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Chirpy notes
Divya Ostwal, with her penchant for design and photography tells SHILPA SEBASTIAN R. that she loves spending time with people
Columns

FINE WINE
The tyranny of the tasting note

The tasting note is not and never will be a substitute for good writing on wine


BLAST FROM THE PAST
UMMA 1960
Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, K. P. Ummer, K. Sadanandan, S. P. Pillai, Bahadur, B. S. Saroja, Rajakumari, Kanchana, L. Ponnamma
My five - Imran Moin

A 1984 single by Wham! It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about six million copies worldwide. It was Michael’s first number one single as solo artist, and ranks one of the most successful songs of the 1980s. The song ...
Beauty And Wellness

Fitness toss
NIKHIL VARMA pushes himself into one more fitness centre and discovers it works pretty well for him
Food

What’s brewing?
Gloria Jean’s Coffee opens its first coffee house


SIGNATURE DISH
Pasta tossed in chilly eggplant

With helpings of ringed pasta mixed in chilly eggplant and tomato and onion sauce, flavoured with basil and coriander seeds is a filling and satisfying meal by itself. The pasta is flavoured well and the eggplant delivers a superb taste, with ...


Red snapper piperade

Wash and dab red snapper fillet. Sprinkle lemon juice, salt, pepper and thyme. Set aside. Add equal quantities of olive oil and refined oil in a pan and heat. Add onion and garlic. Simmer. Add all three peppers. Cook on low heat for 10 ...


Kebabs
Ravichandar Group’s Darbar is organising a kebab fest, The Royal Affair. This fest, on till March 8, offers a wide range of kebabs in the veg and the non-veg platter.

The menu offers specialty like til chutney ka murg tikka, the ...


Abundant innovation
Cornucopia offers a whole lot of new ideas and tastes on your plate
Books

Bare truth
Mukul Deva’s Salim Must Die furthers its journey into the world of the terrorist
Cinema

Rajeev’s Dhun
Rajeev Menon has for long been so busy making ad films that he had no time for film direction or cinematography. But his passion for filmmaking hasn’t faded one bit. Last seen handling the camera for Guru, Menon has ...
13B

The horror genre is making its presence felt all over again. Madhavan makes a rare entry into Hindi territory with a supernatural thriller, where the television of an ordinary family begins to play some extraordinary tricks. Directed by Vikram ...
Television

Make War, Not Love…Vodafone MTV Splitsvilla 2,

The first episode starts off with an introduction between the contestants and host, Nikhil Chinnappa’s announcement of a party in the evening -- for couples only. What follows is a whirlwind of flirting, proposals, rejections and ...
Miscellany


Events

Beat the heat
ACTIVITY Let your children participate in creative workshops this summer
Meditation workshops

The Pyramid Spiritual Trust (India) is organising one-day introductory workshops on The Science of Meditation

Date: March 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Venue: Pyramid Valley Campus, near Harohalli, Kanakpura ...


Evening of fashion

Olive Beach is presenting Haute Compote Belle, an evening showcasing the creations of Malini Ramani, PINKO, Falguni & Shane Peacock and Anamika Khanna, in association with Kimaya, Elle, Area, Kingfisher Airlines, Neemrana Hotels and ...


Music and dance

Healing session

MotherTree is presenting Spine Care – Acupressure & Integrated Healing by Dr. Nirjhar Mittra

Date: March 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Venue: No. 277, 1st Main, 5th Cross, Defence Colony, ...


Theatre

Ranga Shankara and Spandana are staging Bellave Narahari Shastry’s “Sadarame”, directed by B. Jayashree

Date: March 7, 7.30 p.m. and March 8, 3.30 and 7.30 p.m.

Venue: Ranga ...


Celebration

Opus is hosting Eristoff’s Saturday Night Fever with Barry’s Bosom Buddies, Women’s Day Special and Anuj’s Special Sunday Stuffings, Sunday Brunch and Bacardi Kroaknights.

Date: March 7 & ...


Talk

EasyLib.com is hosting a talk on science and spiritualism, by Haridasji, a nuclear physicist and a speaker of Vedanta.

Date: Match 7, 4 to 5 p.m.

Venue: No. 972 H, 1st A Main, S.T. Bed Layout, 4th Block, ...


Art

Collection display

Mogra is having a promotion of spring/summer collection of Alternative Couture by Raj Shroff and Neetu Gupta’s label Ravage

Date: till March 7

Venue: Shop No.1, Mezzanine Floor, Embassy Classic, No. 14, Vittal ...


Women’s special
To celebrate International Women’s Day, ITC Windsor is offering a few packages for the day with a discount if the “bill is settled by a lady”. For reservation call 22269898.

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Blue Foods is offering ...
People

GOING NATIVE
Pulsating moments
Brazilian Camila Torres finds it difficult to understand the culture and tradition of India


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