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Of Thursday millionaires
Money-and-dream spinner Online lottery has seized the imagination of `Hamara Indians', who religiously and regularly defy all logic and wait for the Thursday draw. SANJAI DAMODARAN finds that some of us even rehearse the winner's speech!
Nutrition
Leaves of health
Apart from its cancer fighting properties, cabbage also lowers the risk of heart disease by preventing oxidative damage to blood vessels.
Etiquette & Protocol
Getting out of `sticky' situations
Quite often we come across `sticky' situations in life where we are not sure what to do. Read on to learn the way out.
Fitness
The posture power
Race walking can be mastered by adopting the right posture and technique.
Face Facts
For a refreshing bath
Check out the list of bath essentials to pamper your body and get a soft skin in the process.
Arts & Crafts
Behold! A mosaic of colours
HUES OF varied colours capture the attention of onlookers through an eclectic display of figures and patterns that seem to burst forth amidst a gush of light. Colours of blue, red, green, violet, and yellow that adorn the windows of an old ...
Personality
TNS: Creativity his forte
THE ONSTAGE charisma is exhilarating, if not the same as the voice. The red sandal paste on the forehead, the silk attire, `angavastram,' the image is impressionable as his music. Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, one of the most creative Carnatic ...
Music
Buck up
Some more of cricket music for the `josh'
Land & People
Brave hearts, fired with enthusiasm
Despite being inadequately trained and badly protected our firemen strive and succeed, unsung, unheard. In some of the fire stations these brave men are called upon to perform some of the most daring rescue operations. This they undertake with scant regard to their own lives. K. BALAKRISHNAN pays a tribute to this brave breed of fighters
Entertainment
Cartoons jump the `desi' wagon
The Indian folk tales have all the ingredients to make exciting cartoon series. And cashing in on this potential are our own animation studios, who are all set to roll out a series of `desi' cartoons. If `The Adventures of Tenali Raman,' which will h it the small screen in April is any indication, MINU ITTIYPE feels the youngsters are in for a new experience.
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