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Just another day... ..
Apart from the fact that it is a holiday, does May Day matter any more to workers? K. BALAKRISHNAN feels the present crop of educated workers care no more.
Fitness
Cycling at one spot
A stationary bicycle offers the health benefits of cycling without the injuries, falls and hazards of cycling on the road or on a mountain trail. One can also exercise in the comfort of one's home.
Arts & Crafts
Fact behind the act
Mind-body co-ordination plays a bigger role in lives than one imagines, K. SANKARAN proves in this skit-of-a-conversation.


Delightful addendum
IT IS an intrinsic characteristic of a cartoon that it should evoke a smile in the viewer. If executed well it doesn't dither and fall without an accompanying text; the illustration is strong enough to stand-alone. And so it is that ahead of the ...
Images in transition
TUCKED AWAY in a far corner of the sprawling Hill Palace complex a bunch of sculptors are engaged in laborious work, seriously chiselling away at their individual stone blocks that show little possibility to relent. The granite is sizeable but ...
Personality
Changing lanes
Kadri Gopalnath, who has masterfully adapted the singularly western saxophone to the carnatic sound, is a name to reckon with in the world of instrumental music today.
Issues
From the serious to the ridiculous
Though May Day means Labour Day to most of the world, there are other lighter and frivolous celebrations associated with it.
Sport
A helping hand to the promised land
In this mad, bad material world, it's refreshing to come across small clubs like B.C.Cochin, which aim to change the world in their own little way, says STAN RAYAN
Eating Out
Say `yes' to mushroom
The consumption of mushroom is said to keep cholesterol levels in our body in check. It is good for diabetics and people suffering from high blood pressure.
Summer sips
Some super coolers to douse the summer sizzle.
Showbitz
Crazy about Kamal
IF YOU see Madhavan wearing an ear-to-ear grin you can blame it on Kamal Haasan. The actor is absolutely crazy about his idol. My dream came true when we co-starred in "Anbe Sivam". And in "Nala Damayanti" which Kamalji is producing, I play the ...
Ghai gets busy
THEY DON'T call him the neo-showman for nothing. All eyes have been on Subhash Ghai ever since news of a new magnum opus began to be heard. After months of deliberations, he's ready to launch his next directorial venture, "Homeland" featuring ...
Together on screen
FATHER AND son are finally coming together in a film to be directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi. Says the Big B, "Raj Santoshi had already signed Abhishek for a film which he was going to direct in the two-month gap in the shooting of "Khaki" as I'd be ...
Nandita calls the shots!
RAIN WATER harvesting has always had frantic campaigns, but this time round, it is a dusky film star who is behind the camera to get the message across! Nandita Das and ad-filmmaker husband Saumya Sen have just completed a combined effort of ...
Kajol in a new role
EASTER SUNDAY was a lucky day for Kajol and Ajay Devgan, as they welcomed their daughter into their family. With Kajol and the baby, doing fine at Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital, was proud papa Ajay, who was not shooting that day. Ajay, who's ...
Green Notes
Graceful palm
The Butterfly Palm, with its feather-like leaves, can be used to fill up space, whether indoors or outdoors.
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