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Payal Rohatagi on films, item numbers and other things
Columns

The good enough guide
Here are CAMILLE NOE PAGAN's eight get-fit recommendations that will ensure you're on your way to a longer, healthier life.
TRAINING ROOM
Supinating dumbbell curl
Try this for impressive forearms and biceps
QUICK TIP
Work and workouts
Training with weights and doing some form of cardio exercise regularly helps to do better at work, research has shown. Researchers have found that businessmen who hit the weights regularly were not only healthy, but also had their firms perform ...
THERELUCTANT GOURMET
A touch of Tuscany
Pizzas and pastas like they should be. Tuscana, which opens on Monday, brings home the flavours of sunny Italy
CHEWON THIS
Pisto
A popular Spanish dish, similar to the French ratatouille. Pisto is made with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, courgettes and olive oil. It can be eaten as a side dish (served warm with bread and a fried egg) or also served cold with a salad. The ...
Food bytes
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GOING NATIVE
'Chennai suits me well'
Amandine Bernier from France found her calling in Kalarippayattu
Food

Open sesame
Tahini sauce is a popular condiment for meat and vegetables in Middle Eastern cuisine. MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN tries it with cauliflower
Make the switch
Love vegetables? RACHEL MELTZER WARREN lists a few that come with great benefits
MY GRANDMA'S RECIPE
How to make...Manoharam
A healthy snack with the goodness of jaggery
Variety, the spice
Hotel Chella’s, a new restaurant, offers multi-cuisine options
Cinema

KANDEN KADHALAI

This much-awaited remake of the blockbuster “Jab We Met” stars Bharath and Tamannaah, and is directed by R. Kannan. Bharath plays a serious businessman, and Tamannaah reprises the role played with aplomb by Kareena Kapoor. Will ...
Music

My five - Sriram Nathan

This song, part of the 1991 album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, is all about living for the moment. According to vocalist Sammy Hagar, he was writing the lyrics to this song late one night, when he heard Eddie Van Halen in an adjacent room ...
Television

Bollywood blockbusters
Love classic films? Keep yourself free tonight. CNN-IBN presents ‘Bollywood Blockbusters’, a special series. Farooque Sheikh brings an overview of early influential films that shaped the Hindi film industry. The show will feature ...


Time to rock
TV Sukhvinder Singh joins the panel of judges on ‘ Rock On with MTV’ tonight
Bring on the laughs
BIG TV screens “Do Knot Disturb”
Three Colors Red

Three Colors Red is a 1994 French-Polish-Swiss co-production, co-written, produced, and directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. It is the final film of the Three Colors trilogy, which examines the French Revolutionary ideals; it is ...
Environment

Care to save Tada?
A signature campaign and a clean-up trip to save the beautiful streams and waterfalls in Tada
Travel

Palm paradise
The drive to Kalathil Lake Resort seems endless. We veer off the National Highway to Kottayam, to Chemmanakary, and the road narrows, and then some more; the driver’s cue to ask where the resort is.

The view during the drive is not ...
Events

Star attraction
Winners of ‘Coca-Cola Meet Vijay’ contest have fun moments with the actor


Lens view

Prakrit Arts presents ‘Vertical Horizon’ an exhibition of photographs by Pallon Daruwala.

Venue: Prakrit Arts Gallery

Address: 9 Dandayuthapani Nagar, Second Street, Kotturpuram

Date: November ...


Food fest

Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers hosts Kanara Jevan, a collection of delectable dishes from Mangalore, Malnad, Udupi, Kodugu and North Karnataka.

Venue: Dakshin, Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers

Address: TTK Road, ...


New line

Anaka Narayanan’s ‘Monsoon Collection 2009’ gives hand-woven textiles a contemporary twist. Choose from halter-neck dresses, tops and fitted wraps. Prices range from Rs. 660 to Rs. 3,000.

Venue: Brass ...


Art show

Apparao Galleries hosts an exhibition of artworks by P.P. Raju, Sridhar Poluru and Sohan Qadri.

Venue: Apparao Galleries

Address: 7, Wallace Gardens, 3rd Street, Nungambakkam

Date: November 2 ...


Fright night is here
Here’s where to head for a scary time
It’s raining music
The Friday Review November Fest 2009 begins on November 17
Orissa odyssey
‘Orissa: The Divine Land’ is a journey through the coastal State
Wired In

In shoot mode
Nikon's D300s, Sony's DSC TX1 and Casio's new super zoom
MIDFIELDER
Canon’s been missing a camera in its line for ages now. The EOS 7D fills the gap. While it doesn’t boast of a full frame sensor its got other goodies crammed in. There’s an 18-meg CMOS sensor, dual DIGIC 4 image processors, ...
SPEED-O-MATIC
At first, the new Casio EXILIM Pro EX-FH20 may fool you into thinking it’s a bridge-style compact camera, but there’s much more to it inside. This super zoom comes with an integrated 20x optical zoom lens, a 9-megapixel sensor, 1cm ...
A SHOT AT FAME
Unlike ours, the tech world has just two seasons: one for the revolutions; the other for just evolutions. It’s Season One for Sony. The newest to join the Cyber-shot bandwagon, the DSC TX1, is the first to employ Sony’s new Exmor R ...
THE IKON
The dust has hardly settled over the D5000, but Nikon has already kicked up a storm with the D3000. An apt replacement for the D60, beginners will love it. There’s a guide mode (see image below), which simplifies the camera setup and shows ...
People

Best of three worlds
Cultural activist, philanthropist and businessman Ranvir Shah tells SHONALI MUTHALALY that multi-tasking lies at the core of his identity
Get out and play
Raveena Tandon joins Nickelodeon’s Let’s Just Play movement
A virtual farmer?
Do you miss your old friend Tamagotchi? Worry not, here is FarmVille!
Like father, like son
It’s not just looks, Imaad has inherited Naseer’s talent as well



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