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...conservative estimate). India is not a rich country and has a large vegetarian population, but we slaughter a large number of other animals. Yes, it is not only the big cats but many other living creatures that are in danger of extinction. Man is the cruelest predator of all. Som Sharma Gurgaon, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...estimate). India is not a rich country and has a large vegetarian population, but we also slaughter a large number of other animals. Yes, it is not only the big cats but many other living creatures that are in danger of extinction. Man is the cruelest predator of all. Som Sharma Gurgaon, India Since the tiger is India's national animal, I feel especially sad that it is threatened. There were nearly 40,000 tigers on the subcontinent at the turn of the 20th century, but today there are only 3,200 to 4,500. The British and others relentlessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/12/2004 | See Source »

Some go to resorts for poolside rest and cocktail-fueled recreation; others go for health treatments and stress-busting massages. Now, Chiva-Som, the renowned destination spa in Hua Hin, Thailand, is offering one-off "pre-conception retreats," starting over the period Aug. 24-28, to couples who want to begin a family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Check In | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...pilgrimage to an ancient and holy mosque in the nearby town of Pattani. The next night Makasan found himself lining up outside the Thai military headquarters in Pattani to collect his father's corpse. Military officials described to Makasan how, together with 31 other men, six of them from Som, his father attacked a police checkpoint, killed two officers, then retreated inside the crumbling, red brick Krue Se mosque to launch a defiant stand against the might of the Thai military. When the automatic-weapon fire had ceased and the tear gas had cleared nine hours after the siege began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Jihad? | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...Thai government needs any further explanation for why men like Lukman are attracting an increasing number of recruits, it need only look at the village of Som. Last week, on the day of the killings, the Muslim residents gathered at the mosque and watched stone-faced as their dead?nine in total, six from the Krue Se mosque and three who allegedly raided a checkpoint in Mae Lan?returned in the back of pickup trucks. The corpses, wrapped in bloodstained sheets, were laid out on the tiled floor at the mosque entrance to be readied for burial. The villagers crowded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Jihad? | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

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