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EASTWARD HO!
That's where Chennai-ites are headed during this holiday season, say PRASSANA SRINIVASAN and SHALINI UMACHANDRAN
Fitness

Exercising chest muscles
The bench press is a great exercise for building up chest muscles
Metromail

Appreciate artistes
I read about the struggle for identity and success of Narthaki Nataraj (probably the only successful eunuch Bharatanatyam dancer) in the Metroplus dated May 12, 2003 (Dancing her way to glory, Madurai edition). I have been following her ...


Travel travails
It is good to see the Metroplus going places with its "Road Less Travelled" column every Saturday. But, as a reader I would also like to go to the places you are suggesting. The articles — for example the one on Javadhi Hills — do ...
Food reviews
Looks like the Metro team really loves food. Lately it seems that there are food reviews — and in star hotels — in the paper every other day. Sunita Sridhar
Injambakkam Send your letters to ...
Cartooning
The cartoon section in the Metroplus is a welcome addition, but I find some of the cartoons too abstruse and Westernised to relate to. Lakshmanan K.
Nandanam Send your letters to ...
Lifestyle

Love at first sting
The compilation gives you an unprecedented high
Arts & Crafts

Epic in new idiom
Ramakrishna Vedala's paintings depict scenes from the Sundara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana in different media
Sport

Chennai wants the tournament
Will the Tata Open be shifted to Hyderabad next year from Chennai which has been hosting the event for the past seven years? Read on...
Entertainment

`Andhrawala' arrives
THE FIRST among the Sankranthi releases, NTR's "Andhrawala" is hitting the screen on New Year's day. The hype about the film is unprecedented not only in Andhra but also in Tamil Nadu and Bollywood! The film made at a cost of Rs. 12 crores has ...
Comeback queen
SHEELA, YESTERYEAR heroine of Malayalam cinema, holds a Guinness record of being paired with late Prem Nazir as heroine in more than 150 films. Now after 22 years of hibernation, she has made a fantastic comeback in an author-backed role of ...
Men in uniform
AMITABH BACHCHAN, whose honest cop-act in the 1973 "Zanjeer" gave the film a semi-classic status, has now donned khaki again for Rajkumar Santoshi's Rs. 25-crore "Khakee" releasing this month. This year, almost nine films on the police force are ...
Captain's call
"NADIGAR SANGAM" chief Vijaykanth is on the horns of a dilemma. His fans are urging him to test the political waters but `captain' wants one last hit before plunging into politics. On the career front, Vijaykanth's last two releases, "Sokka ...
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