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A view of the fort, which has inside it residential quarters, temples, hotels and markets.-

Fort full of life

MENTION the word fort and the images that come to mind are all too common elaborate histories; kings, queens and palace intrigues; battle-worn warrio

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Fort full of life

MENTION the word fort and the images that come to mind are all too common elaborate histories; kings, queens and palace intrigues; battle-worn warrio

TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: PANKAJ SEKHSARIA

Geert Somsen at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.-GEERT SOMSEN

Politics of science

GEERT SOMSEN is a historian of science with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He currently directs

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Tilt and turmoil in the Andamans

The earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 caused huge changes in the coastal systems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Picking up the threads

Life in Little Andaman, eight months after it was struck by the tsunami.

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The Onges, the nomadic hunters of Little Andaman.-BITTU SEGHAL

The spirit of the Onges

LITTLE ANDAMAN, the southern most island in the Andaman group, is clothed in some of the finest tropical evergreen rainforests. It has magnificent cre

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Outsiders in their own forests

The process of the marginalisation of the indigenous Jarawa community continues unabated in the Andaman islands.

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Policy on the Jarawas

Andaman & Nicobar Gazette

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Andamans' agony

AS the crow flies, Great Nicobar, the southern-most island in the Andaman and Nicobar group, is only about 150 km from Aceh in Sumatra, the epicentre

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To save an archipelago

The Supreme Court issues landmark orders to ensure the preservation of the threatened rainforests and environment of the fragile Andaman and Nicobar I

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Logging off, for now

The curbs imposed by the Supreme Court on the felling of naturally grown trees and other forestry-related activities in the Andaman and Nicobar Island

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Delivering the Jarawas

For the Jarawa tribal population of the Andaman islands, a court order brings hope of protection from the "civilised" world.

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