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January 1985

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Roots

Thus Flows the Ganga

Devapriyo

8

Reflections

Of Dung-Heaps,Diamonds and Ourselves

Dr.C.V.Devan Nair

12

Focus

The Birth of National Congress

Dr. M.N. Das

20

Short Story

Lights Out

Mangal Kothari

26

Short Story

Earthquake

Ruskin Bond

30

Short Story

Artist

Ashapurna Devi

42

Art

The Way of the Kathak

Ila and Prabhat Poddar

46

Phenomnea

 

 

51

Topic of Today

Tamils of Sri Lanka

N.S. Ramaswamy

52

Remembrance

Babu Rajendra Prasad

A. Randanatha

57

Mind

Conquest of True Happiness

Dr.Indra Sen

60

Body

Why We Should Exercise

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

62

Nature

Farewell to Feathered Guest

 

68

The Other Experience

Descent of a Great Soul

 From The Gospel of Sri Rama Krishna by Mahendranath Gupta. Translated from the Bengali by Swami Nikhilananda

70

Sports

The Spirit of Indian Cricket

N.S. Ramaswamy

72

Frontiers

Goa

Mario

76

Books  Yesterday……

 Dum Dum in The Monsoon

By Thomas Becon

 

78

Books Today…….

Revelations in Scraps of Paper:

Nirodbaran’s “Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo”

 

79

Humour

The General’s Grand Daughter

“M”

81

Humour

This Wide Wild World!

 

85

Novel

A Tiger at Twilight

Manoj Das

86

News

 

 

106

February 1985

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Roots

The Spirit of Himalayas

Svetoslav Rocrich

12

Crafts

The Karpur Saree

M. Reddeppa Naidu

16

Today’s Topic

Dowry

Padmalaya Das

22

An Episode to Remember

The Other “Indra”

Himansu Kumar Niyogi

28

The Other Experience

The Pair of Hands!

C C Dutta

34

Humor

A Clarion Call to Laughter

Y.M.Narasimha Murthy

36

Short Story

Ranga of the White Hill

Masti Venkatesa Iyengar

38

Autobiography

Pilpali Sahab

Mulk Raj Anand

44

Short Story

A Grain of Mustard Seed

Edith Pargeter

50

Short Story

Toils of Treatment

Parasuram( Rajsekhar Basu)

54

Reflections

The Epidemic of Insanity

N.C. Surya

62

Horizons

Moulding the Future

B. Viswanatha Reddi

66

Mind

Leisure: Its Value and Enjoyment

Dr. H. Maheshwari

70

Body

Health, Work & Exercise

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

76

Sports

Hockey

N.S. Ramaswami

80

Sports

Looking from the Ruins-For a Hopeful Tomorrow

Sunil Gavaskar

82

Phenomena

 

 

84

Humour

 

 

85

Remembrance

The Thousandth Anniversary of a Corporation

N.S. Ramaswami

86

Nature

Message of the Butterfly

 

 

Books   Yesterday…

The Obstinate Ghost! 

By William Henry Sleeman

 

92

Books Today….

The Isle of Bliss

By Carmel Berkson

 

93

Novelette

Kuppan the Dwarf

Maggi Lidchi

94

News

 

 

106

March 1985

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Frontiers

A Journey into Spiti

Anand R. Kundaji

12

Focus

Tribal Attitude to Love and Death

Sitakant Mahapatra

18

The Genius

Meet the World’s First Plastic and Eye Surgeon

Dr. K P Misra

23

Reflections

The Lesson from the Dieties

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

27

Today’s Topic

Taxation-Past and Present

Vidura

30

Short Story

A Beam of Moonlight

K S Duggal

34

Short Story

Getting Granny’s Glasses

Ruskin Bond

38

Short Story

The Perfect Doughnut

Dr. Malavika Kapur

44

Mind

How Much Am I Myself?

Devapriyo

48

Body

Postures and Exercise

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

51

Roots

Sanchi and The Great Stupa

N.S. Ramaswami

54

Nature

The Tiger

S.G.Neginhal

62

Arts

The Tamil Theatre Through the Ages

Randor Guy

68

Humour

Why is the Bandage on the Foot?

