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Will water find its mark?
Acute water shortage in parts of the city has forced the city keepers to attend to the problem head-on. K. S SUDHI writes on the water crisis in Kochi. Today is World Water Day.
Etiquette & Protocol

It's the time to DISCO
Dancing is great fun, but you can have a good time by observing small courtesies.
Lifestyle

Bindaas bindi
You can wear a bindi that twists up your forehead like a snake or one that comes with a shower of Swarovski crystals, discovers DEEPA GANESH.


SUMMER'S here
Try these simple do's and don'ts and sail through summer.
Arts & Crafts

WOMANSPEAK
IN AN angst-ridden world, artists exist vicariously through the emotional content of their protagonists. In a suite of paintings and sculptures titled Sthree Parwam a young artist from Kottayam dissects the sensibilities of women, and lays them ...
Issues

Earn while you learn
A growing new trend of part-time jobs is catching up among local college students, discovers VIJAY GEORGE.
Aging into independence
Parents today are opting to live independently, away from their working children. A new generation fallout, HEMJITH BHARATAN discovers, is more out of respect for each other's privacy.
Compounding the ERROR
In any financial transaction, it is important to know the interest and return rates.
Life begins at 40
THE ONSET of the mid-thirties brings about a decline in the production of oestrogen- the hormone that helps women in the childbearing years. By the mid 40s she experiences the symptoms of oestrogen deficiency-irregularity in menstrual cycle, ...
Cinema

Steps forward
MOVE OVER Yana Guptas, Isha Koppikars and others who have been doing item numbers in movies. Now it's the turn of Abhishek Bachchan to put on his dancing shoes. Junior B may silence quite a few with his dance in Rakht (starring Sanjay ...
Mithun's moves
LOOKS LIKE Mithun Chakraborty is coming back to tinsel town. After a hiatus Mithunda is likely to team up with B. Subhash - his old pal with whom he made seven films (including Suraksha, Disco Dancer). This film is also likely to ...
Mama Mia
NAOMI WATTS is seriously considering taking a break from her successful acting career because she wants to become a mother. The 35-year-old The Ring star, who is dating Aussie hunk Heath Ledger, feels that she cannot ignore her yearning to ...
Never again
HAPPY AND content is what Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie is, as she has vowed never to sign up for another Tomb Raider film. Jolie shrugged off the critical mauling given to the original film and its sequel The Cradle Of Life, ...
Spiritual Shekhar?
SHEKHAR KAPUR may be lying low for a while. He's got Vishal Bharadwaj to direct his production Mantra. Now Shekhar has teamed up with Deepak Chopra and started Intent, which will highlight spiritualism worldwide. Their first venture is ...
Going places
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE plays a fresh-faced newspaper hack who exposes an elite unit of corrupt cops in his movie debut Edison. Insiders on the set reveal Justin's portrayal of a journalist shows he is a natural actor and producers are of the ...
Music

Channel crossings
Sa Re Ga Ma has tied up with BBC Worldwide to distribute popular BBC titles on VCD and DVD in India.
Cashing in on cricket
As the heat of the ongoing Indo-Pak cricket series reaches a feverish pitch, a movie soundtrack promises to pump some more adrenalin.
Cuisine

Kiwi wonder
As exotic as the locales are the recipes from the `Land of the Rings'.
Insite

Music @ Internet radio
After streaming audio and MP3, Internet radio promises to be the next big thing in online music.

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