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The sensible tourist
Responsible Tourism is based on a
simple principle — that all types of tourism, from niche to
mainstream, can and should be organised in a way that preserves,
respects and benefits destinations and local people
Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
The 2002 Cape Town
Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations defined it as one
that:
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| Community-based tourism includes travelling to natural destinations inhabited by indigenous cultures |
’Art
& Soul
A world
of dreams and spirits
There is not only beauty but also
great raw power in the masks made by the Dan artists of Africa
B.N.Goswamy
The
Dan, I now know, is an ethno-linguistic group of tribal people
inhabiting the mountainous part of the IvoryCoast and neighbouring
areas of Liberia in western Africa. But when, some 40 years ago, I
landed in Zurich, and at its famed Museum Rietberg, I had no idea of
who the Dan were. I had in fact never even heard of them. But there,
among the splendid publications that the museum supports, was a
relatively slim volume on Dan artists that caught my attention on
account of the riveting image of an African mask that it featured on
its cover.
Broad Brush
fitness
A cup full of health
Tea has numerous curative and
preventive health benefits. This drinking habit can lead to a
healthier and longer life
The
medical community is all praises for the positive effects that
tea has on health. There are various types of teas and each of these
is believed to have its own specific aroma, nutrients, minerals and
health benefits. The difference in aroma comes from the variations in
processing the leaves after these are harvested. But all these 2,000
varieties come from basically four major categories i.e. black tea,
the oolong tea, the green tea and the white tea.
HEALTH CAPSULES
Curbing
food craving can help combat childhood obesity
SOCIETY
Momma’s
girls
The matrilineal system in
Meghalaya gives a high status to women. Cases of dowry death, female
foeticide, etc. are unheard of. Now, men are raising their voice to
get equal rights in family property and society
Navreet Milton
Nestled
between the Brahmaputra valley and Bangladesh in the south,
Meghalaya is one of the few places, in the world practicing the
age-old tradition of matrilineal society, along with some tribes of
South Africa, Asia and Indonesia, which follow matrilineal system even
today. The three tribes of Meghalaya — Khasis, Garo and Jaintias
trace their ancestry, inheritance and lineage from mother to daughter
which is not the case in the rest of the country.
TRAVEL
Nashville: ‘Now or
never’
From Elvis Presley to Jolene
Everly brothers to Dolly Parton, Nashville in Tennessee has given a
number of country music legends to the world. However, there’s lots
more to explore in this American town
Niku Sidhu
The
red hot town of the South, by the Cumberland river, second only
to Memphis in size in the state of Tennessee, is the centre of the
music industry lending it the nickname Music City. True! Nashville
brings a tune to your lips, be it Elvis’ "It’s now or
never", the Jolene Everly brothers’ "All I have to
do is dream" or Dolly Parton’s "I will always love
you". This town has thrown up a number of country music greats
but there is more: basketball and football players, journalists, TV
and Hollywood actresses, senators, artists, activists, NASCAR drivers,
reformers, wrestlers, inventors. The big four record labels and a slew
of independents have a base in Nashville that made it to number five
on Forbes’ 2013 list of Best Places for Business and Careers.
Globetrotting
ENTERTAINMENT
Tales
of horror and hope
An incisive short film that
premiered in Toronto bears testimony to a young Mumbai filmmaker’s
refusal to swim with the tide
Saibal Chatterjee
An
eight-minute Indian film on the horror of acid attacks, Newborns,
was among the more talked-about titles screened in the inaugural
International Short Cuts section of the 39th Toronto
International Film Festival. Made by 31-year-old screenwriter-director
Megha Ramaswamy, this was only a teaser cut of what will eventually be
an 80-minute documentary. But it provided an intriguing foretaste of a
refreshingly novel and stylised approach to a dark, disturbing theme.
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