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Beasts of burden
Why do we constantly blame children for what they are? It’s time we confessed we are a generation of bad parents who saddle them with our dreams, says DEEPA GANESH
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CABLEWALA
Return to the small screen
One of the biggest banners in Kollywood, Sivaji Productions stages a comeback to television, after many years, with the serial “Thavam” on Kalaignar TV. It is directed by K. Bharath, literary persona and short story writer, who had ...


Popular comedy premieres
“Desperate Housewives”, the popular American television comedy series, premiered on Star World yesterday at 9 p.m. The series won six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes and seven Emmy nominations in 2007. The story is set in ...
Season 3 ends

The Grand Finale of Indian Idol 3 on Sony TV took place on Sunday between the top two contestants Prashant Tamang and Amit Paul from the north-eastern states. Thanks to Indian Idol, youngsters from small towns have made it big in the music ...


MADRAS MISCELLANY
Once the City’s lifeline
Reader Bharat Hiteshi wonders whether resurrecting a former lifeline of the city might not be one way to ease the city’s transport travails. He is, of course, referring to the trams that once served commuters well in Madras. Many cities in ...
MADRAS MISCELLANY
The North Madras Hospital

It was once known as the ‘Kanji Thottam Hospital’, drawing its name from its origins, the first organised charity in Madras. It was in 1782 that the Government and St. Mary’s Church in the Fort opened a famine relief food ...


THE RELUCTANT GOURMET
Pizzas turn desi
Small players give the big ones a run for their money by adapting pizzas to suit the Indian palate
Cinema

For better or worse
Gul Panag plays a nagging housewife in “Manorama Six Feet Under”
Travel

In search of a perfect sunset
Kaup beach is an idyllic setting to watch the sun set over the Arabian Sea with the quirky lighthouse standing sentinel
Colourful canyon
The geologically formed, delicately carved rock spires draw tourists by the thousands
ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Play of green and pink
Chunkankadai Dotted by lotus ponds and fields, says Soma Basu
Coping with jet lag
Disoriented by jet lag? Here’s how one can cope
While in London…

Indians visiting London and looking for a luxury shopping experience should check out Selfridges’ “The Wonder Room”. Set in the ground floor of the Selfridges store on Oxford Street, The Wonder Room offers luxury brands such ...


My kind of place

Cool breeze, cultural hub, coconut trees. no prizes for guessing.it is Kerala. It was for a show that I first went to Thiruvananthapuram. I was determined to go back and I did, the very next year. Luckily, I was advised to visit Coconut ...
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Chinese film fest
Five movies will be screened from today till September 26


For film buffs
Two-day festival of contemporary cinema
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