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Managing narratives
Author and rural development expert Daman Singh tells SUNEETHA B. in an email interview about her books and her motivation for writing fiction. Daman Singh will be in Kerala to participate in the Kovalam Literary Festival
Columns

Showbitz

Rahul Bose may have been shunted out of ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi', but he is going great guns with his NGO, The Foundation. This week, the actor, along with Mahesh Bhupathi and Ashish Raheja of construction giant Raheja Universal, announced ...
Beauty And Wellness

Losing weight, a mental game
The treatment for obesity should have a chronic disease approach


The truth about eggs
Consumption of eggs does not adversely affect the lipid profile
Food

Perfect prawns

Cut prawns into small pieces. Marinate prawns with turmeric, chilli powder, salt, ginger and garlic paste.

Put oil in the wok, add cumin seeds, then the chopped onions, grated coconut and curry leaves.

Then add the marinated prawns ...
Fashion

Royal challenge
Raghavendra Rathore says India badly needs a ministry of design
Cinema

Short films by women

Metro Film Society in cooperation with Cochin Corporation will screen Rabindranath Tagore's ‘Charulatha' directed by Satyajith Ray, at E M S Town Hall, on Thursday (September 30) at 5 p.m. The Bengali 117-minute film will be followed by ...


Sarita, unplugged
After playing varied nationalities, actor Sarita Choudhury wants to taste Indian cinema
New dimensions
Arv Grewal, the Indian-American production designer of Resident Evil: Afterlife, talks of the scope of 3D technology
Wheels

Looks good, feels better
The sixth generation Volkswagen Jetta unveiled in the U.S. recently has its own identity. The design is more cohesive and elegant, writes Hormazd Sorabjee
Sheer horsepower
Sleek, super quick, surplus power…the Jaguar XJ is the quintessential action hero
Virtual mechanic

I wish to upgrade from my 2003 Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTS-i. I have shortlisted Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-i, TVS Apache RTR 180 and Yamaha Fazer. Please suggest a motorcycle that offers good performance and fuel economy.

Chethan

The Bajaj ...


Captiva debuts

The Paris motorshow will showcase the facelifted Chevrolet Captiva SUV later this month. The SUV, will feature upgraded styling, which includes changes to both the interior and exterior finish. The most noticeable changes to the front of the ...


Small car story
LAUNCH Of “Small Wonder: The Making of the Nano”
Television

Survivorman

There's no food, water and shelter for Survivorman Les, who must rely on his training raw instincts and will to survive alone for seven days in the world's harshest environments. He has to survive plus film everything himself, lugging heavy ...


Magnificent seven
A peek into Africa's deadly animals
Events

Panchamukhi, art show by five women

Panchamukhi is an art show by five woman artists at Vernissage Art Gallery. Beginning on October 2, it will be on till October 18. The artists are Asma Menon, who is Chennai based, Razia Tony hails from Kochi, Lakshmi Srinath did her degree in ...


The dancing tree
Nritarutya, a contemporary dance company, which performed recently at JTpac, was born out of a collective love of dance
Soorya festival

Kerala Fine Arts Society presents Soorya Festival, which will be inaugurated on October 1, Friday. The inaugural performance will be a Bharatanatyam recital by Priyadarsini Govind. There will be a ballet ‘Sthree' by Ragamala Dance ...
People

Notes and nostalgia
Lata Mangeshkar lists her five memorable pieces by singer-composer Hemant Kumar, whose death anniversary was on September 26



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