Frigory Gorin

74

The Other Experience

Journey with the Subtle Body (on Ramana Maharshi)

 

76

Phenomena

 

 

79

Abridged Novel

And One Did Not Come Back

K. A. Abbas

80

April 1985

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Reflections

The Luminous Nature of the Mind

H.H. The Dalai Lama

10

Roots

Hampi:The Glory of Vijayanagara in Ruins

Vasundhara Filliozat

12

Frontiers

Smiles of Gods

Devapriyo

22

 

A Dialogue with The Dalai Lama

 

27

Today’s Topic

Bandung Spirit

Manoj Das

30

Focus

Growth of the National Congress

Dr. M.N. Das

34

Arts

Iconography

M Reddepa Naidu

40

The Other Experience

Two Visions and a Dream

 Sister Nivedita in “The Master as I Saw Him”

46

Sports

Kabaddi

Matri Prasad

49

Remembrance

The Miracle at Bom Jesus

Wilfred C.Pinto

50

Short Stories

The Rivals

Palagummi Padmaraju

54

Short Stories

The Women

Prapanjan

58

Short Story

A Cry in the Wilderness

Kalindi Charan Panigrahi

62

Short Story

In Search of the Jungle

Jainendra Kumar

66

Mind

Anger

Dr. N.C. Surya

70

Body

Principles of correct postures

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

74

Nature

Birds of Prey

Rita Ganguly

76

Books Yesterday….

“Old Deccan Days” by M.Frere

 

 

Books Today….

“India is One” by Vijay

 

 

Novelette

The Dusky Horizon

Manoj Das

80

Humour

Bhola-Grandpa and the Tiger

 “M”

94

Cartoons

The Wide Wild World!

 

96

Phenomena

 

 

97

News

 

 

98

May 1985

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Fables and Parables for Adults

 The Stranger Under the Tree and Four Travellers (Based on Sri Ramakrishna’s anecdote)

Retold by Vindusar 

10

Arts

Odissi Dance

Dr. Priyambada Mohanty-Hehmadi

12

Roots

Varanasi

Matriprasad

18

Mythology

Sita and Savitri

Manoj Das

28

Reflections

Vedanta for Today and For Ever

Dr. Karan Singh

32

Nature

Whittling Through an African Safari

Mrs. Chitra Ranganathan

36

Frontiers

Mandu: Romance in Ruins

Swapna Dutta

40

Remembrance

C.V.Raman:The Scientist
who was Inspired by Beauty

A. Ranganathan

36

Sports

Tennis: The Grame Aristoratic

N.S. Ramaswami

48

Body

Pause Exercise

Pranab Kumar Bhattachrya

50

Mind

The Art of Living

M.P.Pandit

53

Phenomena

 

 

57

Other Experience

Phantom Hunter

 The Mother

58

Short Story

Survey Stone

Uroob

61

Short Story

The Boss Came to Dinner

Bisham Sahni

66

Shorty Story

Passing Sentence

Jug Suraiya

70

Today’s Topic

Man and Nature

Dr. Sisir Kumar Ghose

76

Book Supplement

Whom God Protects

(Dramatic but True Story of Mystic Life)

Pramode Kumar Chatterjee

80

Humour

After the Sunset

 “M”

96

News

 

 

98

June 1985

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Reflections

The New Humanity

Nolini Kanta Gupta

10

Arts

Yakshagana Theatre of Karnataka

Dr. K.S.Karanth

12

The Little Known India

A Shrine for Rats

 

16

Focus

Makers of Indian Civilizations

Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat

20

Fables and Parables for Adults

While the Lord Waits-
Based on Parables from Sri Ramakrishna

Retold by Vindusar

26

Roots

The Birthplace of Adi Sankara

Ranjan K.Gupta

28

Today’s Topic

Violence in the Academies

K.R.Ramachandran Nair

34

Remembrance

Charles Philip Brown

D. Anjaneyulu

39

Health

A Matter of the Heart

Dr.K.P.Misra

42

Mind

The Art of Dying

M.P.Pandit

46

Nature

The Elephant

V.Ananda Reddy

52

Short Story

Light Boy

Edith Pargeter

58

Short Story

The Shaddock

Manoje Basu

66

Short Story

The Fence

Ashokamitran

70

Sports

The First Olympics

Lionel Casson

74

The Other Experience

Face to Face with the Spirit of Storm

Gurudas Banerjee

80

Novelette

The Shepherd

Shafaq Ahmed

82

Literary Panorama

D.H.Lawrence-A Birth centenary tribute

 

90

Phenomena

 

 

94

Cartoons

The Wide Wild World!

