The Tribune Spectrum
Sunday, December 10, 2000


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'ART AND SOUL
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IS RELIGION RELEVANT TODAY

Religion has played a pivotal and multi-dimensional role in almost all human endeavour. Be it material pursuit, the quest for mental peace and spiritual uplift or boosting one’s morale while facing adversity, religion has always provided an anchor, observe Amarnath Wadehra and Randeep Wadehra

"Koi Sheikh ban gaya aur koi ban gaya Brahman
Har shakhs aadmi tha teri bandagi se pehle"

WHEN a friend quoted this Urdu couplet, it set us thinking. Is it really true that religion created divisions in society? The very mark of identity that should normally be nothing more than a psychological reinforcement can become a symbol of strife and hatred. Have religious places stopped providing solace to humanity? Are we making a mistake somewhere? We often tend to take religion and spirituality as synonyms. But do they really represent the same concept?

 

  Week Specials

 
And why not a Queendom?
by Jaswant Singh

HERITAGE: Splendour by the seashore,
by Rajnish Wattas

DREAM THEME: What numbers can mean,
by Vinaya Katoch Manhas

Why is Shah Rukh Khan angry?
by Gautam Grover

There’s a lot in names and surnames!
by A.C. Tuli

SPEAKING GENERALLY: Tough tasks ahead,
by Chanchal Sarkar

Putting someone else’s feathers in your cap
by Suraj Saraf

  Week Specials
 

TELEVISION: The second coming of Zeenat Aman,
by Mukesh Khosla

TRAVEL: Udaipur: The city of palaces & gardens
byKamaljit Singh

SCENE STEALERS: Model couple,
by Belu Maheshwari

LIFE TIES: Why different rules for boys?
by Taru Bahl

NATURE: The world of wrens,
by Nutan Shukla

WHAT'S COOKING?: Mouth-watering mushrooms
byGeetu

WIDE ANGLE: Shaft is back,
by Ervell Menezes

FEEDBACK: Learning to cope with grief

Book Reviews

We, the Sandhawalias
Review by Roopinder Singh

Daughters, difficult and defiant
Review by Deepika Gurdev

Jackie: the queen of America
Review by Andrew Rissik

Fiction as reinterpretation of history
Review by Shelley Walia

Write view
The brain behind Rajiv killers
Review by Randeep Wadehra

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