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Bitten by the Beetle bug
A certain Beetle mania unites the people who own this `small wonder'. SUNIL NALIYATH meets Kochi's Beetle fraternity who have had an unending love affair with this cute car.
Health & Medicine
Desi love potion
If tested safe without side effects, the concoction of herbs called `Akalkarachurnam' formulated by the Ayurvedic College, Hyderabad, could be the answer to Viagra.
Arts & Crafts
The artist as a chronicler
SUNOJ.D, WHO also goes by the name of Rinku Palakkad, beats off challenges that come in the form of criticism with a flair that you later acknowledge in his art. His works sometimes defy comprehension, you tell him. Can brand names screaming out ...
Personality
Making Sanskrit musical
LEARNING SANSKRIT is no cakewalk. Greatest understatement of the century, that. Right? Writing Sanskrit lyrics? No joke. But that's what Jayaprakash does. He started at the early age of sixteen in 1984 and continues to be at it, despite the ...
Music
Neyyatinkara in his element
FOR THOSE who knew the mridangam maestro Trippunithura G.N.Swamy, it is hard to believe that he is no more with them. He had an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes of musicians of yore and assessed the performances that took place around the town ...


Review
Packed inside a CD ROM are around 400 classics by the most celebrated authors of English literature. It contains the full text and covers a gamut of genre, from romance to horror, mystery to historical fiction. With an advanced reading ...
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Discover quizzing with glee
Discovery Kids Quiz gave Kochi kids food for thought and a jolly good time, courtesy Derek O'Brien, the anchor who kept them glued to their seats. SUNANDA KHANNA had a good time too.
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