The Hindu :Sunday, September 08, 2002

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The spasms of 9/11
Somewhere at the back of our minds is the knowledge that stunned us on 9/11 — knowledge about how America is seen, about how our democracies are vulnerable, and about what we are capable of at our very best — or worst — individually and collectively. Because September 11 is still one of a kind, people perceive it to be what they want — an invasion, a crime or a statement. But what about the American response? ILIJA TROJANOW and RANJIT HOSKOTE´ write about it all.

Focus

Placebo for pain
September 11 was all about a medieval penchant for present pain as a cure for future pain, or `pain as cure', justified in their own ways both by those who were affected and by those responsible for the terror. But pain can never be a cure for pain, says TABISH KHAIR.

REFLECTIONS

Down but not out
It is now a year since the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. LAKSHMI VISHWANATHAN finds that the city's vibrant spirit has helped it emerge stronger than before.

MUSIC

Salute to the spirit of survival
Seven years after his last album, Bruce Springsteen is back. `The Rising' is a tribute to life and survival especially as it comes one year after the Twin Towers tragedy. UMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTA reviews the album.

LIFE
Dying for love
Romeo and Juliet, Salim and Anarkali ... there are many such tragic love stories. And the moral police continue their stern watch. Yet there are some bright spots, writes GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN.

Environment

NATURE
Drama, the buzz-word here
Welcome to a world far more savage than ours, says RANJIT LAL.

Columns

FIRST STRIKE By Anil Dharker Bellicose patriotism?		CAMBRIDGE LETTER By Bill Kirkman Rumours of war

THE OTHER HALF By Kalpana Sharma Kashmir's `steel magnolias'		MEDIA PULSE By Sevanti Ninan The other side

SLICE OF LIFE By V. Gangadhar It's all in the name		OUT OF MY MIND By Dom Moraes Poetic pyrotechnics

ON SECOND THOUGHT By Shari Caudron Befriending Barbie		FITNESS MATTERS Timing, the essence

Lifestyle

ART

Images without borders
`Borderless Terrain' which is centred around three groups of artists, opens tomorrow in New Delhi. Curated by Alka Pande, it will attempt to highlight issues that are at the forefront of artistic practice today, says ASHRAFI S. BHAGAT.

CINEMA

A `Summer' and a `Day'
"TOO much literature, too little cinema," said the film scholar. "Abrupt, discontinuous," declared the film maker. These were some of the reactions to Neil LaBute's version of British novelist A.S. Byatt's "Possession", the closing film at the ...

DESTINATION
Evergreen memories
REBECCA CHANDY gives a first-hand account of Kumarakom's metamorphosis.

Health

HEALTH WATCH

Understanding a woman's heart
When it comes to the heart, women are different from men. A rundown on major preventive factors and tips for the rest of the family by Dr. GEORGE THOMAS.

HERBAL EXPLORATIONS
Something to chew over
The Piper betel finds a place in the ayurvedic medicine chest.

Books

REVIEW

Emotional essays
Agnivesh and Thampu write with passion and vigour, but they don't do much to increase one's understanding about the madness that gripped Gujarat, says MUKUND PADMANABHAN.

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By Laurie Baum
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