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The Playwright Award shortlist
Last August, we announced the MetroPlus Playwright Award 2008, which carries a prize of Rs. 1 lakh for the best English script, which is original, unpublished and unperformed. We received over 70 entries from all over the country, of which 63 fulfill ed all the criteria specified for eligibility. The judges longlisted eight plays of which they shortlisted three. Below, a snapshot of the three playwrights and their entries. The final decision about the winner will be announced later this month.

Citylife

City diary

Weave a story this weekend at Oxford Bookstore. You can create a really funny story, or a scary one or an exciting one in this story-telling session, where one of you starts a story and someone else continues it and yet another takes it ...

People

Drama in the genes
Feisal Alkazi shares the crests and troughs of theatre

Arts And Entertainment

Drama with colours
When the artist has also been involved with children’s theatre, you can expect some free spirited work

Wheels

Battle of the big roadies
Size, power, weight… Thunder+ and Pajero have got it all. But read on to know which is a better SUV

Mahindra will launch the hybrid Bolero in a few months. The model will use a start-stop system with a heavy duty belt for the high-life starter. It will switch the Bolero off when it comes to a halt and start it as you want to get moving ...

Television

Some action, and comedy
New offerings from Jetix this Summer

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• New innings
• Writing on the wall

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