The Weekend Leaderhttp://www.theweekendleader.com/The Latest news from The Weekend Leader(www.theweekendleader.com)en2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00theweekendleaderhttp://feedburner.google.comSearch for truthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/7Jkj_SiHEdk/Search-for-truth.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00Two Tamil activists, Yogi Yogaratnam and V Balakumaran, are in secret custody of the Lankan government, according to a British Tamils Forum activist, who spoke to Radhika Giri recently<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/7Jkj_SiHEdk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Causes/994/Search-for-truth.htmlHaute politicshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/JLMk7Pn_xkU/Haute-politics.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00The latest elections in many States have thrown up a new crop of contestants, who are a far cry from conventional politicos. Puja Awasthi finds Indian politics poised for a dramatic overhaul<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/JLMk7Pn_xkU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Dreams/989/Haute-politics.htmlHouse collectionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/18q95AACU20/House-collection.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00Pained at the destruction of traditional houses, Vijayanath Shenoy started ‘collecting' them. His love for heritage has been documented by Anita Pratap in prose and Mahesh Bhat in pictures<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/18q95AACU20" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/990/House-collection.htmlSimple livinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/RebqftpwJc0/Simple-living.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00The eponymous Himalayan Farm Project has no electricity but is heaven on earth for visitors and volunteers. Some stay for a week but some live there for longer durations, says Shikha Nehra<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/RebqftpwJc0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Nature/991/Simple-living.htmlNo child’s playhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/XN8N5H-wkOY/No-child’s-play.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00The government’s Bal Bandhu programme is making waves in many backward regions by ensuring that child rights are not violated. Swapna Majumdar finds out how young girls like Sunila work in their community, amidst conflict, fear and uncertainty
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/XN8N5H-wkOY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/992/No-child’s-play.htmlBlog powerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/UJGX23_i5L8/Blog-power.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00Actor Amitabh Bachchan uses his own ‘media’ power, his blog, to hit back at the paparazzi for blocking his car as he left the SevenHills Hospital in Mumbai Thursday evening after a surgery<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/UJGX23_i5L8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/993/Blog-power.htmlPrice of crimehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/5Buxr1LOWt4/Price-of-crime.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00In a midnight gunbattle in Chennai that reportedly lasted for an hour, Tamil Nadu police shot dead five - including 4 from W. Bengal - suspected to be involved in two recent robberies<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/5Buxr1LOWt4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/987/Price-of-crime.htmlDon’t be gay!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/hB2j9i1ciZk/Don’t-be-gay!.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00The union home ministry takes the fight into the gay camp as it tells the Supreme Court that Section 377 of the IPC is needed to check cases of child sex abuse and other unnatural offences<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/hB2j9i1ciZk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/988/Don’t-be-gay!.htmlBed of roseshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/HjZ5T5JKWj4/Bed-of-roses.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00Chandigarh is set to host its 40th annual Rose Festival at the 30-acre Rose Garden, which has nearly 40,000 rose plants of over 800 rose species from all over the world, says Jaideep Sarin<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/HjZ5T5JKWj4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Culture/986/Bed-of-roses.htmlNo comic stuffhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/0d3KSoqkqz4/No-comic-stuff.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00Former political cartoonist Sharad Sharma’s comics movement seeks to empower the rural population by teaching them to express their problems through comic strips, says Nikhil Walia<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theweekendleader/~4/0d3KSoqkqz4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.theweekendleader.com/Crusade/985/No-comic-stuff.htmlKnow your strengthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theweekendleader/~3/69gkqBg1ldU/Know-your-strength.html2012-02-26T22:30:01-08:00There are seven forms of human intelligence. Find out what is yours and focus on it to be successful and happy, says Rekha Shetty, in her advice to the youth and parents
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