A genie called gene

Kuljit Bains takes a look at genetic engineering, which has scientists, big business men and environmentalists at loggerheads.

• Tradition: Significance of tattooing amongst the Baigas, by Ruby Gupta
• Mirroring the wider culture of the time, by Surinder Malhi
• You are what you think about, by T. G. L. Iyer
• Man bites a cobra, by I. M. Soni
• Saying bye to Vichitra Veena, by Vandana Shukla
• The varied shades of villainy, by M. L. Dhawan
• The individual's need for self-actualisation, by A. P. N. Pankaj
• Adventure: On the tigers' trail, opines Cookie Maini

• Interview: 'The borders are vanishing', Claude Blanchemaison tells Kuldip Dhiman
• Time off: Telling the tale of a voyage, by Manohar Malgonkar
• Laugh lines: The higher one goes, the lonelier it gets, by Amrita Dhingra
• Travel: Chocolates, Carnival, Culture, by Christoph Kohler
• Your option: Self-discipline at work, by Taru Bahl
• Garden life: Dual beauty specimen plant, observes Satish Narula
• Fitness: More the muscle, less the fat,says Anup Deb Nath
• Feedback: Merger of the martial and spiritual
• Film and TV: Into the world of desire-ridden lives, by Mukesh Khosla
• Bollywood bhelpuri: Spotlight on Rinke Khanna, by Madhur Mittal