Sunday, September 14, 2003

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What Bhutan can teach us Reeta Sharma

Architectural controls Pride in national dress Restricted tourism No violence against women Gross National Happiness

Visiting centuries of history
Sushil Kaur
THOUGH the usual coach or rail service operates from London, it is most agreeable to rent a car and get on the M20. You can drive at a laid-back speed along the undulating Kent countryside that is delicately pastoral, go about five miles east of Maidstone and at junction 8 you reach Leeds castle. This very ancient and one of the most romantic castles in England which for 300 years was the abode of the royal family.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Documenting biodiversity: Bane or boon?
Meena Menon
"ADIVASI children working in the forest all day come back and use MS Word in our village, Mendha Lekha (in Chandrapur district)," says Nilesh Heda, who works in the Vidarbha area of Maharashtra on People's Biodiversity Registers (PBRs). Four villages in Vidarbha came forward to document their resources and prepare an electronic database, says Mohan Hirabai Hiralal of Vrikshamitra, Mendha Lekha. People feel PBRs are important as they document knowledge that can help them in planning their future activities and bringing resources within their control, he adds.

Husain invites controversy for birthday bash
Sunita Pradhan
MAQBOOL Fida Husain turns 88 on September 17. In keeping with the occasion, he has come up with a set of 88 fresh paintings which would be travelling with him from Kolkata to Mumbai and Delhi. The ‘travelling show’, as he calls it, coincides with the release of his new film, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities.

It's good to be bad, sometimes
Aditi Garg
"GOOD" and "bad" were the first few pairs of opposites I learnt at school along with 'ugly-beautiful' and 'up-down.' At that time I thought of them as absolutes but now I realise that these are relative terms. Just as 'beautiful' turns 'ugly' in front of a prettier thing and 'up' seems 'down' from a higher point, 'good' and 'bad' are also comparative terms. It is all a matter of perspective.