The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 02, 2002

Private health sector — Can it deliver?
Even as the private sector increases its investment in health, the question remains — who is going to attend to the masses, especially after a near-consensus between the Government and the private sector that the Indian healthcare system is ser iously under-performing with a combination of limited coverage and poor delivery? More

Funds paucity haunts AIDS prevention
DESPITE the considerable increase in funding for the prevention and care of HIV/AIDS, the resources still fall far short of the need. The Bill Gates donation of $100 million to the AIDS projects in India has drawn attention to this mismatch. ... More

In the safe hands...
One-and-half-year old Keerthi, a HIV-positive child, with Ms Nathaliya, a volunteer at the Freedom Foundation in Hyderabad. Unicef has structured a theme `Live and Let Live' on the World AIDS Day which aims to highlight the stigma and ... More

LIFESTYLE

For the bride
WeddingSutra.com, a wedding website in association with Lakme Levers has developed a new offering for its online audience — the Lakme Bridal Style — a wedding beauty and fashion resource. The micro site has an array of features that ... More

SHOPPING

Shop on the move
This mobile shopkeeper sells Jaipuri bedspreads. With rents and deposits for commercial establishments on the rise in Bangalore, he finds this arrangement more economical. ... More

ARTS & CRAFTS

Chalo Aurangabad
India abounds in rich cultural heritage, art and handicrafts, tradition but if one has to experience the, `Aura' of these, its time to head to the, `Aurangabad Festival' — a festival to showcase, promote and celebrate the rich local ... More

Hampi fest in January

MUSIC & DANCE

Steady stream of sponsors for Other Festival
FIVE years ago, two weeks before The Other Festival first threw open its doors, the main sponsor backed out because their demand for video and audio rights was not met. Frantic, co-founders Ms Anita Ratnam and Mr Ranvir Shah begged and besieged ... More

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