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Route to disaster
With the plastic peril looming large and environmentalists crying hoarse over its deleterious effects, it is time we look at viable alternatives beginning this World Environment Day (June 5), writes RADHIKA RAJAMANI.


Get set on etiquette
Armed with a licence from the Protocol School of Washington and being a consultant in the US for 20 years, Chitra Danger now extends her service to India, by starting ProEt Centre for International Protocol & Etiquette in Hyderabad.
Sturdy bulbs for the season
Apart from their soft, scented, colourful flowers, lilies are drought resistant and just the plants for our scorching summers.
Zeenat speaks
WHAT WAS it that was so special about Zeenat Aman? She was certainly a trendsetter ; the first beauty contest winner and model to make it big on the silver screen. If your heart went dhak dhak over Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Heera Panna, ...
Mastermind's winner
MASTERMIND INDIA is a woman, for the third time in four years. Archana Garodia Gupta from New Delhi, who is in the jewellery business, became the master quizzer in the May 23 telecast final on BBC World. The formidable Archana had chosen `The ...
Asoka rides again
SO WHAT if Asoka didn't exactly set the box-office aflame? Its producer, Shah Rukh Khan, still has reason to smile since the film has been sold to STAR Plus, where the longer, uncut version is being serialised as a five-part series. The ...
World Cup woes to end
B4U WOKE up before any other channel and pulled off this coup -- they got the terrestrial rights of the World Cup, since TEN Sports, the official telecasters have a limited presence in the country. But TEN Sports have now announced that they are ...
Hansavision and AVM share honours
HANSAVISION AND AVM have been adjudged the best TV programme producers of 2001 by the jury of the Film Fans Association. Archanai Pookkal and Aasaigal contributed to this in good measure — specially the former, with its strong ...
Lifestyle
Everything official about it
Technological advances have thrown up alternatives to the conventional workstation. Here are some interesting possibilities.
Arts & Crafts
Russia beckons
A recent exhibition on higher education conducted by the cultural department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation was a window of opportunity to students who want to pursue professional courses in Russia.
Personality
At home amidst rocks
Frauke Quader, a German who settled in Hyderabad years ago, espouses the cause of the rocks. As these natural formations are in peril, she advocates the protection of the beautiful rockscapes of the Deccan.
Fashion
The line game
Stripes can shape your body. Using them at right angles can give you stunning solutions.
Cinema
Celluloid tribute
As many as five films on Bhagat Singh bring alive the heroic struggle and martyrdom of the Sikh revolutionary.
Challenging portrayals
THIS FILM has a message-oriented experimental comedy. That physical handicap should not deter a person from making progress in his field of choice is communicated well. Tirupati (Prabhudeva) is blind, Srisailam (Raju Sundaram) is dumb and ...
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