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How the tiger is losing the fight
There is a need for a better understanding of behavioural patterns of the tiger and giving these animals necessary space
Shaminder Boparai
With
the recent focus on man-eaters killing people in northern India; the
prefix "man-eater" has raised his ugly head once again. Amid
the news of about 10 killings in 50 days, the age-old assumptions and
the negative propaganda against tigers have started grabbing headlines
in print and electronic media. Tigers have been at the
receiving end for a long time. It has been generally accepted that the
big cats are ravenous monsters, full of bloodlust, waiting their
appointed time to become man-eaters, and exterminating them is the
order of the day. By propagating this cult of man-eaters, human beings
have expressed their ignorance and, in the process, murdered and
maimed the tiger for not obeying man-made laws.
'Art
& SOUL
The travels of a work of art
The movement of Houghton Shahnama manuscript from Iran to Turkey to Europe and then to the United States, besides the movement of ‘peerless’ artists working on it, raises the question of how art travels
B.N.Goswamy
I
was very intrigued when I chanced upon a news item that a single folio
from an illustrated manuscript of the Shahnama, the national
epic of Iran, was recently sold at an art auction in England for more
than seven million pounds. That is a serious amount of money. I knew
something about that particular Shahnama copy, having seen some
images from it in published histories, and having admired these, but
truly speaking, I did not know a great deal.
Broad
brush
FITNESS
Testing times
Mickey Mehta
A healthy, nutritious diet and regular exercise can reduce stress and boost brain power during exams
Examination time can be
stressful for children. It is a natural consequence of the time and
hours spent on studies, tuitions, revision etc and can often lead to
lethargy, fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite, irritability, moodiness
and depression.
Be a fit mom-to-be
Dr Swapna Misra
A healthy
lifestyle is vital during pregnancy. But we are increasingly
finding more and more overweight women who have either not eaten
right in teen years or are not eating right during pregnancy,
thus leading to unnecessary weight gain, diabetes, high blood
pressure and increased chances of Caesarean sections.
Society
The extraordinary life of a poet and a spy
The extraordinary tale of Noor Inayat Khan reads like a fictitious spy whodunit. London-based author Shrabani Basu brings this real-life drama to the readers in her book Spy Princess
Ranjita Biswas
She
was a poet and children’s fiction writer. Her forefathers were from
a royal family of India. But she ended up working as a spy for the
British in war-time Europe in the 1940s. The extraordinary tale of
Noor Inayat Khan reads like a fictitious spy whodunit, but it is a
real-life drama as the book on her, Spy Princess: The life of Noor
Inayat Khan unfolds.
Travel
In Babur’s homeland
The Ferghana valley in Central
Asia lays its claim to fame as the birthplace of Babur, founder of the
Mughal dynasty. The valley, spread across Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan, is quite scenic and dotted with many streams and rivers
Lalit Mohan
"In
the month of Ramzan of the year 899 (June 1494) and in the twelfth
year of my age, I became ruler in the country of Ferghana." Thus
begins Baburnama, the autobiography of Zahiruddin Mohammed Babur, the
founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
Globetrotting
Entertainment
The New Woman breaks the mould
The role of woman in Hindi cinema has undergone a makeover in the recent years. A new breed of strong, forceful women, who live life on their own terms, can be seen on the big screen
Shoma A. Chatterji
The
onscreen image of the
woman in Hindi cinema is in a situation of constant flux moving
towards a lot of attitude and aggression not only in terms of
revealing a lot of oomph and sex through skin-show and sizzling item
numbers but more importantly, through the characters they portray. The
face, character and electric energy the woman exudes in films like
Dedh Ishqiya, Aitraaz, Kahani, 7 Khoon Maaf, Jab We Met, throw up
the image of a strong, forceful woman full of attitude. She lives life
on her own terms even if this means breaking some visible and some
invisible shackles patriarchy has imposed on her.
‘Comedy is in my blood’
Varun Dhawan is a born star. It took him only two films to graduate himself from a ‘student’ to a ‘hero’. The actor chats up about his upcoming romance-comedy
Main Tera Hero
Sreya Basu
How was it
working with your father David Dhawan in Main Tera Hero?
After my debut
film in 2012 with Karan Johar in Student of the Year,
working with my father, who has directed more than 40 films, was
a very big thing for me.
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