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`Writing, my life'
Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai spoke with frankness and humility about her literary inheritance at an event in the city. GOWRI RAMNARAYAN reports
Columns

Goodfoodline
This is the strangest food column you are ever going to read. One that has nothing at all to do with food but is still all about nourishment. It is about a buttery, luscious, creamy, silky, sweet, whole body food. This food not only feeds your ...
Arts And Entertainment

Moods of the deep
Ka. Ty Deslandes' works freeze her spirited association with the ocean
Beauty And Wellness

Put your best foot forward
Take care of your feet to go places
Cinema

On a roll
Film lyricist Snehan will play the lead role in a Tamil movie
Wheels

Accord d'hui
With a facelift that keeps up with the times, the new, cutting-edge Accord is bound to make more heads turn now, says ASHISH MASIH


Formula for the masses
So how does the latest variant of Hero Honda's 100cc people mover move us?
Virtual Mechanic
I've been riding a Royal Enfield Thunderbird self-start and disc brake model for the past four months and am very pleased with it. I'm planning to get a self-start kit installed soon. Please give me some tips to maintain my bike and improve ...
MAN AND MACHINE
Fortune favours the Valiant
Dr Papa's slice of Detroit history — his Plymouth Custom 200 Valiant led a Chrysler resurgence in the '60s
A safe stretch to be
Many stretch limos aren't all that crash-safe, but Germany-based Binz gets it right every time
Motoring Made Simple -- S. Muralidhar
Many a time, luxury cars such as BMW will leave onlookers stumped about how they manage to retain their gleaming paint finish even after a long journey. The gloss and depth of the paint finish in these cars will stand out as being exceptional and ...
Golden oldies
The Madras Heritage Motoring Club (MHMC) is gearing up for a mega event in February. MHMC will present thirty of its best cars in February to be judged by automobile expert Manvender Singh. The event, being organised by The Times of India, will ...
Music

On electric avenue
Mainstream pop is more digital than ever today, as mainstream artistes seem to be jumping onto the electropop bandwagon
Chords & Notes
Jawahar Wattal is a well-known name in the world of Hindi pop music. He and Daler Mehndi gave us that super hit song `Bolo Tara Ra Ra.' But `Rang Dey' for which the music has been composed and directed by him does not measure up to one's ...
Events

Confluence of sounds
A fusion of French, Algerian, Indian, Spanish and Flamenco music on February 3
Flavours from Italy
If you're in the mood for some Italian food, then head to Cilantro, the all day dining restaurant at the Le Royal Meridien for Festa Italiana, the Italian food festival. The dishes served include Bruchetta (wheat bread topped with tomato, ...
Way with words
Experience the best of contemporary poetry from the U.K. with Spoken Word, a series of music and word performances at Buzz in the British Council. Up first at 7 p.m. on January 31 is Lemn Sissay, the author of several collections of poetry ...
Education

A touch of class
An ability to think out of the box sets some teachers apart



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