The Hindu :Sunday, January 23, 2005

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Sunday, January 23, 2005

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Sportive gestures
In the aftermath of the Asian tsunami, the sporting community has responded swiftly to contribute in whatever way it could, both financially and qualitatively. While it's easy to cynically dismiss this as a token gesture, the unprecedented generosity allows us to view organised sport from a different perspective, says VIJAY PARTHASARATHY.

Reflections

REFLECTIONS
High altitude art
Why are the gatekeepers of art in museums and in other places so disinterested in the treasures there, wonders SHAKTI MAIRA after a visit to Alchi in Ladakh.

Focus

ISSUES
Offtrack?
Despite talk of liberalisation and modernisation, the Indian Railways remains mired in antiquity. SANDEEP DIKSHIT takes a look at the dynamics of its functioning.

Environment

ECOWATCH
Facing the big E
As the number of species facing extinction increases, RANJIT LAL wonders when humans will wake up to the dangers of their ways.

ECOWATCH
Reprieve for the brown bear
As this species seems to be fast disappearing from the European Alps, there is a battle to ensure its survival. GUNVANTHI BALARAM writes.

Columns

CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman Good ideas are back		THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Mumbai's tragedy

ASK THE DOC... Skin trouble		WALKABOUT IN OZ Sporting passion

Sightings

Simple to the core

Name change for luck

She washes clothes

People

IN CONVERSATION

An outsider, an insider
His just-released and soon-to-be-released films have made screenplay writer Farrukh Dhondy more visible than ever before. Last year his Baz Taylor directed "Take 3 Girls" had a young rapper, guitarist and pop singer rescuing an Indian ...

PERSONALITY
Heroine by chance
LEELA VENKATARAMAN talks to Priyambada Mohanty, whose 1954 performance saw Odissi put its best foot forward.

TRIBUTE
Popcorn villain
He was certainly not the best villain of Hindi cinema. But he was larger than life. AJIT DUARA remembers Amrish Puri.

Sport

All about survival
Without money, access to facilities or infrastructure, women's cricket in India is a saga of fighting against the odds, writes S. DINAKAR.

Lifestyle

DESTINATION
Kinabalu capers
GUSTASP and JEROO IRANI view the wild rhythms of the forest in Malaysia's Sabah state.

TIME-OUT
Penguin parade
They watched with bated breath as the tiny little black and white figures waddled across ... . SABITA RADHAKRISHNA on a major attraction.

GARDENING

Football lily
WITH its numerous scarlet flowers grouped in a large round umbel on top of 30 cm long stalk, Haemanthus multiflorus is a novelty. The plant comes from tropical Africa and flowers in summer, when it is normally leafless. Commonly called ...

Health

HEALTHWATCH
Healthy humour
Dr. N. RAMKRISHNAN tells you how you can laugh your way to good health.

Miscellany

The perfect star

Astrology

MOON SIGNS
By Khousikan

Mesha

Rishabha

Mithuna

Kataka

Simha

Kanya

Thula

Vrischika

Dhanus

Makara

Kumbha

Meena