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Safe for how long? A tigress at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh.-ASHISH KOTHARI

Missing tigers

* January 2005: There are no tigers in the Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, says a report.

Drama within the Akademi

The Sangeet Natak Akademi becomes the scene of bitter wrangling between Chairperson Sonal Mansingh and those demanding her ouster.

PRACHI PINGLAY in New Delhi

Reaching out through the skies

Community radio arrives in rural India and begins to serve as a development tool, addressing issues of local concern, despite the absence of policy su

Beyond applause

Contributions, both big and small, pour in to finance the promotion campaign of Shwaas, India's official entry for the Oscar Awards.

PRACHI PINGLAY in New Delhi

Mike Pandey.-S. SUBRAMANIUM

Nature's film-maker

Documentary film-maker Mike Pandey wins the prestigious `Green Oscar' award for his movie The Vanishing Giants.

Tale of an undertrial

Jai Singh, a mentally ill person arrested on a charge of murder, has spent the past 28 years as an undertrial, much of the time in a mental hospital i

PRACHI PINGLAY SIDDHARTH NARRAIN in Ambala

The legal position

MENTALLY ill prisoners are often the most hapless victims of human rights violations. In 2000, they constituted around 0.1 per cent of the total priso

PRACHI PINGLAY SIDDHARTH NARRAIN

Reservoir of Indian literature

The Sahitya Akademi, the apex body which has made invaluable contribution to Indian literature, celebrates its 50th anniversary.

PRACHI PINGLAY in New Delhi

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