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Chic coir in Bhoovastra mode
Coir Bhoovastra is the new `avatar' of coir, which can be used to arrest soil erosion and provide vegetation cover, among other things, says LEELA MENON.

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Dancercise to shed those blues
`Zest for Life' cannot be categorised as a fitness centre or a dance school. PRIYADARSHINI SHARMA meets Ms Anuja Kohli Mariwala, who runs it. She aims at achieving a sense of well being by blending high energy activity like dance with more soothing t herapies like yoga

Personality

Model grandma
She is a familiar face onTV.. Meet Ava `Dadima' Mukherjee, the ayurveda grandma

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Spare the pedestrian, please
There are few forums which take up the pedestrians' cause. They are left to fend for themselves, whether the road is too narrow for comfort or vendor-inhabited footpaths. V RAMANATHAN on their plight

Cinema

For good cinema's sake
NOT LONG ago there were at least seven film societies in Kochi. After the initial burst of enthusiasm, most of them found it difficult to stay afloat. Only one of them survived. The Cochin Film Society, which has managed to keep itself afloat for ...

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It's advantage Tinu at the Mecca of cricket
Back from the Caribbean Islands, Tinu Yohannan was in Kochi on a brief stopover before the challenging England tour. STAN RAYAN meets Tinu, who speaks about the pains and gains of his first tour.

Eating Out

Back to old Cochin flavours
Sunitha Divakaran, a master chef at `The Brunton Boatyard' shares with us some of the recipes, in which the unique Fort Cochin flavours from the past come alive.

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