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Waiting for the TRAIN of Hope
The Cochin Harbour Terminus Railway Station lies forgotten with a single train gracing its platform. HEMJIT BHARATHAN remembers its glorious days.
Fitness

Measuring exertion
It pays to make an assessment of how much you exert while exercising.
Lifestyle

JEANS are FOREVER
Like the sari, jeans never go out of fashion. Instead it gets better with more add-ons, discovers SYEDA FARIDA.
Arts & Crafts

Breathing life into stone
FOR KAILASAN, 42, and his family, the gods have helped them earn their daily bread for years. A sculptor, Kailasan has earned a reputation for his brilliant craftsmanship and his skill in carving out images of gods from granite. He often dabbles ...
Cinema

New age women
A PARADIGM shift is taking place in the ethos of Indian cinema and heroines are defying reel life stereotypes. The Rani Mukherjee-Saif Ali Khan starrer "Hum Tum" is a super hit, especially in the metros. Here Rhea is a widow in designer wear ...


Kerala bound
THE BANGALORE-BASED Priya Mani, who made her debut in Bharathiraaja's "Kangalal Kaithu Sei," plays the heroine opposite Dhanush in Balu Mahendra's "Athu Oru Kana Kalam" which is nearing completion. Now this model-turned-actress is hot among ...
The great escape
THERE IS a belief in North India that some Indian soldiers are still Prisoners Of War (POWs) in Pakistani jails after the last official war in 1971. So Bollywood director Milan Luthria has made a film "Deewar" based on these assumptions of ...
An epic drama
`TROY' IS an adaptation of Homer's `Illiad' and the film follows the assault on Troy by a united Greek force and chronicles the fate of the men involved. The highlight of the film is the awe inspiring star cast. In the lead role of Achilles, Brad ...
Music

Storming the male bastion
BORN INTO a family with a rich tradition of Carnatic music, it was quite natural for Radhika Krishna Iyer to dream about a career in music. She wanted to teach music like her aunt, Sreekanteswaram Saraswathy Ammal, vocalist and teacher at the ...
Chords & Notes
THERE'S SOMETHING haunting about Abida Parveen's voice. You can't help being entranced by her robust, untamed and unabashed singing. This queen of mystical singing, one of the most outstanding contemporary exponents of the ghazal and sufi ...
Sport

In Olympic spirit
Ex-Olympian Syed Abdus Salam laments the plummeting standards of football in India and emphasises the need for its revival in a tete-e-tete with ABHIJIT SEN GUPTA.
Eating Out

Kandy calling
Get a taste of authentic Sri Lankan cuisine at the ongoing food festival .
Green Notes

Border beauty
Duranta makes a perfect lining to your compound wall or a border to your outdoor garden.
Shopping

Get it now
KOCHI FOLKS who have been running from pillar to post for a phone number can relax now. GETIT Infomediary Limited, have just launched 2004 GETIT Yellow Ernakulam. The 2004 Getit Yellow Pages contains amongst other details, updated tourist ...
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