Golden fears
Is this where our gastronomic future lies? In daffodils and bacteria spicing up the decidedly colourful platter of rice on our tables?



Barefaced in the Park
Satyamangalam forests -- the natural habitat of Veerappan, India's best known poacher -- may be a long way from Jim Corbett National Park in the new state of Uttaranchal, but it is home to the same beasts, it appears.



Chasing calamity
I discover a govt source-book on disaster management which informs me that Punjab's nodal agency for this task is the high-sounding Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Public Administration.



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