September 2004
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September 2004
Cover Story
Special Report
Leisure & Travel
Career Focus
Editorial
Mailbox
Education News
Education Briefs
Expert Comment
Institution Profile
Young Achievers
People
Natural Health
International News
Books
Cover Story
Cover Story
Children at risk: India's unsafe schools
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The mid-July fire tragedy in the obscure town of Kumbakonam (Tamil Nadu) which charred 93 boys and girls aged between six and ten years to death has seared the conscience of the nation. Out of the ashes of this unprecedented man-made tragedy has sprung the hope that the issue of appalling conditions in India's schools will be addressed and rectified
Special Report
Special Report
Science education on slippery path
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A Shanghai-based university's ranking of world universities has created a flutter in the groves of Indian academia. The highly-rated Indian Institute of Science and the IITs have been relegated to the bottom of the list, shattering the comfortable assumptions of Indian academics who pride themselves on having developed the world's second largest pool of scientists and technologists
Leisure & Travel
Leisure & Travel
Heart of India's coffee country
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Given its salubrious summer and fine winter climate, its neat and orderly coffee plantations and scenic country vistas, Coorg has emerged as a high-potential tourism destination
Career Focus
Career Focus
An aesthetically challenging profession
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Cosmetic surgery is a challenging and creative science which requires surgical skills, aesthetic sensibility and an understanding of the human psyche since patients also require psychological counselling