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Hire a bunny or trousseau
Do you need woollen overalls to dress like a bear for a theme party, or want to bejewel yourself at a wedding? There is an easy way out. Two stores in the city rent fancy costumes and jewels, which can transform you into a Cinderella or what you wish . PREMA MANMADHAN does a reality check on these unique stores.

Health & Medicine

Anaesthesia's pivotal role in healing
There are many myths about anaesthesia, says DR. AUSTIN PIUS. He tries to dispel some notions and enlighten lay folks about this aspect on World Anaesthesia Day, which falls on October 16.

Lifestyle

Shampooing right
Shampooing is meant to cleanse the hair and scalp of the dirt and grime without affecting the natural sebum mantle and hair shaft. And here is how.

Arts & Crafts

Drape your home in beautiful fabric
A NEW wave is sweeping the interior home design scene, with everyone trying for a different look. Kochi has its limitations in textile range, but choice fabrics to drape doors and windows have arrived. There is a glint in Gayatri's eyes. You ...

Personality

Not cowed down by darkness
Tomorrow is the Day of the Blind, a day when the world ponders over how the sightless cope. ELIZABETH NINAN meets Ayyappan, who fought both blindness and poverty and beat fate.

Cinema

STHITHI
THE LIFE of Secretariat employees follow a pattern that Thiruvanthapuramites are familiar with. Sak Films' Sthithi tells the tale of a couple employed in the Secretariat. It is Unni Menon's debut movie in which he plays the lead. Bengali actress ...

Music

Traditional and impressive
WHAT REALLY stands out in an S. P. Ramh concert is his strong, traditional `sampradaya.' Not surprising, for Ramh was initiated and trained by a long line of masters who have never compromised on the classical values. Ramh picked up his early ...

Eating Out

Treat your palates the cross-cultural way
WHETHER IT'S the young students or the working lot, Generation X is more into the culture of eating out. And the city shakes its head approvingly, with many new eateries are mushrooming almost everyday. Eating out is less fad and more fact today, ...

Cuisine

Bread, the best bet
Nothing can be more pleasant than the aroma of freshly baked bread or rotis. And whole wheat bread is as wholesome as it is delicious.

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