Deadly encounter
The recent incident of a tiger attack on visitors in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh exposes the forest department’s unpreparedness to handle such disasters, writes
 TEJ NARAYAN

Dancer with a difference
Anita Ratnam is a multifaceted personality who employs the language of dance to further social causes. G ULAGANATHAN introduces us to the dancer in the cultural and social activist who will be performing in Mysore today

Colouring the community
The Laban Centre in London is a shimmering arts centre committed to prove that dance is not an elite art form but an activity which should be available to all. VIOLET JOHNSTONE profiles the institute

Men & women 
ALL THAT GLITTERS

Dead but very much alive 
Trees, whether dead or alive, are very resourceful. SANJAY GUBBI highlights the usefulness of even ‘the dead and the fallen’

Between friends
The French Embassy in India is planning on a cultural exchange programme to promote Indo-French ties. PAMELA ANTIC reports

Staging wars
War has always been a favourite subject with playwrights, writes  VIJJAY NAIR as he analyses the use of war in theatre down the ages

Globe-trotter with a pen 
Pico Iyer is a writer who loves to write about something that he knows well about, or something he doesn’t know anything about.  UTPAL  BORPUJARI chats up the celebrated author

Chasing dreams
For Dr Mashelkar, life was no bed of roses. But his undaunted spirit to excel saw him earn laurels. CHOODIE SHIVARAM profiles the youngest Director General of CSIR

Call of friendship
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