The Day After Devastation

In a bid to avoid disasters like the devastating Orissa cyclone which has wiped out entire villages and taken a frightening toll of human lives, experts are studying the entire gamut of natural calamities and suggesting the formulation of an effective disaster management strategy. Sharad K. Soni writes about the effort to formulate an effective strategy to avoid natural calamities.

• Status symbols of the 20th century,
  by Vimla Patil
  
• Durga bhabhi: A forgotten revolutionary,
  by K.K. Khullar
  
• SPEAKING GENERALLY: Women will be the saviours,
  by Chanchal Sarkar
  
• CONSUMER ALERT: Laws that protect buyers,
  by M.R. Pai
  
• The sole certainty in life,
  by S.S. Prince
  
• For a cup that cheers,
  by V.P. Prabhakar
  
• Until debt do us apart,
  by Roshni Johar
  
• Let your back not hold you back,
  by Mohinder Singh
  
• The world's second oldest profession,
  by Bimal Bhatia
  
• When animals steal the limelight,
  by Janki Das
  
• A young playback singer from Pakistan,
  by Kuldeep Kaur Kang
  
• Oases of silence,
  by Adil Jussawalla
  
• ART: She was the mistress of prints,
  by Vijayan Kannampilly

• TIME OFF: The bison's last bellow,
  by Manohar Malgonkar
  
  
• YOUR OPTION: Obey the natural law,
  by Taru Bahl
  
  
• SUGAR 'N' SPICE: Tasty and nourishing meals,
  by Harkiran Sodhi
  
  
• NATURE: Their fidelity is legendary,
  by Nutan Shukla
  
  
• TRAVEL: Passage to Pakistan,
  by Amardeep Bhattal
  
  
• FEEDBACK: Shock TV is here!
  
  
• FILM & TV: An Indian version of Godfather,
  by Mukesh Khosla
  
  
• BOLLYWOOD BHELPURI: Deadly Dutt stalks again,
  by Madhur Mittal