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With PASSION
Geethu Mohandas’ academic interest in cinema finds expression in her debut directorial venture ‘Kelkunnundo.’ Geethu shares with PREMA MANMADHAN her excitement, career options and a new life ahead
Columns

FINE WINE
All that is gold does not glitter
In a recent article in Sommelier India titled ‘Are Wine Competitions Any Good?,’ Rosemary George concedes that tasting is an “inexact science” and that “personal taste and preference still come ...
Beauty And Wellness

FITNESS FORUM
Sleep deep, breathe easy
Medical experts recommend 10 per cent as the weight loss needed to improve sleep apnea, reports AMANDA GARDNER


TRAINING ROOM
Two-arm high pulley curl
Another workout for impressive biceps
Sweet dreams are made of these
Here are some tips to help you get your beauty sleep
Food

QUICK FIX
Dum Phuktha

Cut the boneless chicken into cubes. Marinate the chicken with curd, ginger-garlic paste, cashew paste and garam masala. Mix it well and set aside for an hour. Heat the oil and butter.

Sauté chopped garlic and onion till it gets ...


CHEWON THIS
Wiener schnitzel
A popular Austrian dish, especially in the capital Vienna, Wiener schnitzel (Vienna cutlet) is a veal cutlet, made by lightly pounding the veal, salting it, coating it with a batter of beaten egg and breadcrumbs, and then deep frying it till it ...
Cocktail festival
Hotel Pankaj is conducting a cocktail fiesta from October 3 to October 17.

Varieties of cocktails like Blue Lagoon, Sea Breeze and Millennium cocktail will be served along with a complimentary cocktail snack.

The ...


THE FOODFILE
Perfect combination
Prawns and coconut seek each other out
SIGNATURE DISH
Thairu vada
The thairu vada is easy to make for it is just three-fourth fried ‘uzhunnu vada’ (lentil vada) soaked in dollops of curd, to which are added sautéed mustard seeds, cumin seeds and green chillis. Perhaps that’s why it is a ...
Food Bytes
Phil Lees’ grew up in rural Australia. At university in Melbourne, he supported himself “by doing the sort of food jobs that weren’t sexy until Anthony Bourdain wrote about them.” Including serving hamburgers from the ...
Television

Men at arms
‘Stop-Loss,’ a human story that takes an unblinking look at the tattered life of a returning soldier will be telecast this evening on HBO at 9 p.m. A Golden Globe and Emmy award winning original series, ‘The Band of ...
Miscellany


Events

YOURWEEK
Wildlife week

Department of Museums and Zoos holds ‘Wildlife Week Celebrations 2009.’ October 3: Essay writing competition; October 4: Quiz for school and college students (teams); October 5: Awareness programme on wildlife ...


In honour

Felicitation of Tessy Thomas, the first woman project director of a missile programme – AGNI-V (Mission) project, DRDO.

Venue: Sasthra Bhavan

Date: October 3

Time: 9.30 ...


Music concert

Akashvani Sangeeth Sammelan. Violin concert by Dwaram Durgaprasada Rao; Thavil concert by Alugolu Satyanarayana; Vocal concert by Savita Narasimhan.

Venue: Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan

Date: October 3

Time: ...


Cocktail fete

Varieties of cocktails at Hotel Pankaj’s ‘Cocktail Festival.’

Venue: Sandhya and Maya restaurants, Hotel Pankaj

Date: Till October 17

Time: 11 a.m. to 11 ...


Dance and Music festival

Dance and Music festival as part of Soorya festival 2009. October 3: Carnatic vocal by Sanjay Subrahmanyam; October 4: Kuchipudi by Sreedhar and Anuradha; October 5: Bharatanatyam by Shobana; October 6: Kathak by ...


For literature

Kovalam Literary Festival 2009. Authors such as Amitav Ghosh, Mukul Kesavan, Ma Thida, Anita Jain, Anuja Chauhan, Palash Mehrotra and so on to attend.

Venue: Taj Green Cove

Date: October 7 to ...


NOW SHOWING
Wake Up Sid

Kajol’s cousin and Karan Johar assistant, Ayan Mukherjee makes his directorial debut with this coming of age film, starring an apparently odd pair – Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma. It looks like a mix of Dil ...


TUBE WATCH
Kurkure Desi Beats

This week the contestants are in for a whole new theme — Bhangra! After their tough fight last week, the rockers will work even harder this week to make their tickets on the show permanent. With a guest judge such as Mika, who knows ...



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