Out of body experiences
by Suneet Kaur
IT was June 12, 1977, a middle- aged lady was going towards the temple when she had a sudden nervous breakdown and was immediately shifted to the hospital, but the doctors declared her "brought dead". After a few minutes, she opened her eyes. The doctors were amazed. What she narrated was startling; "I don’t know what happened to me.

The prince who behaved like a pauper
by K.R.N. Swamy
AS the National Museum of India is exhibiting the Jewels of the Nizam in its galleries,, it is interesting to consider, how carefully the last Nizam had hoarded his wealth. His Exalted Highness, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad (1886-1967) was the richest man in the world for the first 50 years of the 20th century and his wealth was valued equivalent to one billion U.S. dollars in 1940s (Rs 20 billion in today’s money value).

Looking at anger calmly
by Maharaaj K. Koul
AMONG the internal foes which constantly try to destroy a person, anger occupies prime place. It is a strong emotion, excited by a real or an imagined injury and involves a desire for retaliation. It effaces reason, making a person commit acts which cannot even be dreamt of.

HOLLYWOOD HUES
Demystifying soldiers, deglorifying war
by Ervell E. Menezes
VIETNAM, or Nam as some of the Americans call it, is a happening thing for them. Remember the carpet-bombing days of LBJ in the late-1960s and the anti-Vietnam protests that followed. The hippies were part of this anti-war protest. In fact, they have a psychological malaise called the post-Vietnam syndrome.

She tickles taste buds with her pickles
by Vimla Patil
RIDING high on the tide of the lip-smacking curry revolution spreading like wild fire from Britain to Japan, it is a diminutive woman called Meena Pathak. Her company, Pataks (Spices) Ltd in Britain, which she owns with her husband Kirit, has crossed a turnover of 50 million pound sterling this year. Meena has been honoured with an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II.

TRAVEL:  Witness to the romance of Middle Ages and ravages of history
by Sushil Kaur