Generation violent
By Aradhika Sekhon

THE recent shooting incident in Columbine High School, Colorado, USA, where two school boys went on a rampage, killing 13 persons, has made us ask ourselves the question whether a similar situation is possible in India. In truth, we need to address ourselves to the reality that such a situation, or the seeds of it, has actually been in existence here for some years now and there’s something very big and very malign afoot. Consider the following sample cases:

• Guru par excellence,
  by Preeti Verma Lal
  
  
• HERITAGE: A sojourn with antiquity,
  by, Suparna-Saraswati Puri
  
  
• What should an innocent man do to clear his name?,
  by, Scarlet MccGwire
  
  
• Pillar of Punjabi culture,
  by Harnam Singh Shan
  
  
• Sacrifice, valour hallmark of Sikhs,
  by T. V. Rajeswar
  
  
• The wrong sort of devotion,
  by Adil Jussawalla
  
  
• How green is golf?,
  by Mohinder Singh
  
  
• Cine stars breaking moulds,
  by K. Naresh Kumar
  

• INTERVIEW: "Real home of man is where he has dignity",
  Amarjit Chandan tells Kuldip Dhiman
  
  
• TIME OFF: No arguments please, we're British!,
  by Manohar Malgonkar
  
  
• TRAVEL: Paris: Charming, romantic and mysterious,
  by Kamaljit Singh
  
  
• YOUR OPTION: Work is worship,
  by Taru Bahl
  
  
• FITNESS: Why must you sizzle this summer?,
  by Anup Deb Nath
  
  
• GARDEN LIFE: Nursing sick plants back to health,
  by Satish Narula
  
  
• A SOLDIER'S DIARY: Not just summer madness,
  by K. S. Bajwa
  
  
• WIDE ANGLE: Action is the real hero,
  by Ervell E. Menezes
  
  
• FEEDBACK: The mystique and magic of swastika
  
  
• BOLLYWOOD BHELPURI: Sushmita dazzles,
  by Madhur Mittal
  
  
• FILM & TV: The golden age of Rajeshwari,
  by Mukesh Khosla