Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Teaching them to sing their way out of trouble
With a federal grant and donated building, the Addicts Rehabilitation Center houses about 400 recovering drug addicts and several dozen aids patients. Three dozen men and women are recovering from cocaine, heroin and alcohol abuse at this Center. They are the addicts rehabilitation choir, and the music and the faith it embraces keep them focused on the war they wage each day to stay straight.
Roving Eye
Intel threw a mega bash at the Oberoi last Wednesday to announce its tie-up with Ketan Mehta's Maya Magic Shop and the launch of the Intel Centre for Advance Cinematics. The Centre was inaugurated by John E Davies, Vice President, Intel Asia Pacific. And there was a line-up of celebrities who graced the occasion.
Mayans exhale rings of mysticism
The one popularly known use of tobacco is either for smoking or eating, a form of addiction. However, for the people residing in Honduras, tobacco has various uses - to conquer love, put spells on people, win battles and even make requests to the gods!
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