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March 2004
Environment
- Finding second home for Asiatic lions
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Asiatic lion
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The Gir Protected Area in Gujarat has, over the years,
seen the existence of wildlife jeopardised by increasing population. The
worst hit among the wildlife is the majestic Asiatic lion, found only in
this region and nowhere else in the world. Efforts are now on to provide an
alternate home for this true blue-blooded king of the jungle.
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Art - Studio potters - traditional skills and modern
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As the tussle between tradition
and modernism continues, a new set of urban studio potters have emerged who
have elevated this modest craft into an art form at par with paintings and
sculpture. Functioning from individual
studios, most of these artists feel that studio and traditional pottery go
hand-in-hand as age-old skills can be combined with studio facilities to
achieve astounding results.
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Studio pottery
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Neighbours
- Students of Lahore Grammar School visit India
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A
group of students from Lahore Grammar School visited India
recently. Anum Hasan, one of the group, writes an account of,
what to her was a historic trip. " Students our age, as well as older, we met in India were no
different than those here. We instantly bonded with whom we can now call our
friends at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya School and Lady Irwin College in New
Delhi, ..."
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Music - Ustad Sultan Khan
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For a man who counts among his
fans names like Prince Charles, George Michael, Goldie Hawn and has recorded
or performed with artists like Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison, Pandit Ravi
Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, Madonna, and Duran Duran, the
64-year-old Ustad Sultan Khan certainly makes light his considerable musical
achievements.
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Nana Patekar
Water for the future
Deforestation - alarming statistics
India's quaint golf courses
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