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METROPLUS PALYWRIGHT AWARD 2010
And then there were five ...
Five plays have been shortlisted for The Hindu MetroPlus Playwright Award 2010, which carries a prize of Rs. 1 lakh for the best unpublished and unperformed script. We received 80 valid entries from all over the country. The panel of judges long-list ed 10 plays, of which these five made the shortlist. Here is a snapshot of the five playwrights and their submissions. Detailed interviews with each of the five will be carried in MetroPlus over the next few days. The winner will be announced before the end of the month.

Columns

Whistling adieu
Another metre gauge line moves into oblivion as the Punalur-Shencottah rail line closes for gauge conversion at the end of March

Food

RECIPES
Summer coolers

W ith summer upon us, what better way to beat the heat than with some refreshing ice-cool drinks. Here are some easy-to-make summer coolers.

Cucumber lemonade

Ingredients

Lemons: 2

Sugar: 1 or 2 tsp

Cucumber: ...

Books

The storm and after…
Author Anita Nair on Lessons in Forgetting, a tale crafted to echo the stages of a cyclone

The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia: James C. Scott, Rs. 799

The author, an eminent authority on Southeast Asian agrarian studies, tells the story of the people of Zomia and their unlikely odyssey ...

Cinema

‘Dakhani' charm
Minissha Lamba turns Hyderabadi for Well Done Abba

Wheels

Polo gallops ahead
The eagerly-awaited small car Volkswagen Polo is here. Sensible and solidly-built, it makes top-class German engineering affordable, writes Ashish Masih

Sales of supercars are slowly on the rise in India with over a 100 being sold in 2009. This is expected to grow by 15 per cent this year. According to Satya Bagla, managing director, Exclusive Motors, which is the dealer for Lamborghini and ...

Arts And Entertainment

Mud, the next big thing?
Sreenivasan P.K. builds mud houses

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