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Ills
of a nation
It is not lack of
resources but absence of commitment that plagues healthcare in India.
The nation still spends less than one per cent of the GDP on this
sector. A.J. Philip looks at the
public healthcare system in the country where the rich have access to
state-of-the-art hospitals, while the poor have nowhere to go
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VISITORS
to the Chinese capital, Beijing, are unlikely to forget the experience
of riding on the eight-lane, ultra-modern expressway from the airport
to the city centre. Kolkata, too, built an equivalent to provide the
visitor hassle-free access to the city. Alas, the Kolkata road could
not survive even one monsoon. The first showers washed away the
asphalt top and the road sank at many places. It reminded the
Kolkatans about the book titled Virgin Soil Upturned.
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There’s more to the
Milky Way
Neena Bhandari
IS
our Milky Way galaxy fatter than we thought? A team of astrophysicists
from the University of Sydney, including an Indian researcher, have
calculated that it is 12,000 light years thick, double the previous
estimate.
Melaka: Steeped in history, culture
Tanushree
Podder recalls her
trip to the peaceful Malaysian town that bears the stamp of about half
a dozen cultures, including Portuguese, Dutch, British and Chinese
YOU
can’t but feel welcome in Malaysia. Cheerful and smiling faces stare
out of billboards proclaiming Selamat Datang (Welcome to
Malaysia). Be it a restaurant or a shop you are likely to come across
the slogan, everywhere.
‘I did my best
to go by the book’
Ashutosh Gowariker tells Subhash K. Jha that he made his
period drama Jodhaa Akbar after
thorough research
Filmmaker
Ashutosh Gowariker said he was careful in preserving Rajput pride and
dignity while making the period drama Jodhaa Akbar starring
Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. The release of Jodhaa
Akbar was marked by protests in Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat and
Gurgaon.
Rajnikanth
in black and white
Shweta Thakur
Megastar
Rajnikanth was a
spoilt brat when he was five years old, bullied people when he was 10
and tied cycle chains around his neck at 20. All these and many more
aspects of the southern screen icon’s life will be revealed in a new
book that will hit the market on March 6.
High
on Cinderella syndrome
Randeep Wadehra
Cinderella
stories make for absorbing viewing on television. We still recall how
the saga of Millie had enchanted us a few years ago. Brought up
in an orphanage, she steps into the big bad world only to get into a
mortal confrontation with her father.
In
step with Birju Maharaj
Kathak
exponent Pandit Birju Maharaj has choreographed the Tandav dance for
Harward Entertainments’ first feature film Pranali — The
Tradition, about the Devdasi tradition. Pranali is a
hard-hitting film about a poor village girl married off to a village
deity and then condemned to become a prostitute and is scheduled for
April release.
The gift of
life
Aparna
Pallavi writes on infertility expert Dr Meena Chimote’s
research to make in vitro fertilisation cost-effective
A
man from rural Chhattisgarh walked into Dr Meena Chimote's fertility
clinic, Vaunshdhara, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, with a strange problem.
He had married four women—all sisters. "None of them has given
me a child," he complained. When, after examination, the man was
told that he suffered from azoospermia, a condition in which a man's
semen has no sperms, he fainted in shock.
Gem
of a tooth
Call it an oral fashion
statement or simply an effort to blend in with the bold and the
beautiful. Either way, the trend of fixing jewels on your teeth is
here to stay, writes Anuradha Padwal
WANNA
flash that beautiful smile without any inhibitions? You need more than
just perfect pearly whites; there are other innovative, affordable and
incredibly funky xways to sparkle and dazzle this season. We’re
talking dental jewellery — a sure-shot way to have the spotlight on
yourself. Dental jewellery goes back a long time. Scientists have
found jagged teeth in the tombs of ancient Egyptians.
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