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The new untouchables
There is a real danger that HIV infected patients, against whom a great degree of prejudice exists, may become the new untouchables, if the state doesn’t create institutional support for them, writes Tribune staffer Neena Sharma
Dehradun, December 1
While several lakhs are spent each year on generating awareness about AIDS and HIV on the World AIDS Day, the response from society and the government remains woefully poor.

Participants at an awareness function held in Dehradun on the occasion of World AIDS Day on Monday. Participants at an awareness function held in Dehradun on the occasion of World AIDS Day on Monday. — Tribune photos by Vinod Pundir

EARLIER EDITIONS

	Flower power to the fore December 1, 2008
	One more warrior joins the league of brave November 30, 2008
	Riverbeds turning into shanties November 29, 2008
	Govt trips on power policy November 28, 2008
	Doon’s water bodies vanishing November 27, 2008
	Kashmiri students keep date with IMA November 26, 2008
	They may come tumbling down November 25, 2008
	Watermills to churn out power November 24, 2008
	Student politics sans ethics November 23, 2008
	Employees face taxing times November 22, 2008

Swiss experts with village women at Pilkholi, near Ranikhet, in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.

Swiss lessons in self-sufficiency
Bageshwar, December 1
The people of the state share the same problems as faced by residents of mountain villagers of Switzerland. This was stated by Dr Padruot M. Fried, head, International Research, Zurich University, here today.

Swiss experts with village women at Pilkholi, near Ranikhet, in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. — Tribune photo by Kamal Joshi

Yeh Kisna Hai

An artiste plays the flute in a play staged during Uttarakhand Mahotsav at Dehradun.

An artiste plays the flute in a play staged during Uttarakhand Mahotsav at Dehradun. — Tribune photo by Anil P. Rawat

Need to renew interest in taxonomy: Experts
Dehradun, December 1
The director, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Dr SS Negi, has expressed concern over loss of interest among the younger generation in plant taxonomy.

When Indira withdrew Sanjay from school
Excerpts from “No minister” written by former district magistrate of Dehradun, Mahesh Prasad
The towns of Dehradun and Mussoorie had become widely known by their sobriquet of “School towns” of India, and attracted thousands of students from various parts of India and abroad.

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