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Red carpet awaits Mr. & Ms. Traveller
The upcoming tourist season promises to be rosier than the last two years, with the new market tourists arriving. Are the good feelings a little premature? PRIYADARSSHINI SHARMA takes a look at the scene.
Arts & Crafts

Touched by perfection
THE 32ND State Exhibition of Art, 2003, is different. Till last year the procedure for State level competition demanded that the entries be brought either to Thrissur or Ernakulam. Because this time art works could be accepted at any of the State ...
Cinema

Good but fails to grip
WELCOME TO the mean streets of Mumbai, where children take to crime and go on to become drug peddlers and gang lords, by the time they reach adulthood. `Footpath' directed by the prolific Vikram Bhatt, of `Satya', `Parinda' and`Ankush'is a ...
Music

Chords & Notes
There was a time when Malayalam film songs stood out by their clear shades of classicism. Most of these songs have turned all time hits. This collection includes 25 of the best semi-classical songs rendered by K. J. Jesudas, a choice pick ...
Sport

Getting Kerala football back on track
The ESPN Star Sports special screening of an English Premier League match at the Taj Residency brought together some of the notable names in Kerala football. And in one little corner, the talk veered to a few little moves to revive the sport in th e State, says STAN RAYAN
Eating Out

A birthday spread
FEAST YOUR senses once again as Bubble café, Taj Residency, turns five today. Launched as a fusion cuisine restaurant with an Arabic Moorish decor, Bubble café is a happening spot in the cityFor the anniversary celebrations Bubble was turned into ...
Travel

Tour-isms
WHEN MAHABALI comes this Onam, he sure wishes to impersonate as a tourist visiting God's Own Country. The tourist is special and his pampering would even make Mahabali wish he were one. Kerala woos the tourist in so many newer ways than ...
Land & People

Memories of a royal parade
EVERY YEAR Thripunithura gears up for the most important event of this erstwhile royal town _ Athachamayam. The word Athachamayam, is a misnomer, for the `chamayam' aspect ended once the Cochin State ceased to exist and the festival became ...
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