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On the book crawl
On any Sunday morning, book browsers and collectors crisscross each other, crawling in and out of second-hand and new bookshops. On this path, PRADEEP SEBASTIAN ran into J.S. Sharma, perhaps Bangalore's biggest and most passionate private book col lector. April 23 is World Book and Copyright Day.
Lifestyle
Home away from home
Melange on Vittal Mallya Road calls itself a service home and provides accommodation to tourists. It is mainly targeted at corporate customers.
Personality
When Select Bookshop went to Boston
Whether he was in Bangalore or in Boston, the favourite hobby of K.B.K. Rao, the founder of Select Bookshop, remained browsing through books. His son recollects a touching episode.

He is a class apart
Professor Ramaswamy's faultless memory and passionate rhetoric would leave everyone in his class awe-struck. This walking encyclopaedia of English classics was felicitated recently in Bangalore.
Theatre
Philosophy on stage
Prof. Douglas Huff, a philosopher and a playwright, believes that theatre allows one to understand and learn better the moral knowledge and ethics that philosophy talks of.
Music
Soul bellows
Three accordion players bring a south Bangalore passion to European folk music.
Chords & Notes
This fortnight at MusicWorld...
Eating Out
Fusion of food and fashion
IF YOU long to sit under the blue sky, surrounded by greenery, in a sprawling farmhouse where food and fashion blend sensually, then you should get set to indulge yourself at the Grasshopper, where time comes to a standstill. The young and chic ...
Shopping
New sheen
WALK IN to the Tanishq Showroom on Dickenson Road and you will be surprised to see the sheen of a metal different from the gold that Tanishq is usually associated with. You find a whole new range of silverware — stylised Diyas, neat looking ...
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