Friday, January 1, 1999
All work & no play driving kids out of class
A great many of the 63 million children between the age of 6 and 14 playing hooky in Indian schools could be lured back to the class with games, drama, puppetry, music and similar strategies, educational experts suggest.
Cosmonauts on Mir ring in New Year with cognac
In keeping with tradition, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Avdeyev and Gennady Padalka will take a toast to the New Year in space. When the Kremlin clock strikes midnight, the cosmonauts will open a special thermos bottle containing 100 grams of cognac on the space station Mir.
Spreading the word the Majestic way
The gappas -- Marathi for chat -- are interviews, and the interest they have evoked over the last 15 years have almost made them one of the most eagerly awaited events in Mumbai's cultural calendar.
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