July 22, 2004

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Begging on the streets The street kids and assorted street elders, found at the crossroads, milk the commuter, using guilt as their weapon of choice. Guilt is a formidable and primary ‘weapon’ that the street people use with devastating effect in this psychological war....		Change for the better There are some people who love change and there are those who hate it. Change is always for the best, the wise ones say, though it might not appear to be...
Media violence and children The media has an enormous influence on people, specially children. Kids can be heard humming jingles, acting like their favourite hero or dressing up like their favourite heroine, or imitating fights in movies. While sitting at home...		The great divide Half an hour before sunset large numbers of people started streaming into Wagah, the border with India near Lahore. Pakistanis from Lahore and their visitors, including several foreigners, parked their cars and went through an arched entrance...
Invisible hands at work Home-based work constitutes the most important source of women’s employment after agriculture, world-wide. The term ‘home work’ means work that is carried out by a person, a home-worker, in his or her home or on other premises...		A whole ring Body-piercing is becoming more and more popular with each passing day. Some do it for fun and some just to be part of the ‘in’ crowd. It began as an African tradition which spread to the West and became a fashion with young people....
The king of fruits The mango is known as the king of fruits or the fruit of kings due to its excellent flavour. The name mango is derived from the Tamil man-kay or man-gay which was changed to manga by the Portuguese when they settled in western India...		Marital aspirations I'm not going to put myself through the ordeal of the tea-tray bit!” my 18-year-old cousin exclaims with a toss of her coal-black hair. ”I'm going to meet a guy on my own, fall in love and that's that. No arranged marriage for me, no siree....
Pain in the neck I’ve begun to believe in medical karma. Essentially, it’s a what-goes-around-comes-around-in-casualty philosophy, the central tenet of which is that if you mock someone else’s affliction, you will end up a sufferer yourself. It sounds far fetched...		Low platelet count Q :I would like to tell you my story, which begins with the dentist. He had to perform some routine dental work on me, and my gums started bleeding. He applied...
Working with nature No matter in which area of the country you reside be it city or village, desert or mountain, if you pay attention, you will soon realize that mother nature is right there with you in one guise or another....		Eight days A week Writer Charlie Kauffman is the guy behind two of the most inventive and original movies of the last few years, Being John Malkovich and Adaptation (a recent vintage — if you’ve never seen it, drop everything, rush out and get it right now...
Social stigma With reference to ‘A perverted society’ (TR, July 8), child molestation is a different thing, but I don’t think the inefficiency of our law enforcement and legal system is the only...		Tasty sandwiches Roll sandwich Ingredients: 1 cup boiled and shredded chicken 4-5 bread slices 1/4 cup ketchup green chutney tomato slices for garnishing...