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Flowers power this festival
Perhaps the most fragrant of all festivals is the Mallige Pallakotsava, or the Poopallaki, in Ulsoor, one of the City's oldest areas. People of the locality come together, with every family supplying a volunteer, to reinforce the sense of community. Some 40 flower-bedecked chariots converge at the Someshwara Temple before going in a procession. This year, the festival falls on May 11, writes M.V. CHANDRASHEKAR

Music

Masala mix
THE JUKEBOX was a product of the 1950s, and the best known make was the Wurlitzer — a bulky machine — which contained a stack of gramophone records and played your favourite for a price. Then came the discos, and slowly, the jukebox ...

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Mother superior
May 12 is Mother's Day. And here is a tribute to a mother of a very special kind — Delma Evarts of Cheshire Homes under whose care the 35 inmates never miss their biological mother.

Theatre

A song for the Earth
Chrysallis, a theatre group that trains special children, will present a play on environment, `Earth Song', on May 10. The show, however, is not the final version, but only a presentation of the work done so far.

Sport

Rohan gets a mighty push
The AITA-KSLTA combine has given Karnataka's Rohan Bopanna an extensive one-year sponsorship worth Rs. 30 lakh.

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