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Getting close to Nature
Asthma...the increasing hazardTwo to five per cent of Indians suffer from asthma, and its incidence among children is increasing at an alarming rate. With the World Asthma Day observed only yesterday, we take a look at some dos and don'ts.
Curls for a cool lookMost women keep changing their hairstyle for a different look, perming being the most common one. It makes straight hair wavy or curly. Read on to find out more about it.
Nothing can impair their artMukti, an organisation that provides artificial limbs and callipers to the physically challenged, organised a seven-day art workshop for young disabled persons with an aptitude for art. Eminent artists also took part to explain the artistic nuances.
Film aficionados were treated to a Polish film festival recently in the city. The fest was organised jointly by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, New Delhi, and The Madras Film Society.
Naomi Ackerman, the American-born Israeli theatre-activist, is holding a workshop on May 10.
What marked their debut?Some took the concert platform confidently; some were anxious about the audience reaction, yet some were too young to feel nervous. Read on to know what some of our leading Carnatic musicians have to say about their maiden performance.
As the Chinmaya Mission in Chennai is in its golden jubilee year, it is the right time to take a look at the diverse activities of the organisation.
A great philanthropistPachaiyappa Mudaliar was "the greatest contributor to charity the Madras Presidency has ever known". Born in a poor family in the Thanjavur district, he became a dubash in his teens and had made a fortune by the time he was 21. One of the firs t Indians to leave a will, Pachaiyappa's bequests were the subject of 47 years of litigation before the courts appointed a Board of Trustees and formulated a scheme for the smooth running of the Trust.
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