The Hindu :Sunday, April 20, 2003

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New roads, but a long way to go
The Biological Diversity Act, though a significant piece of legislation of recent origin, faces difficulties in its attempts to assert our rights over biodiversity resources and our claims for a share of benefits from their commercial utilisation. On the occasion of Earth Day on April 22, MADHAV GADGIL looks at the challenges of documenting biodiversity and associated knowledge systems.

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Losing more than freedom
Imprisonment of women not only leaves a mark on the prisoner but also on her children. Why are there no non-custodial options that allow the offender to reform, asks ANINDITA RAMASWAMY.

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COMMENT
Death of personal cinema
Consensus and peer pressure are powerful psychological forces that discourage, sometimes prevent, rational and independent thought in creative minds. Propelled by the establishment of a consumerist society, writes AJIT DUARA, this has led to the ...

NOSTALGIA
Out of circulation
On the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day on April 23, PRADEEP SEBASTIAN remembers how most of us have grown up with the local lending library.

Columns

FIRST STAKE By Anil Dharker Sinha flies a kite		RIPPLE EFFECTS By Ranjit Hoskote The descent of statues

THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Another kind of war		CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman Reality caught up with it

AGAINST THE GRAIN By C. Rammanohar Reddy Voices of people from a war against people		SLICE OF LIFE By V. Gangadhar The Ellery Queen mystery

ON SECOND THOUGHT By Shari Caudron Communication or the lack of it		WORDSPEAK By Anand Saddam, Saddam Hussein or Mr. Hussein?

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Mumbai

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Cricket first

Nothing sensational

A mellow Neena

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DESTINATION
Window to tradition
All of Japan's tiny Narai seems to tell a singular tale of peace, which RUPALI GHOSH experienced.

Books

EXTRACTS

Life in Iraq
Independent Iraq is a young country, founded just 80 years ago. Yet its history has been an exceptionally troubled one, at times supported by the West, at others vilified. DILIP HIRO, a leading expert on West Asia, goes beyond the Western politician's spin to investigate first hand the hard realities of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Exclusive extracts from chapter one of his new book.

REVIEW

In the name of biography
The involvement of C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar in a variety of political and administrative positions during a decisive era in the history of India makes him not only a challenging subject but also a possible focus to illumine a variety of issues, which shaped modern Indian politics. But the biography under review seems more reminiscent of medieval hagiographies and is unlikely to carry conviction, writes K.N.PANIKKAR.

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By Laurie Baum
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