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Chatline Music is the constant in Aswathy Thirunal Rama Varma’s life but Nita Satyendran finds out that food, books and cinema play a role too
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More than a phone LG Cookie
Style statement Camera phones, multimedia phones, business phones… the range is simply mind boggling. Janani Krishnaswamyprofiles some of the latest offerings in the market


Samsung Innov8

This phone packs an awesome 8-megapixel camera phone incorporating top of the range camera technologies you might expect in an entry level point and shoot. But it lacks touch capability. The phone has a 2.8-inch LCD screen, runs on Symbian OS ...


Nokia 5800 Xpress Music

Nokia’s first touch phone is snazzy. With a rich interface and flashy 3.2-inch touchscreen, it is positioned to challenge the Apple iPhone. Except the UI, you might actually find a lot of similarities with most Xpress Music phones in ...


HTC Touch 3G

Style, sensation and speed come together in the Touch 3G. A successor to the Viva, the Touch 3G features a 2.8-inch interface, with four times the resolution of most phones. It is designed to respond perfectly to touch with utmost precision. ...


Sony Ericsson C905

This is another phone for shutterbugs: dedicated camera controls, and an 8.1-megapixel snapper with LED and Xenon flash lights, Bluetooth and Wi Fi. The highlight is the Cybershot interface, but stiff buttons makes it bad for video recording. ...


Creating poetry
Connecting with the youth is one reason why Pa.Vijay’s songs are such a big hit
Feeding resolutions
Avoid packaged, processed food to keep healthy
GRILL MILL

How can I forget my original name — Santha Meena? Aishwarya is my screen name. However, both were selected by my mother, to whom I’ve given a lot of trouble. I now want her to be happy because of me. That’s why I focus all ...


MY FIRST BREAK

I always dreamt of music looking at my father (Veena Chittibabu) play the veena, but didn’t know how to go about it. When I was in my early teens, he asked me whether I wanted to learn music. I said ‘Yes.’ Next he asked me ...


Stairway to health
R. Reghuram takes to stair Climbing for a workout regime
Food

Kothu kozhi

Boil the whole chicken in water, de-bone and keep aside. Pour coconut oil in a tava. Add ginger, garlic and green chilli. Sauté till golden brown. Add onion and continue to sauté.

Add chilli powder, black pepper, fennel powder ...


Payasams and biriyanis
A collection of recipes of payasams and biriyanis with some handy cooking tips
Baba ghanoush
A popular dish in the Middle East, especially Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, baba ghanoush consists of mashed eggplant (aubergine) mixed with seasonings. The eggplant is broiled or roasted before it is peeled, making the pulp soft and imparting a ...
Cinema

HARISHCHANDRA 1955
Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, G.K.Pillai, T. S. Muthiah, Miss Kumari, Adoor Pankajam
Music

On a steady climb
Music Madhu Balakrishnan is busy in the playback singing scene in the South. He is moving to Chennai this year
Television

The art of flattery
Suresh Menon talks about the making of a mimic
Style

Tomorrow, maybe
If you are a procrastinator, here’s a formula to overcome it
Fringe benefits
The fringe is back with a bang
Miscellany


Profiles

GOING NATIVE
Passage to Kerala
Ayurveda and culture make Andreas Heitmann a native of Kerala
New tunes
Music Singer Shibani Kashyap has come a long way in the world of music
Events

Music fete

Adi Sankara Veda Vedanga Samskritha Cooperative Educational Society and Dakshina Bharata Sangeetha Prachara Sabha organise music fete to observe N.E. Muthuswamy’s birth anniversary. January 7: Namasankeerthana concert ...


Ragas at Kuthiramalika

The annual Swati Sangeethotsavam at Kuthiramalika palace. January 6: Carnatic vocals by Sanjay Subrahmanyan. January 7: Carnatic vocals by Malladi Sri Suribabu. January 8: Hindustani ...


Ottanthullal

Kalolsavam
Venue: Putharikandam Maidan; Senate Hall; Tagore theatre; Cotton Hill High School; Priyadarshini Hall; Central Stadium; Music College; Govt. Model School, Thycaud; Govt. V & HSS, Manacaud; Gandhi Park

Macbeth moments

Abhinaya Theatre and Indian Foundation for the Arts present an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth.’ Directed by Jyotish M. P.

Venue: Abhinaya Theatre Village, Plathara, Venkode

Learn about a classic

Sree Narayana World Spiritual centre organises study class on Velutheri Kesavan’s ‘Durganandavilasam’ by B. Uma.

Venue: Theerthapada Mandapam

Date: January 3

Celebrating a milestone

Centre for Development in Imaging Technology is 20 years old. Chief Minister V.S Achutanandan inaugurates its six-month-long celebrations.

Venue: C-DIT campus, Thiruvallam

Date: January ...


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