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ALI is MAALI at home
Lucky Ali has travelled to every corner of the world, from the pyramids to the slums of Brazil. But home for the singer of softly hummable songs is still his farm on the outskirts of Bangalore, discovers MALA KUMAR.
Lifestyle

It's BACK!
Both trendy and traditional jewellery find a place at the Jewels of India show starting tomorrow.
Information Technology

A HEART for ART
Two grantees of the India Foundation for the Arts spoke to a gathering in Bangalore about their attempts at redefining cultural history.
Music

The global ALCHEMIST
Vedic chants and African riffs spinning from his console make DJ Cheb i Sabbah a true world citizen.


Paki-Rock `Fuzon'
After Junoon, Strings, and more recently, Xenia, another band from across the border, is making waves...
Sport

Where are the RAGING BULLS?
Bangalore produced some of the finest boxers in the country, including the legendary Gunboat Jack, but many never got their due for all the blood and sweat they shed in the ring.
Showbitz

Celluloid saga
WHEN JACKIE Shroff said he wouldn't mind taking up a good role for a full-length TV serial a few years ago, several scoffed at his idea, as the hero wasn't really short of film offers. Today, as we see the medium grow in reach and stature, we ...
Going places
THE MOVIE world of China will soon see an Indian creating musical wonders for them. Several countries have had their share of A.R. Rahman's melodies, and now we hear the Chinese too will soon get a chance to see the musician at work. Rahman's ...
The melody factor
INDIAN FILMS are known to thrive on songs. An array of mellifluous numbers has even scored over average screenplays. While the music-and-dance sequences set our films apart from those of other countries, they also prove to be a bane at ...
Bowled over
HIS STINT with the camera and make-up started with "Palmolive da jawab nahin". All along, he has had a host of modelling assignments, and now we will soon see cricketer Kapil Dev in CID, a serial on Sony Television. A brand ambassador for ...
Shopping

Breads with a BRIT flavour
If bakery products, once considered `English food', slowly caught up with the local people, a large part of the credit goes to Excelsior Bakery.
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