Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, November 18, 2002
Metro Plus Kochi
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


Real issues hide behind makeover
There is frenzied activity in Fort Kochi, to maintain, beautify and protect the Heritage zone. Residents and officials have a stand off over many issues. MINU ITTYIPE who surveys the scene finds that various bodies involved in the project are talking at cross-purposes and the final loser may just be God's Own Country.
Music
Music takes him round the world
Mr. David Robinson, MBE, is in Kochi to conduct examinations for Trinity College. Pleased with the sound of music in the city, he tells K. PRADEEP that ethnic music will soon be incorporated in the syllabus
Showbitz
Celebrity wedding with commercial breaks
IF YOU thought weddings in Kerala began and ended in a jiffy, you are about to learn something different. In a `never before' event, the TV rights for the impending wedding of Samyuktha Varma and Biju Menon on November 21 at Trichur are being ...

Different strokes!
KARISMA KAPOOR began shooting for the TV show titled "Karishma - The Miracle of Destiny" at the Parekh bungalow in Versova, on November 12, in a confrontation scene with her father played by Uday Tikekar. The serial on Sahara TV has a ...
Salman fresh target for spoof
SABe TV deprived of their chance to air a programme caricaturing Laloo Prasad Yadav, the serial makers of "Raamkhilaavan CM `N' Family" have replaced it by another serial called "Yeh Public Hai, Sab Jaanti Hai" from November 18. The first ...
Sesame Street in India
IN A development, which is really a welcome one for kids, it seems as if the top-rated American kiddies' show "Sesame Street" will have an Indian version. Sesame Workshop is the New York based non-profit organisation responsible for the ...
"Nilaamghar" shifts base
THE SHOW `Nilaamghar' is shifting to Chandigarh in a bid to cut down production costs and sport a much bigger canvas. Hosted by Shekhar Suman, the show is poised to be on a much bigger scale from this month and target the biggest ever live ...
Travel
Time to get tourist-friendly
In a scramble to lure tourists, we may just be warding them off!
Miscellany
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