, is multi-layered. With Atul Dodiya, one
of India’s leading contemporary artists, one gets more than one sees
and much more than he himself would care to reveal.
On the tiger trail
Having a large biodiversity, Bandhavgarh National Park also has the highest density of Bengal
tigers in the world, writes Aman Sood
FaR
from the madding crowd of
urban cities, a heaven for the royal Bengal tiger, Bandhavgarh
National Park has become a synonym for tiger presence in India. The
natural habitat of the animal in Madhya Pradesh, the park has huge
variety of birds and other wild animals which further add charm to its
environs.
Return of the dancing girls
WITH
the departure of the Taliban from Pakistan’s Swat Valley, music has
returned and fair-skinned dancing girls are back in business. A
locality in the eastern part of Mingora city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province is famous for its dancing girls. But there is no electricity
in the area and the narrow alleys are dark.
Fairy
Bridge
The newly discovered natural
arch in Afghanistan is one of the world’s largest
A
natural stone arch spanning
more than 200 feet across its base in a remote corner of Afghanistan
is said to be one of the world’s largest. Researchers from the
Wildlife Conservation Society stumbled upon the geological colossus,
named the Hazarchishma Natural Bridge, at the central highlands of
Afghanistan.
The
curious case of Bollywood bloodlines
Flops and failures do not
affect the fortunes of Bollywood actors, who have the right family
ties in an industry where you are otherwise only as good as your
last film, writes Saibal Chatterjee
Last
October, during the Mumbai Film Festival, ad man Prahlad Kakkar set
the cat among the pigeons. Describing Bollywood as a "pop and mom
shop", he said, "Abhishek Bachchan has delivered 17 flops in
a row but he is still going strong. He is unique — he should be in
the Guinness Book of World Records."
The
uniqueness of being Vidya Balan
Arpana
SHE
took people back to the black and white era with her role in
the period film Parineeta. Then came her fashion faux pas and a
dip in the career graph. But a careful and confident Vidya Balan is on
the rise again in Bollywood.
FRUIT FACTS
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