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Dual role... a dilemma?
For working women it's a roller coaster ride trying to strike a balance between the challenges posed by career on the one hand and childcare on the other. PADMINI DEVARAJAN talks to some of them who have managed to pull off the feat.
Lifestyle
Gold is not old
As the models walked the ramp wearing the prize-winning designs at the gold walk, the pieces created by the school students outshone for their amazing aesthetic sense and imagination.
Personality
Model hostel
Vairamuthu is more than a successful lyricist. His long-cherished dream of service to society has taken shape in the form of the plush Thaai Women's Hostel in Kodambakkam, which is to be inaugurated shortly .
Eating Out
Flavours of tradition
If at Kanali, the Taj-sponsored restaurant at Dakshinachitra, the menu was simple, at Palmyrah, the multi-cuisine restaurant of Green Coconut Resort, the choice was varied.
Showbitz
Nightingale sings on....
INDIA'S MOST cherished national treasure, Lata Mangeshkar spent a quiet New Year away in Pune with her family. "2002 was quite relatively peaceful for me, and I hope it continues that way," she said with her characteristic smile. The singer ...


The Rai-Rani battle
AISHWARYA WAS supposed to do a music video with Adnan Sami. When she made herself unavailable, Rani Mukherjee jumped at the opportunity. Then when Ms Rai was out of Shah Rukh Khan's home production, "Chalte Chalte", directed by Aziz Mirza, it was ...
Popular pair
LAST YEAR saw Aishwarya Rai and Kareena Kapoor fighting it out for the prime slot in the celluloid world. But this year, Kareena seems to have lost ground. "Talaash," which opened to unfavourable reviews has the crowds talking about ...
Going great guns
HOR DID the reclusive Urmila spend her New Year? "I was to shoot for my new film "Ek haseena thi", but luckily the schedule was cancelled. So I spent the day with my parents, sister and brother-in-law, which was great since I hardly get to spend ...
Akshay upbeat
"Talaash" opened to tepid reviews. But the positive response that Akshay Kumar is getting for his performance has made his year. "I'm glad that after all these years the audience has appreciated me as an actor," he says, sitting on the sets of ...
Shopping
Great way to good values
MARITO CORPORATION, a Chennai-based e-publishing company has recently launched a CD-ROM titled, "Moral Stories for Children" under the brand name "Finetoons". The CD contains 15 animated stories in English and Hindi, selected from the ...
Events
Destination IIT
Saarang, the annual fest held by IIT, Chennai, is back. A preview of the events that have been lined up this year.
Candid shots of history
The exhibition of photographs on at the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) offices at Fort St. George reflects a glorious heritage. On till January 21.
For peace and harmony
THUS SANG the choir of the Mar Thoma Church under the leadership of Jesudas Athyal. It was an apt beginning for what was to follow - a memorial oration on "Religion and Violence: A challenge to the Church in India" as part of the eighth ...
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