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Serpentine quest for nature
As P. Ramesh shows and talks about snakes, S.S.KAVITHA sits through with goose bumps all over
Columns

CAMPUS HANGOUT
Buddies get recharged

What‘s to love: Though ambience is solemn at the huge campus, students manage to break the ice and vitalize the environment by opening up their chatter boxes that mostly munch gossip.

“Students are happy with existing ...


BLAST FROM THE PAST
Sathi Murali 1941
M. K. Radha, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, T. R. Mahalingam, Nagercoil K. Mahadevan, L. Narayana Rao, Kali N. Ratnam, P. G. Venkatesan, ‘Buffoon' Sankara Iyer, ‘Joker' Ramudu, S. Varalakshmi, T. A. Mathuram and P. S. Gnanam
Calm and cool
Keeping composed is one secret of success
Big kid

Sylvester Stallone has revealed the secret to being able to carry on as an action man at the age of 64 — he is just a big kid. The Rocky hard man is astounding critics with his new action adventure The Expendables and he puts his ...


Personal contact

Justin Timberlake refuses to Tweet or Facebook because it's just not personal enough. Even though he stars in new movie The Social Network, Justin says, in reality, he has as little to do with the Internet as possible. “I don't have a ...


Back as Bond?

Bond hunk Daniel Craig has spoken out his frustration at not being able to revive 007. The 42-year-old Brit hunk in trunks is eager to get back to the Bond franchise — which has been halted due to finance problems — as soon as ...


FIRST SNIPPET
Action is child's play

Dodging bullets and explosions are all in a day's work for Bruce Willis, but they're nothing compared to the angst he feels when it comes to raising his daughters. The Die Hard actor says: “I'm not scared of anything, except when it ...


Vanessa passes out

High School Musical sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens worked out so hard in training for her new movie that she passed out. She shed her sweet girl image for her new movie Sucker Punch and the full-on exercise routines left her in pain and tears. ...
Beauty And Wellness

Everyday fitness secrets
Don't worry if you can't get your daily dose of the gym. Chores around the home help burn calories too


The debate continues
Are carbs the culprit or fat? What should you avoid to lose weight?
Think inside the box!
It's fun, it keeps you engaged and, most important, it sharpens your intellect and communication skills - solving crossword puzzles
Food

QUICK FIX
Chicken sizzler

Worcestershire sauce and cream: Two ml each Dijon mustard and garlic paste: One gm each Salt and crushed pepper: Two gm

Olive oil: Five ml Boiled rice: 50 gm Butter : One gm Carrot, beans, mushroom, corn and broccoli: 100 gm Grill garlic ...


What's your recipe?
The steady flow of cookery books and food columns suggests that cooking is not just a fad with a generation which loves to experiment
Chat over chatpata chaat
VIEW IN THE RAIN is the ongoing snacks festival at The Gateway, where you can tease your taste buds with flavours of Indian street food, writes SOMA BASU
Travel

Silver cascades

W hen you are feeling the heat and want to get away from the maddening city rush, head to this place deep in the wilderness. The resort is less than a kilometre from the old Courtallam Falls, with the picturesque Thirukootamalai in the ...
Events

Making a mark

Anurag Kashyap is going places and so is his girlfriend Kalki Koechlin. Anurag's latest film “That Girl in Yellow Boots”, starring Kalki and Naseeruddin Shah, has made it to the 67th Venice Film Festival. It will also be screened ...



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