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Don't let the fun fizzle out
PANKAJA SRINIVASAN lists some dos and don'ts to make Deepavali celebrations safer
Arts And Entertainment

Sparkles and colours
Olaf Van Cleef, integrates his passions — jewellery and painting — in his latest collection
Lifestyle

Bitten by the online bug
Online reading is catching on, and how!


Why do kids switch off?
Why is your child turning a deaf ear to everything you say?
Beauty And Wellness

Trek to health
Snow-capped mountains can be a place to relax your stressed out muscles
Keeping away from sweets
For diabetics, Deepavali means temptation in the form of sweets. Here's how they can cope
Broccoli for strong bones
Broccoli is rich in vitamins, calcium, beta-carotene and zinc
Issues

Reaching out to help
U.S.-based Anu Peshawaria runs SevA, an organisation that provides free legal advice to the immigrant community
Profiles

The gastronomic conjurer
Meenakshi Ammal's "Samaithu Par" continues to be a popular guide to cooking
Cinema

Boom time
"Don" and "Jaan-e-Mann" are finding it difficult to get big screens in Chennai. The State Government's decision to give entertainment tax benefits to Tamil films has hurt other language films, especially in Chennai city. Most of the theatres, ...
Back in triple role
Ajit is a happy man as his much-delayed "Godfather", re-christened "Varalaaru (for tax benefits), is releasing for Diwali. In the film, Ajit plays a triple role of father and two sons, with Asin and Kanika as heroines. Says director K. S. ...
Nayanthara's new look
Makeovers make stars. Perhaps this is true in the case of Nayanthara, who has been chosen to do an item number in "Sivaji" with Rajnikanth. It is also said to be the introductory song of the superstar in the film. The peppy number, tuned by A. R. ...
Festival releases
Unlike Tamil and Hindi, Diwali is not a big season for new releases in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In Kerala, Ramzan is a major festival (October 24) and, this year, the big fight is between reigning superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal who have ...
Gender

Who's afraid of ageing?
Different people react to ageing in different ways
Music

GHAZAL MAESTROS GHULAM ALI AND ANUP JALOTA IN CONVERSATION
`Patchwork performances won't work'
It couldn't be easy for two intensely creative people, with individualistic styles and international appeal, to share space on stage. But for close to three decades, Pakistan-based ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali and ghazal and bhajan exponent Anup ...
When Yes rocked the world
Through many changes in the line-up, Yes worked like magic and stormed the charts
Dissimilar peas in the same pod
While subtlety is the hallmark of Paul Simon's verse, Neil Young's songs are a protest against war
Chords & Notes
Listen to it and you will know Dor stands in stark contrast to the overdone, run-of-the-mill Bollywood film tracks. Most of it, at least. There's a good blend of poetry from Mir Ali Husain's pen and a strong sense of melody in the ...
Sport

Basketball gets a boost
Chennai is gearing up to greet the Harlem Globetrotters on November 18
Food

Saute and serve
Make Vietnamese garlic-prawn fry and carrot and cabbage sauté in a jiffy
Style

More lustre to lips
Today there is an amazing variety of lipsticks to choose from
Television

Star shine
The Tamil channels are all set for the festival with a special line up programmes to be telecast today. Vijay TV has pulled off a coup by getting the hot pair, Vijay and Trisha, to chat with Anu Hassan in "Koffee with Anu". In the show, Vijay ...
Toons for everyone
Cartoon Network has begun a talent hunt across the Asia Pacific
Travel

Oh, that familiar feeling
Chaotic traffic, crowded streets, hand-painted bill boards - could you be in Mumbai, asks SUDHISH KAMATH
White and crimson spectacle
The snow-clad Adi Kailash presents a splendid sight
The lure of the mountains
Grass, grass everywhere
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