Chandigarh, Sunday, July 19, 1998

Weak nations produce weak languages Linguistic development, economic growth interlinked By Vandana Shukla Social backwardness, cultural inertia and intellectual bankruptcy and linguistic inertia are always intimately connected. They are different facets of the same reality. In other words, strong nations evolve strong languages and the weak ones use a meek language. Thus, a politically and economically weak nation also suffers from an indifferent cultural ethos and its dominant language is likewise weak. His royal majesty, the lion By Thakur Paramjit His royal majesty, the lion, the king of the beasts, is a very graceful and intelligent animal. It possesses incredible strength, a noble face, strong reasoning powers, and a dignified gait full of self-confidence. Our regular features include: The finest English novelist of his generation. Ashok Chopra on Graham Greene So much fame, so soon. Lakshmi Menon profiles Karisma Kapoor Perfecting indoor plant placing by Harkiran Sodhi Their staple diet is jelly-fish. Nutan Shukla on tortoises Cookie Maini on peace and progress in Japan Akshay Sood visits the forgotten Chattri memorial in England. Is he Not a Nice Man to Know? TV review by Mukesh Khosla

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