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Daddy’s girls

Of all the relationships that bind us, the father-daughter bond is unique. Yet like all other human ties, it is no less fraught with anxiety
Nonika Singh

OF all the relationships that bind us, the father- daughter bond is remarkably unique. Yet like all other human ties, it is no less fraught with anxiety. For quite some time now we have been heralding the arrival of the sensitive new age man who is clued in to a woman’s needs. Is this new man as sensitive a father as we have been proclaiming him to be? Or when it comes to daughters, fathers will be fathers — overprotective and smothering.

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Carbon control
Studies have revealed that seagrass can store twice as much carbon as forests
Conserving and restoring seagrass meadows may reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon stores, according to a new study. Per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests, said researchers.

British legacy in stone
True to their colonial mindset, the British raised several tombs and monuments in erstwhile Punjab, Kashmir, North-West Frontier Province and Afghanistan, commemorating those who sacrificed their lives for the British empire
Ashok Kumar Yadav
Christian cemeteries in India, a legacy of the British empire, bear testimony to what John Donne, a 16th century metaphysical poet once described 'death' as the greatest leveller in his masterpiece Death, Be Not Proud. At these cemeteries, tactically raised in this part of the country, sleep side by side brave generals, resolute sergeants and anonymous commoners.

‘Cinema is all about storytelling’
Parambrata Chatterjee is on a new high after the success of Kahaani, in which he plays the role of a young police officer who assists Vidya Balan
Shoma A. Chatterji
Rana Dasgupta is the tall, slim and fair young police officer of Kahaani. Parambrata Chatterjee, the actor-producer-director of Bengali cinema is endorsing brands, representing the industry at the London Festival of Bengali films and having back-to-back releases that feature him in strikingly original roles.

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