The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai : Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Crocker’s call
Crocker, a game unique to Don Bosco School, Egmore, is seeing a revival, thanks to the past pupils of the school. PRINCE FREDERICK reports

Columns

Hard rock’s sleaze act
Slade changed the English language

VOICE YOUR VIEWS -- WHAT WOMEN WANT - DEEPA ALEXANDER
Inadequate laws against child abuse

Incest is largely unacknowledged in India even though the country tops the list of incestuous crimes. Those who witness it including mothers are afraid to take any action as it means attacking their own families. Inadequate and outdated laws, ...

Stringent punishment
Todays’ children are exposed to physical, sexual or emotional abuse. The environment which should nourish and foster the development of children, like the home and the school perpetuates abuse against children and these instances are ...

A human rights violation
Dr. JAYANTHINI, M.D. DPM Head, Child Guidance Clinic, Institute of Child Health and Government Hospital for Children

Child comes first

Education, the answer
Workshops should focus on educating people about the effects of child abuse and training should be provided in prevention, identification of abuse victims, sensitivity to the victim and his/her family members. Information regarding public and ...

Every child is vulnerable
VIDYA REDDY and NANCY, Tulir-Centre for Prevention and Healing of Child Sex Abuse

Cinema

Real voices
Directors Jocelyne Saab and Fareeda Mehta feel that films can work as a wake up call to women

Gender

Sisters in arms
Sisterhood continues to be purposeful, strong and able to change to take on new shapes, says KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH

Just Joking

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, ...

The Mush Register

When I was in charge of the maternity wing at the Rajapalayam General Hospital, our daughter Shilpa (aged 9 then) would drop in regularly. Charmed by the newborns, she would say, “Mama, we should have a baby in our house!” Our son ...

Mars & Venus

The right story
Social activist Aruna Roy on how she connects with rural women

BEAUTY BASICS -- BLOSSOM KOCHCHAR
Feet first!
Give yourselves happy and pretty feet. Here’s how

Matrimonial web portal
Nagaratharkalyanam.com is a Nagarathar matrimonial web portal, a platform that connects the Nagarathar community. It is a web portal committed to offering quality matrimonial services to the community. Currently, registration is free and ...

Music

This Pudding tastes great
Fourteen young women from Yale University treated audiences across the country with their special brand of a cappella music

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Fast and curious
He might be too hot to handle across 22 yards, but across the table, Shane Bond is a gentleman

Food

Quick and easy
Here’s how to make Thai food at home

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The love of lace
Lace, the ultimate wispy, buoyant ode to femininity makes a comeback on ramps across the globe

Events

And the winners are…
Three out of eight finalists emerged winners at SS Music’s VJ Factor 3

Synergy of colour and sound
‘Art and Paradox’ was a fusion of art, theatre and music

Justice to a courtroom classic
LTS won accolades for their annual production

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