Danger -- drought ahead
MAX MARTIN pieces together a drought map of India. And things could only get worse by summer. The century’s worst drought last year left a trail of devastation that continues till date in some of the poorest areas of India.



Trust our immune system
The end of the Cold War threatened to put three industries out of business — arms exports, espionage and spy fiction. The first two have already suffered grievously. The spy fiction writers, however, are surviving, inventing newer conflicts and enemies, the good and the bad guys.



Why China did it (and we didn’t)
Hua Lijun owns a most decidedly unfashionable pair of thick black reading glasses, and when she puts them on she has no trouble at all threading a needle. Still, she mutters constantly about her poor eyesight.



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