 

95

Humour

The Sad Story of a Lost Memory

F.R.Barratt

96

News

 

 

98

July 1985

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Poetry

 Invitaion

Sri Autobindo 

10

Poetry

The Queen’s Rival

Sarojini Naidu

11

Roots

Badrinath and Kedarnath

R Jagannath

12

Arts

A heritage gliding into future: Nritta Karanas

Padma subramanyam

18

The little known India

The fort of Gingee

Pranab kumar Bhattachrya
and Marti Prasad

23

Fables and Parables for Adults

 A Secret Revealed

(Based on the Anecdote by Swami Rama Tirtha)

Retold by Vindusar

28

An Episode to remember:

The hand that snatched away the glasses

Dr Dillip Dutta

29

Remembrance

Sri Ramkrishna:His universial appeal

Swami Ranganathananda

30

Today’s topic

A perspective on youth

Asther Patel

34

Focus

Man and Management

Dr G P Gupta

38

Special feature

The comet of the century

Dr Debakanta Mishra

41

Nature

The crocodile

TSN Murthy

44

Reflections

Was there an Aryan invasion of India

K D Sethna

48

Mythology

A Vedic story

Nolini Kanta Gupta

54

Mind

Bhava Japa

Dr N C Surya

56

Short Story

Father Samuel

Chandrasekhar Ratha

60

Short Story

The house that uncle built

Bibhuti Bhushan Bhandopadhyaya

66

Short Story

The Lost Toys

N Bhattacharya

70

Body

Dund and Baithak

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

73

Sports

Badminton

N S Ramaswami

76

Humor

White slave traffic

Benjamin Jacobson

78

Phenimena

 

 

81

Literary Panorama

Prison Literature

A Ranganathan

82

Novelette

Amidst the head hunters of Boreno-
Book Supplement

Phani Majumdar

84

News

 

 

98

August 1985

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Fables and Parables for Adults

Who has Renounced Wealth and Happiness

(Based on anecdote by Swami Rama Tirtha)

 

 Retold by Vindusar

10

 

The song Sublime

 

11

Roots

Kancheepuram

N S Ramswami

12

Frontiers

Heritage of India in America

 

18

The Little known India

The Hidden Valley of Homekund

Bill Aitken

20

Arts

Shadow Theater-The Ancient Movie

Jiwan Pani

24

Focus

Emergence of Gandhi in National Politics

Dr M N das

28

Reflections

Vision of India

Dr K R srinivas Iyengar

32

 Special Independence Day Future

Early Uprisings Against the British Rule

Manoj Das

36

A glimpse of the Historic Surat Congress

The Congress is Dead-Long live the Congress

Devapriyo

43

Festival

Teez-The Monsoon Festical

Tripti Pandey

46

Short Story

Jintendra The Protector

Maggi Lidchi

50

Short Story

The Only American from Our Village

Arun Joshi

56

Short Story

The Nayanpur Express

Surendra Mohanty

60

Short Story

The Restraining Clasp

Sarab Alhuwalia

64

The other experience

The force that caught hold of the Pilot’s Wrist

 From “Yogi Sri Krishnaprem” by Dillip Kumar Roy

67

Mind

The seeker after happiness

Devapriyo

68

Health

Self-Medication and Imaginary Disease

Dr.B P Dutta

70

Sports

Chess

NS Ramaswami

72

Phenomena

 

 

74

Cartoon

 

 

75

Nature

The Pelicans:The Magnificent Water-Birds

R.S. Dayanand

76

Novelette

I have not forgotten

Manoje Bosu

80

Literary Panorama

The King’s English and The Would-Be  Kings

 

94

Books

 Mountbatten: The Official Biography by Philip Ziegler

 

96

News

 

 

98

September 1985

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Poetry

 Peace

Swami Vivekananda 

10

Poetry

What is Truth

K.D.Sethna

 

Fables and Parables for Adults

 A Dog’s War

(Based on an anecdote of Swami Rama Tirtha)

Retold by Vindusar 

11

Roots

The splendour of Ellora caves

R Sengupta

12

Nature

Moods and Melodies of sunrise and sunset

 

20

Crafts

The Art plates of Tanjore

Devi Krishnan

24

Today’s topic

Growing Up

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

 

Congress centenary Article

Myth exploded

Dr Harekrushna Mahatab

33

Body

Good Postures

Pranab Kumar Bhattachrya

38

Little Known India

The Reincernate Rinpcche

Allam Srinivas

42

The Other Experience

The Yogi and the Tiger

 Swami Rama

47

Books

Himalaya :Encounters with Eternity

Ashvin Mehta

48

Short Story

Major Thomsons Ruins

Ram Kumar

50

Short Story

The Real Patient

Pannalal Patel

58

Short Story

The Blood

P Raja

62

Mind

Magical Moments

JB Priestley

66

Phenomena

 

 

73

Humour

 

 

74

Focus

How did the World War II Begin ?

