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Friday, May 16, 2008
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DNA
Sustainable solutions: Check dams stall river water, and help maintain the water table in nearby areas | Read
SLIDESHOW
Who's who on Sex and the City
Here's a guide to the four stars of the hit show.
ASTROLOGY
LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 22)
Try not to promise more than you can deliver, if you are feeling generous. Your need for security may be pushing you one way, and your desire for extravagance is pulling you in the other. You seem to be pointing in opposite directions at once. But you do want to be solidly protected, and are tempted to feed your body with things that feel good, smell good and taste good. That never comes cheap.
Managing water: Learning from ourselves
Experts agree that improving the management of our existing water resources is more critical than ever before.
A tale of two Indias
In the form of a series of letters to the Chinese Premier, Adiga’s novel, the first-person narrative of a rickshaw-puller’s son, seeks close acquaintance with a social class.
Mahabharata through Draupadi’s eyes
In The Palace Of Illusions, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni sets aside her usual brand of exotic realism and attempts to show us the world of the Mahabharata through Draupadi’s eyes.
The 29th day
Try this quiz: Weeds in a garden are doubling every day. After 29 days, half the garden is overgrown with weeds.
What lies beneath the skin of everyday life
There’s been a load of humbug written about how Jhumpa Lahiri’s stories are about the ‘diasporic experience’.
The war between Babylon and Disneyland
Sayed is at the forefront of the resistance movement against the US in Baghdad. With a shop for electronics as his front, he smuggles out bombs in television sets.
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