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`Taming' the kid
The committed teacher is a fast-diminishing breed. There is nothing to write home about the present day parents either. Caught in between is the child, writes AMBIKA VARMA.
Fashion
Invoking the goddess of style
Post-1970 silver screen heroines gave the Indian woman a revolutionary freedom to dress, and fashion dressing came of age.
Cinema
Row over satellite rights
'THE LEGEND of Bhagat Singh' and `Om Jai Jagdish' are being screened on TV within a few months of their release. This has sparked off a serious debate within the industry. Producers and distributors have often been at loggerheads over the ...


No stranger to prison
Salman Khan now rubs shoulders with criminal offenders in a common cell. But he knows what it is like to be in prison (having spent time in a Jodhpur lock-up after killing the endangered black buck). If a film actor, who has earned crores, ...
Film fraternities in turmoil
RAJINIKANTH'S ENTRY into politics seems to be only a matter of time, if his recent utterances on the Cauvery issue are anything to go by. The heightened passion on the issue of water in both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have given the superstar an ...
Chan still a draw
JACKIE CHAN'S latest film, `Tuxedo', has zoomed to the `Number Two' slot in the U.S.-- Top Ten, a week after its September release, proving that the comic antics of the `Rush Hour' star are still a big draw. The top spot went to `Sweet Home ...
Music
The `Mallu' invasion
K.PRADEEP meets Rajhen Paul and Stajan, who are bringing out the first ever album to be conceived and executed by an all-Malayali team.
Chords & Notes
HIS MERE presence on the screen evokes laughter and enlivens the surroundings. And, if he speaks, listeners literally roll out of their chairs, laughing. His excellent sense of humour, perfect timing and extraordinary talent to tickle the ...
Land & People
`Joi Durga'
The Bengalis in the city have been celebrating Durga Puja since 1971. This year's celebrations are round the corner.
The post-modern home
`Modern' and `elegant' are the words that best describe Lata and V. K. Mathews' home in Jawahar Nagar. "This house is a practical blend of functional and aesthetic aspects. Our aim was to build a house that is service centred for the people ...
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