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A tryst with the city’s past
Subramaniapuram of the 80s, one of the bustling residential localities of Madurai, has been recreated to perfection in this latest flick, write T. SARAVANAN and D. KARTHIKEYAN
Sport

Hand in glove with safety
Hand-eye coordination prevents injury in cricket
Columns

POWER CUTS - VOICE YOUR VIEWS
Discriminatory

While the middle class salaried people can afford to get an Unlimited Power Supply (UPS) at home, the poor and the downtrodden are badly affected. They are unable to face the power cut, especially at peak hours. Even institutions like schools, ...


Punitive action

Whenever there is a gap between supply and demand, power cut is unavoidable. What should we do - increase power generation or reduce power consumption? There should be an effective monitoring of the supply and demand, private captive power ...


Worst times

This year is one of the worst years as we are facing four-hour load shedding daily and one day power holiday. Frequent power cuts will increase the risk of machinery breakdown and discourage foreign companies to set up units in Tamil Nadu. The ...


Endure

Everybody knows that power generation depends on monsoon rain water stored in dams. Owing to growing domestic, industrial, infrastructure and agricultural needs for power, the Govenrment’s desire for an uninterrupted power supply could ...


Optimum use

The TNEB authorities resort to power cuts often because the supply is falling short of the demand. Uninformed and periodical power cuts during peak hours affect all. For power generation, apart from the conventional sources, other alternaive ...


Crisis

For the past one month, Tamil Nadu has been experiencing one of the greatest crises in recent years. Due to the enforced power shut down, production work has suffered all around. Government should implement strict rules and prevent wastage of ...


Major problem

Life without power is like a plant without flowers. Power cut is a major problem of modern days. Our consumption is more than the supply. We should look at alternative solutions like solar energy, wind energy, OTE (ocean thermal energy), ...


Learn to conserve

We have learnt to live with power cuts daily now. Both working and non-working people are getting disturbed. Use of electrical power is on the rise. Electricity produced is exceeded consumption demand. This can, however, be reduced by ...


SHOWBITZ
Style and the man
No need to do a double flip on that one. Designer-cum-Bollywood-stylist Aki Narula is just speaking about his best clotheshorse in “Bachna Ae Haseeno”. “Though it’s difficult to choose among the four characters I worked ...
Sidhu’s last laugh

First it was the Sidhuisms. Then it was his inexplicable roar of laughter at the silliest of jokes. But now the cricketer-turned-MP-turned-commentator-turned-laughter show judge has, well, turned into an actor. Paji is now set to debut in ...


Painful memories

Bipasha Basu has had the most painful time during her shoot of “Bachna Ae Haseeno”. Before you get ideas about the cat fights between the three leading ladies of the film (Bips, Deepika and Minissha Lamba), let’s quickly ...


TIMEOUT
Hilltop luxury
It’s the highest point in the bustling Temple City. Sitting pretty atop a hillock called Pasumalai draped in 65-odd acres of landscaped grounds and with a 1890s colonial building to boot, there is no better spot to unwind than the Taj ...
DOWN MEMORY LANE
Debates and diatribes
School exercises to improver one’s language skills
Beauty And Wellness

Ask Shahnaz

Beautician Shahnaz Hussain offers tips and answers queries. You can send your queries to shahnaz_press@yahoo.co.in


Food

From God’s own country
The ongoing Kerala Food Festival at Taj Garden Retreat is worth the palate
Television

Movie mania
Watch a mix of action, adventure, drama and comedy on HBO this month


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