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A low key affair
New Year cheer is not as loud and frenzied as it is in big cities, says S. AISHWARYA
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VOICE YOUR VIEWS: NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Sustainable
Responses to this column have been overwhelming, as always. This week we welcome your views on ’Rain havoc’ Send in your responses (not exceeding 150 words) before January 1 to Metroplus, The Hindu, 43-1B Bypass Road, Senthanneerpuram, Ti ruchirappalli -620 004, or trymetro@thehindu.co.in along with your passport size colour photograph in JPEG format.


Prioritise

Resolutions are important for a perfect start to a New Year. Each individual should prioritise his needs and duties at various stages of life. Resolutions should help the individual and ultimately the society.

Be focused

New Year eve is the time to look back at the past and look forward to the coming year. It is a time to reflect on the changes required and work on them. Many New Year resolutions involve maintaining peak vitality, physical fitness and ...


Promote peace

New Year resolutions should be made to promote peace, universal brotherhood and save the endangered planet. It cannot be denied that each individual’s resolutions are important as they influence the society and in turn the individual is ...


Role model

My New Year resolutions are: to use money, electricity, water and petroleum products prudently; minimise use of plastics; avoid use of mobile phones while driving and in public places; be a role model for children and walk whenever and ...


Commitment

Before making any resolution each of us should be committed to keep it through. Or else it is not worth it. Each of us should take an oath that we will never harm anybody even if we may not be able to help them. Though it sounds simple, it is ...


Imbibe values

Youth should imbibe the Indian values of truth, tolerance and respect for elders. They must preserve rich heritage of the country. Public must resolve to preserve humanity by eschewing mutual hatred. Political parties must resolve to serve the ...


Challenge

Resolutions are meant to shape ourselves for the better. The real challenge lies in keeping up the resolutions for a sustained period. Government and police officials must resolve to curb violence and terrorism. Law and order should be ...


Realistic

New Year resolutions are helpful to those who believe in achieving something. People must take resolutions with realistic goals. This is the time of the year to assess the progress of previous year’s resolutions and improvise upon them. ...


Uphold peace

Let us strive to uphold peace throughout the world by extending our sincere affection and love. Resolutions must be on taking efforts to alleviate poverty, starvation, illiteracy and unemployment. The government should resolve to provide ...


Sustained endeavour

New Year resolutions are in reality akin to a politician’s promise in that often they are easy to make but difficult to fulfill. If one is sincere about doing good things then there is absolutely no need to wait for anything like ...


Be sincere

It has become a fad to make New Year resolutions. But what is the most important aspect of making a resolution is to be sincere and true to the self-made promises. The resolve to abstain from vices and follow the positive path will help us to ...
Beauty And Wellness

Hello, are you day dreaming?
Lifestyle What’s meditation? Is it the process of problem solving or experiencing emotions?


What’s on your plate?
Food for thought When you dine out, you have less control over the quality of the food
Don’t get bullied
If you are, then start looking for another job
Profiles

Charms of chocology
Paul Hebblethwaite, Professor of chocology, who believes there are many positive sides to chocolate
Mr. India in a new role
Anil Kapoor says he is happy that his film “Gandhi My Father” won several awards
Cinema

Hear to stay for long!
Watch out for Aditya Jassi, the latest voice to join the Bollywood bandwagon
Malayalam
Malayalam cinema saw a decline in box office collections in 2007, as young audiences seem to prefer Tamil superstar films, Telugu films dubbed into Malayalam and Bollywood films these days. After 17 years at the top, the hold of superstars ...
Kannada
In Kannada too, all superstar films made on huge budgets collapsed at the box office. Today, Kannada with the highest number of releases in South is the sunrise industry in the country, as corporates are queuing up to make films with innovative ...
Television

Sharmila on TV
NDTV Imagine has managed to rope in Sharmila Tagore, former Bollywood queen and at present chief of the Censor Board, as a judge for its music reality show, “Dhoom Macha De”. Sharmila will judge the show along with ace music director ...
CABLEWALA
For the family
The competition among Tamil channels hots up, as serials are now being telecast almost round-the-clock.

The afternoon 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. slot has more serials than ever before trying to grab the eyeballs of housewives.

Now ...
Travel

Uphill, for history’s sake
Unaided and unequipped, SOMA BASUdid not venture up the rain-swept, slippery hill. But its past haunts her


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