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Corrections and clarifications

The caption of the standalone combination picture "Moulded in South Africa" (September 12, 2006, page 1) was: "Satyagraha Centenary: Satyagraha, Gandhiji's celebrated technique of non-violent struggle, was born in South Africa a hundred years ago. The photograph [from The Hindu Archives] on the left of the future Mahatma was taken circa 1899 ... ." La. Su. Rengarajan, writer, researcher and Gandhian scholar, points out that the caption should have been: "... In the uniform of a group leader of the Stretcher Bearer Corps during the Zulu Rebellion taken in 1906 ... ."

In the feature "The other 9/11" (The Hindu-Magazine, September 10, 2006, page 4), the caption of the accompanying photograph (from The Hindu Photo Library) was: "Satyagraha as an assertion of truth: Gandhiji during the Dandi March." La. Su. Rengarajan points out that it should have been "Gandhiji on a morning walk on Juhu beach, Bombay, taken in 1937."

A reader objected to the use of the term "WTC bombing" in "Three 9/11s — choose your own" (Editorial page, September 11, 2006). There was no bombing, but planes crashing on/into the WTC, he added. P. Sainath clarifies that the (American) press has called it "a bombing" as aircraft were used as aerial bombs/missiles. The perpetrators of the act have also been referred to as the "WTC bombers".

In the book review "A social institution in transition" ("Book Review" page, September 12, 2006), the sentence was: "The book is neatly structured and the writer does her survey with a wild-angled lens; ... ." As a reader points out, it should have been "wide-angle lens".

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