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The magic of words and music
The latest Harry Potter book is the rage in Pondicherry. So is Ilayaraja's orchestral work Thiruvasagam. DEEPA H. RAMAKRISHNAN reports
Fitness

Those harmful extras
Nutritional supplements could have side effects
Heritage

Walk down heritage lane
INTACH has launched a heritage walk programme for students
Lifestyle

A blooming business
The Internet and a call centre help florists in network through phoolwala.com to deliver fresh flowers
Fashion

For fashionistas
Designer Salim Asgarally on what's hot this season
Cinema

Unusual love story
Lohithadas is best-known scriptwriter after M. T. Vasudevan Nair in Malayalam cinema. His characters are all raw and earthy as in "Kireedom", "Thaniyavarthanam" and "Bharatham" among others. Now Lohi, as he is known, has bid goodbye to ...


Back with a bang!
Suresh Gopi, National award winning actor and "action hero" ofMalayalam cinema, is back with a bang after a four-year sabbatical from the action genre. In "Bharathchandran IPS", a sequel to his big hit "Commissioner", he is out to clean up ...
Budget blues
The success of big budget superstar films has created problems for Tamil producers making films with younger heroes. These stars along with their directors insist on lavish production and song picturisation, item girls and choreographers from ...
Trendsetter
Is the taste of audiences in Andhra Pradesh changing? This year, all superstar films with a lot of hype and hoopla have bombed one after another. On the other hand, it is small films with relatively new stars and innovative presentation that are ...
Music

TAKE TWO
"Rhythm has a universal language"
Thanks to Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, fondly called Vikku, the ghatam, a humble accompanying instrument in cutcheris, is on a roll. He is also the only Carnatic musician to have won a Grammy for the album `Planet Drum' (1991). Vikku began ...
Hip-hop with a halo
A socially-conscious hip-hop band releases its follow-up album
Cuisine

A meal that's packed with protein
Pep up your meal of dal and rice with a side dish made of baby shark
Green Notes

Desert Rose, bonsai's poor cousin
The flowers of Adenium are perhaps the showiest of all succulents
Insite

You think, so you are
Take a peep into the minds of the great philosophers
Health

Health, her latest cause
Smriti Irani is goodwill ambassador for WHO's ORS campaign
Never swim on a full stomach?
The facts: Think of all the hours people spend beside pools and lingering on beaches in summer, counting the minutes since their last meal to avoid violating a fundamental rule of swimming: Never get into the water on a full stomach. The only ...


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