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Tunes for hard times
Going MP3 and slashing price... S.R. RAMAKRISHNA talks to two Bangalore music labels to check how they are coping with the biggest ever slump in the music industry.
Books

New books
REMEMBER THE good old Lekhak notebooks we used in school? They and their ilk have become history with style and brand name entering the market. There are now designer notebooks that are both goodlooking and pricey. And the latest to hit the ...
Music

The prime wooer
The jukebox was a great device to tell the girl you wanted to be with her.


Those beautiful singing machines
The jukebox quenched music lovers' thirst for their favourite numbers till cassettes made their appearance.
Playing to the gallery
Be it a wedding or a funeral, setting the mood for the occasion is the job of music bands.
Oops! She did it again
Gigantic music corporations today dictate who sings what while pop stars have become products to be marketed.
This duo touched several bases
The Bangalore School of Music presented Uwe Steinmetz on alto and soprano saxophones and flute, and Pauline Warjri on piano and vocals in an eclectic concert recently.
Desi song from videshi footing
US-based Aalok Mehta, actor, composer, and singer, is all excited about his new album, Technicolour.
Sport

The ping pong pique
As two KTTA big guns slug it out, the worst casualties are the players, parents, and table tennis itself.
Events

When recognition came, at last
Karnataka table tennis veterans gathered together reviving memories of a grand era.

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