M D Gopalrathnam

68

Horizons

Journey into "The Morning of the world" Bali

Manoj Das

76

Novelete

Waiting for sunrise

Himanshu Joshi

82

Literary Panorama

 

 

96

News

 

 

98

October 1985

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Fables and Parables for Adults

 Erudition at Midstream

(Based on an Anecdote narrated by Sri Ramakrishna)

Retold by Vindusar 

10

Little Known India

Pushkar

Tripti Pandey

11

Roots

Where Rivers Meet

Ruskin Bond

14

Nature

Lion the Majestic Beast

V Ananda Reddy

18

Crafts

Tie and Die Art of Western Orissa

Keshab Chandra Nathur

23

Remembrance

Neheru through Sankar's Brush

 

28

Reflections

My Indian Heritage

Dr N C Surya

32

Body and Mind

The Only Way to Overcome Worry

The Mother

36

Special feature

Antiquity of Science and Technology

Monisha Bob

38

Literary Panorama

 

 

42

Special feature

The Heroine of Indian Science

Dr Debakanta Mishra

43

Museums and Archives of India

The National Museum in New Delhi

NR Banerjee

46

Short Story

The Fragrance of a Primitive Night

Phanishwarnath 'RENU'

52

Short Story

The Rain-Machine

K A Abbas

57

Fiction

The Chess Master and His Moves

Raja Rao

62

Health

Tobacco the Terrible

Dr. B.D. Bisht

66

Arts

The Ultimate Principle of Music

Dr Suresh Dey

69

Short Story

The Wrong Heaven

Rabindranath Tagore

72

The Other Experience

Man and Animal birth

MP Pandit

74

Tradition

DEPAS: Their Significance in Indian Culture

Devi Krishnan

76

Novelette

The Bulldozers

Manoj Das

80

November 1985

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Roots

Puri and Lord Jagannath

Sarat Chandra

10

Arts

The Way of the Kuchipudi

Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao

17

Little Known India

Architectural Splendour of Modhera

Surendra Sahai

22

The Other Experience

In Mysterious Void With Eyes Open

(Based on Life of Swami Vivekananda)

 

27

Congress Centenary Article

The Prodigious leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Dr M N das

28

 Congress Centenary Special Feature

The Last Battle

Sister Nivedita

32

Focus

How did the World War II end?

M D Gopalrathnam

36

Mind

On Stress

Dr K P Mishra

40

Todays topic

The Unique Heritage of the Sikh Gurus

Dr.  K. R. Srinivas Iyengar

44

Short Story

Cricket Fever

Ruskin Bond

48

Short Story

The Last day

GS Balkrishnan

55

Short Story

The submerged valley

Manoj Das

58

Short Story

Ebb Tide

Del Manuel

62

Reflections

Matter as Dense Thought

M P Pandit

66

Festival

Dusserah with a Difference

Devapriyo

68

Fables and Parables for Adults

 Based on an Anecdote to by Swami Vivekananda

Retold by Vindusar 

70

Books

Righteous Rama: The Evolution  of an Epic

By J.L.Brockington

 

 

Humour

Laughs From Old China

 

 

Nature

Monal-The Himalayan Pheasant

Snehal S Patel

72

Literary Panorama

Universities in Ancient India

Shamsuddin

76

Body

Good Postures

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya

78

Phenomena

 

 

80

Book Feature

The Great Escape

Sisir K Bose

81

The News

 

 

98

December 1985

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Poetry

If I Return

Premananda Mitra

10

Poetry

Nesome

D.V. Krishna Sastri

10

Roots

Gauhati: The Light of the East

Dr M L Bose

12

Christmas Feature

The Twilight of Christianity in India

Sunanda Reddy

17

Nature

Splendour Beneath the Waves

Geeta Dolllia

22

Arts

Hanuman and Indian Traditional Theatre

Jiwan Pani

26

Fables and Parables for Adults

 The Fasting Devotees

(Based on an Anecdote of Sri Ramakrishna)

Retold by Vindusar 

31

The Other Experience

Can One See Without Eyes

Devapriyo

32

Reflections

Beyond the Darkness

Dr Karan Singh

34

Congress centenary Article

India wins Independence:
The tragic politics of Divide and Quit

Dr. M. N. Das

36

Special Feature

Indian Police uniform through the ages

B V Ranganath

43

Focus

The Oraons

A. R. H. Bulu Imam

48

Body and Mind

Sleep: “The Chief Nourisher of Life's Feast”

Dr Dillip Dutta

54

Short Story

Bani: My Mother

Tarashankar Bandhopadhya

57

Short Story

The Valley of the Gods

R.  Jagannath

59

Short Story

The Focus Man

Chaudhury Hemakanta Mishra

62

Humor

Luck

Mark Twain

67

Tradition

The Devadasi of Lord Jagannath

Dr Ilena Citaristi

70

Novelette

The Alien Heart

Kartar Singh Duggal

74

Literary Panorama

The Discovery of Ramanujans 'Lost Notebook'

A. Ranganathan

96