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People | CLOSE-UP Dec 2, 2007

Dalai Lama: Ocean of wit and wisdoms

by Raju Thakrar

Lhamo Thondup was born on July 6, 1935 in Taktster, a small village in the Amdo region of northeast Tibet. But neither his parents — farmers who grew barley, buckwheat and potatoes — nor his three elder brothers and one elder sister (a younger ...

Life | CLOSE-UP Nov 4, 2007

Sue Palmer: The kids are not OK, top educator warns

by Tomoko Otake

To a growing legion of educated, enlightened and empowered mothers in Japan and abroad, Sue Palmer's advice on how to bring up children might sound — if not heard in context — too old-fashioned, too alarmist or even maybe too naive to prepare their ...