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When appearance does matter
Shaandar singerHE WAS one of the earliest faces of Indipop, part of India's first and only brother-sister band, and he went solo a year ago. You guessed it right, Shaan, aka Shantanu Mukherjee, is the man. Shaan has been around right from the days of Q-Funk ... 
The violin in Carnatic musicInnovative musicians adapted the violin, primarily a Western instrument, to Carnatic music and developed a whole new technique of playing, indistinguishable from its original sound patterns.
A rain of colours in craftsThe Dastakari Haat, which is on in Bangalore till June 9, presents a pan-Indian landscape of crafts. Just as one admires and appreciates the ingenuity of these nameless craftsmen, it is also perhaps time to ask oneself a whole lot of questions about the survival of these traditional skills.
A comedy of mannersKamal Hassan holds forth on how he puts in more into comedies than drama. The cast of Panchathantiram was in the City on a pre-release promotional tour and it was the star, rather than the press, that did all the talking. 
Tailoring successFeminine skills such as tailoring and needlework, meant to keep a woman occupied indoors, can be remodelled into careers. K. Padmakala, who started the first `by women, for women' Industrial Training Institute in Karnataka, has shown the way.
Backlash against the whiplashDo we have to inflict unnecessary pain on a horse to win? The answer better be `No', if racing has to survive as a sport, say two British experts who were in Bangalore recently. Changing trends The hero of many Davis Cup wins, Ramesh Krishnan, keeps an enduring relationship with the Indian team.
Nandini Ghee seeks to spread its taste in other States.
Zeenat speaksWHAT 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 ... 
Mastermind's winnerMASTERMIND 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 ... 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 ... Hansavision, 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 ...
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