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Payback time for Armed Forces
 Blame it on low
remuneration, tough working conditions and, above all, high risk to
life, the armed forces today are not an enviable career choice. The
forces are not only short of thousands of men but also troubled by a
high attrition rate. Dejected with the poor compensation and lack of
understanding shown by the successive pay commissions to their
"career hardships", the three services have for the first
time come together to demand their due. Vijay
Mohan reports
Origin of plant
species in webs
Careful
scrutiny of spider webs
can help in conducting worldwide surveys of plants, a new study by a
team of Indian, Chinese and British researchers has revealed.
Palaces of the
President
As the country readies itself
for the twelfth President, J. N. Vohra
looks at the the three official residences of the First Citizen
As
head of the state, the President of India is the focal point of all
state ceremonies and there are three mansions — Rashtrapati Bhavan
at New Delhi, Rashtrapati Nilayam near Secunderabad and The Retreat at
Mashobra, near Shimla — designated as his official residences.
Evergreen trinity
Citizen Kane was
named the greatest American film of all time in a high-profile poll
conducted recently, followed by The Godfather and Casablanca.
The order might be debatable, but the choice of the Big Three is
certainly not, writes Vikramdeep
Johal
Now
here’s a movie poll that
can be taken seriously. It was conducted by the venerable American
Film Institute, not by any newspaper or magazine; the voters were film
historians, critics and other experts, not common moviegoers. The list
of top-100 American films of all time is headed—for the second time
in a decade—by the late actor-director Orson Welles’ Citizen
Kane (1941).
‘Success is a
lousy teacher’
Mahesh Bhatt on his latest
film Awarapan to Vickey Lalwani
How would you describe Awarapan?
In many ways, Awarapan represents
my inner core. I have always had this wanderer in me, which has kept
on raising his head. This wanderer is an angst-ridden outcaste who is
not confined to the safe heavens of society and lives life on the
edge. There is a burden of a trauma, which he has not been able to
resolve.
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Burden of life
This two-wheeler rider is almost invisible amidst the large number of snack items he is carrying on his vehicle in Chennai.
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SOCIETY
Romeos turn
social activists
The Yaari Dosti Peer
Education Programme, launched by two NGOs, has changed the lives of
many eve-teasers. Earlier blamed for their anti-social activities, they
have now become role models, writes Nitin
Jugran Bahuguna
After
college, we would stand at the street corners and eve-tease girls. We
were aimless," recalls Mahendra Rokade (34),a resident of a slum
in Chembur, Mumbai. His friend Raju Shinde (38) adds: "Living in
a gunda-gardi (hoodlum) area we were influenced by our
surroundings and whiled away the time, ogling and passing lewd
comments at girls.
Richest Indian
in Hong Kong
Harilela is a tycoon with a
business empire spread across the globe. His rags-to-riches story is a
saga of hard work, determination and self- confidence, writes Ramkiran
Mehta
The
richest Indian in Hong Kong, Dr. Hari Harilela, is a legend written in
the annals of that island’s business. His 70-bedroom mansion
situated in one of Hong Kong’s most posh areas, has been discussed
for its sheer opulence and sometimes the lack of taste in having gold
faucets.
Permanent
make-up may disfigure you
Researchers
in the US have warned that going in for a permanent make-up to enhance
appearance could lead to disfigurement, especially in people who
suffer from allergic reactions. In the permanent make-up procedure
pigments are injected into a deep layer of skin called the dermis to
enhance eyebrows, eyelids and lips.
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