Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, July 29, 2002
Metro Plus Delhi
Published on Mondays & Thursdays
News Update

Features
Magazine
Literary Review
Life
Metro Plus
Open Page
Education
Book Review
Business
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Folio

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline

Home


Three cheers for ghazal...
The Devdas at heart or the self-styled Casanova, the shy college girl or the much-married matron, there are not many among us who can resist the allure of the ghazal. Pankaj Udhas, credited with having revived the ghazal as a popular med ium, was in Delhi recently to launch his latest album, "Muskaan". ANJANA RAJAN catches up with the maestro who is not only armed with a smile but also hopes to lighten the common man's load... .
Lifestyle
The mother of all fashion shows is born!
With the fashion carnival Lakme India Fashion Week unfolding this coming Friday, the designer fraternity is not only elated but also anxious. With the crème de la crème of high society expected to turn up for the big occasion, it does not get better than this. MADHUR TANKHA tells us what to expect at the grand show... .

Looks that get looks...
BASED IN Kolkata, she has recently become a member of Delhi's fashion fraternity. Babita Sharma, known by her first nomenclature, is trying to create a niche for herself in this big bad world of fashion, where the big fish swallows up the smaller ...
Cinema
Everybody agrees it is fine!
THIS ONE comes riding on hope and hoopla. Despite no box office draw in its cast, not many people will say that Rahul Bose's directorial debut with "Everybody Says I'm Fine" is less than fine. It is strictly crossover cinema for the niche ...
Music
Chords & Notes
THE RECITATION of mantras is a part of life in many traditional families, and while the significance of these highly rhythmic syllables is sometimes forgotten - especially in ceremonies like marriages and childbirth, where celebrations ...
Eating Out
Thai to please the stomach...
Thai is in. Thai is hot. Thai is nice. But take care as not every Thai is a good cook. Choose in stead to taste one of the better varieties at Chilly Seasson in New Delhi's Lodi Colony. SUMITRA SENAPATY pays a visit, relishes the fa re, recommends it to us all... .
Events
Dosa... beyond tradition
The ongoing Dosa Festival at New Delhi's Radisson Hotel gives you a choice of 28 varieties of dosa. Though vastly different from the usual Deccan flavours, the variety that spices up the dosa's life is both amazing and amusing to SANGEETA BAROO AH PISHAROTY ... .
Miscellany

Read City News

Metro Plus      Bangalore      Chennai      Delhi      Hyderabad      Kochi      Thiruvananthapuram      Visakhapatnam     
See the earlier stories
Lead | Life Style | Fashion | Music | Personality | Eating Out | Madras Miscellany | Issues | Arts & Crafts | Information Technology | Shopping | Heritage | Miscellany |

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Index | Features: Magazine | Literary Review | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Entertainment | Young World | Quest | Folio |

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | Home |

Comments to : thehindu@vsnl.com   Copyright © 2002, The Hindu
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu