The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi : Saturday, June 14, 2008

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It’s all about making pretty people prettier
BEAUTY BUSINESS Say ‘Shoba Kunjan’ and citywallahs will not ask you ‘who?’ Shilpa Nair Anand learns how she made a vocation of the beauty business in conventional Kerala more than three decades ago

Columns

FINE WINE
Marrying oak with wine

TRAINING ROOM
The vitamin effect
EXERCISE Sportspersons may require more vitamin supplements than others

QUICK TIP
Feed your need
There are plenty of diets that claim to reduce body fat and build health and lean muscle. But how good are they really?

Experts say that you need to set out your goals first and then evaluate the calorific needs, based on expenditure. If ...

METRO WORKOUT
Out on a spin
PRIYADERSHINI S finds fitness spinning on a cycle at TALWALKARS

CAMPUS HANGOUT

A benchmark called ‘stone-bench’

The Hangout: The Stone Bench. The St Albert’s College that came into existence a year before India attained its independence has long been known for the freedom that its students enjoyed. And, as far as the chill-out points of St ...

Beauty And Wellness

Mushroom mania
RECIPE Make stuffed mushroom, Italian style

Cinema

Celebrity faces
The faces that have gone through Shoba’s hands read like a who’s who of the Malayalam film industry. In fact she has seen generations of actors at her salon.

The roster starts with the legendary actor Padmini, who passed away ...

Rahman…a way of life
A. R. Rahman about his four-year musical journey in Ada…a way of life

Shower of success
Shawar Ali is waiting to be noticed on the big screen

Food

SIGNATURE DISH
It’s very colourful. Red, cream, orange and mustard. Enough to make your mouth water. Dip your spoon into the bowl and the picture changes. The colours drown and the curd announces its presence with fanfare, with the the vadas seen ...

Chicken Idichathu

Add crushed chicken and other ingredients in the heated oil and cook on slow fire until dry.

Garnish with curry leaves and lemon ...

Wired In

TUBE WATCH
King Khan’s story
If you think you know everything about the King of Bollywood… think again! ZoOM, pays tribute to Shah Rukh Khan, with a brand new show, ‘The Rise and Rise of Shah Rukh Khan’.The eight-part series recreates the rise of Khan, from ...

Books

Here to blossom…
Gul Panag on her strategy to last many summers

We are the world
Da-Saz is ready with its album, Jet-Lag

Events

Test your cool quotient
Bikers can win a trip to the MTV Asia Awards

Documentary screening

Design and People and Open Eyed Dreams will screen a documentary by Gary Hustwit, ‘Helvetica’.

Venue: IMA Hall

Address: Opposite Lotus Club, Warriam Road

Date: June 14

Time: 6 ...

Art exhibition

Dasavatharam

Dasavatharam has Kamal Haasan in ten different roles, perhaps a record for an actor’s portrayal of most roles in a single film. Asin in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat also play important roles in the films which has been under ...

Food fest