Media should play bigger role to promote tourism

Tourism is about people. So is news. People travel. People make news. The first thing I learned in the newsroom, 20 years ago, is that news is all about people. Tourism too is all about people. Thus, the topic ‘The media’s role in promoting tourism to enhance people-to-people contact in the SAARC region’ is a very appropriate one.

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Conquering body, mind and spirit

Most philosophers wax eloquent on the mind. Only a few of them say anything about the body. Some have even condemned the body in no uncertain terms. Is your body something to be despised? Can there be a mind without the body? On the other hand, can there be a body without a mind? All these are somewhat baffling questions to most of us.

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