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Murali and Mercy Kuttan tell K. Pradeep about how they teamed up and their work at the Mercy Kuttan Athletics Academy
Columns

CAMPUS HANGOUT
The room for aspiring teachers
Where it’s at: The Library Room is located on the second floor of the New Block. With an enviable collection of around 20,000 books, the library is said to be one of the most exhaustive ones in the area of ...


CHEWON THIS
Gravlax
A popular Scandinavian dish, it consists of raw salmon fillets cured with a dry marinade of sugar, sea salt, pepper and chopped dill (alcohols such as vodka are employed in some variations), and is served thinly sliced on crisp bread with boiled ...
CAUGHT SNAPPING
WIN A PRIZE

Readers are encouraged to send in their sightings: bloopers, UFOs or anything out of the ordinary they have snapped. Send your photographs to metroprize@ gmail.com titled CaughtSnapping along with a caption, your address and contact number. ...


THE FOODFILE -- QUICK FIX
Saffron seafood kedgeree

Clean and cut the seafood into cubes. Blanch the seafood in salted water.

Melt the butter in a pan and sauté onion and garlic.

Add Risotto rice and stir until it turns golden brown.

Add chicken stock, saffron and ...


SIGNATURE DISH
Crab roast

Whole chunks of delicious crab, shell on including their succulent pincers swimming in spicy gravy with distinct notes of dark pepper and the heat of ginger and garlic. Made in true coastal Alappuzha style, the crab stock sets the thin gravy ...


Foodbytes
“Daring. Different. Delicious. There’s high end dining. There’s low end dining. And then there’s everything else in between. We’d like to introduce you to another level - Deep End Dining. We are diners dedicated to ...
QUICK TIP
Breathe easy
If you are agitated about something before heading to the gym, sit down for a few minutes, count to 10, breathe deeply, relax and then leave. Though workouts help in improving mood and anger management, hitting the weights when you angry or ...
Food

THE FOODFILE
Are you eating right?
A breakfast with low glycaemic carbs, proteins and a fruit will help you from over-eating for lunch and dinner
A reluctant chef
Justice Leila Seth swears by shortcut cooking
Cinema

Ajmal on a roll
Ajmal’s new release, Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru is set for release in September
Final thrill
A film on Michael Jackson’s last days
Events

YOURWEEK
Seminar

Thapasya 09, a spiritual seminar organised by Balvikas, an organisation for the children of Indian expats in the UAE.

Date: August 22

Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Venue: TDM ...


Ceramic sale

Payasam Mela

Sale

‘Boutique Bollywood’, an exhibition-cum-sale of Bollywood inspired clothes.

Venue: Manilal Hall, Rama Varma Club

Date: August 22 – 23

Time: 10 a.m. – 8 ...


Go healthy

Food Fete

Before the season of sadyas, gorge on some food from Chettinad at the ‘Chettinad Food Fest’.

Venue: Luciya’s Food Court

Date: Runs through August ...


Films

Chavara movie circle presents films on invasion and resistance. ‘Baler’, ‘Nanking Nanking’, ‘White Light/Black Rain’ and ‘Bang Rajan’ are some of the films scheduled to be ...


Dance

Sree Sankara School of Dance, Kalady presents ‘Choreofest – 2009’, an evening of dance.

Venue: Sree Sankara Natyamantapam

Date: August 23

Time: 7 ...


NOW SHOWING
Kanthaswamy

This much-awaited film has finally hit the screens, and if trade reports are anything to go by, promises to be a great entertainer. Vikram debuts as singer in this ‘superman-style’ movie, whose numbers are already rocking the ...


The spirit of Onam
The Hindu MetroPlus Pookkalam contest, Season Three, will be held at the Oberon Mall on August 28
Flowers and clothes, Onam cheer abounds
The spirit of Onam has survived the ups and downs in all times and the same fervour that kept the old karanavars feeling all important when they gave away the onakkodi keeps ticking in the ‘professional’ parents of ...



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