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No school for scandal
In the 1990s, a number of States amended panchayat laws. One could no longer run for office if one had more than two children. Human rights groups and women's organisations protested against the move at the time, warning that it would have bizarre consequences. Now, this has come true in Kondapur village of Mahbubnagar district. Here, a sarpanch seeking to evade this law, has kept his three children out of school a long time, says P. SAINATH.

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JOURNALISM
The man who made headlines
Joseph Pulitzer's towering presence in the American newspaper industry was not only because of his passionate patronage of investigative journalism and journalistic excellence but also because he understood, before anyone else did, that the newspaper business was exactly that — a business. RATNA RAJAIAH writes.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

When terror strikes ... at home
Domestic violence is all about unequal power structures within a family. It is also a violation of basic human rights. But what is the solution? VISA RAVINDRAN tries to find out.

ECO-WATCH

A green record
The current Guinness record for the maximum number of native trees planted in one day belongs to the Nilgiris. Now comes the tough part — ensuring the restoration of the once-decimated shola forest. TARUN CHHABRA gives an account of this arduous, but rewarding, task.

Columns

FIRST STRIKE By Anil Dharker Wanted, a bit of humanity		THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Flying backwards

CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman Old colonial club?		RURAL DIARY By Pushpa Surendra Silting the roads

Urban Edge

Kolkata

Sightings

Parekh is back

Twelve characters

A tribute to a maestro

People

TRIBUTE
With a song in her heart
REBECCA CHANDY remembers Mrs. K.M. Mathew who died recently.

Lifestyle

ART

Self-portraits by `photoshop'
The creative trigger for Vidya Kamat's recent, and first, solo show at the Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, was an inevitable physiological reality — PMS. NANCY ADAJANIA looks at what those haunting black and yellow images were all about.

CINEMA
City of illusions
Rome's Cinecitta Studios fired the imagination of filmmakers like Fellini and Scorsese who gave viewers hours of magic, writes GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN.

TIME-OUT

A monsoon journey
Propelled by the desire to escape Delhi's heat, SHAKTI MAIRA travelled across the Deccan which was awash with rain — into the `womb of Carnatic music, and the architectural and artistic achievement of which he had little understanding'. Experience his rejuvenation.

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Our panel of doctors offers advice and suggestions to queries, especially those on dealing with skin problems.

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SUN SIGNS
By Laurie Baum
The week ahead

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