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A PIOUS trip
T SARAVANAN meets a group of "American pilgrims" on a voyage of South India.
Books

Requiem for Arthur Miller
India, Miller believed, is the only hope for the family system, writes PARASURAM RAMAMOORTHI.
Health

The importance of boredom
A man of awareness never gets bored, writes V. IRAI ANBU.
Metromail

Metromail
I could not, simply believe it in the first instance, with an uncharitable doubt whether will it be an exaggerated one. No, it is not so, I could convince myself. For more than a quarter century, the couple have exhibited their matchless and ...
Voice Your Views : Hike in tatkal booking rates of train tickets

Responses to this column have overwhelming, as always. Hence more letters on the same topic will be published next week.


Personality

Living LEGEND
NOTED NOVELIST and Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Thoppil Mohamed Meeran is a living legend. His creative writing has been recognised by men of letters, both from within and outside the region. Tamil writers knew him as a fiction writer whose creative ...
Cinema

LAILA AND SNEHA TALK ABOUT MOVIES AND LIFE
`I've never managed to see a ghost'
Whoever said actresses cannot be friends? Ask Sneha and Laila. Meeting after a long gap - they last shot together for "Unnai Ninaithu" — they literally fall into each other's arms with joy. Laughter flows like music in the room as ...
Flying high
A WEEK before the Oscars, "The Aviator", a film with 11 Oscar nominations, opens in Chennai. It is a biopic depicting the early years of legendary Hollywood director and pioneer in aviation Howard Hughes, the eccentric Texas billionaire. Leonardo ...
A candyfloss romance
THERE WAS not a single Tamil release in the romance genre for the Valentine weekend. But on Valentine's Day, Bharath, the "new cool dude", launched his "February 14", directed by debutant S. P. Hosimin, a former assistant of Shankar. The film has ...
Riding piggyback
LAST YEAR, the box-office returns of three films A. M. Ratnam produced- "Ghilli", "7-G Rainbow Colony" in Tamil and "7-G Brindavan Colony" in Telugu, according to trade sources, crossed Rs. 40 crores, making him South India's Number One ...
Family soap opera
FINALLY, PRODUCER R. B. Chowdary's "Sankranthi" is releasing in Telugu this Friday. It is a remake of his own "Aanandam" in Tamil and the film highlights the merits of the joint family system. The film is a multi-starrer, featuring Venkatesh, ...
Green Notes

Sculpted shapes
Cacti need as much sun and fresh air as possible. They lend a unique touch to gardens
Travel

ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Rush of water
Puliancholai: more than just tamarind groves, says PRATHIBHA PARAMESWARAN

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