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Their survival hangs by a thread
As ready-mades become the rage, tailors, especially the aged, wait for customers who will never come, writes PRAKASAM K. UNNI.
Music
CHORDS & NOTES
IF YOU are really passionate about Hindustani music, you may identify the music of `Devdas' with that of Taufiq Qureshi's `Rhydhun'. Ismail Darbar has composed 10 tunes for this magnum opus. Nusrat Badr's lyrics and special effects infuse ...
Lifestyle
Adding a personal touch
Rita and G. S. Khurana have chosen the colour of champagne for their home...
Personality
Dial M for music
Anchors Nikhil and Nimmy make `Sing `n win' a pleasure to watch.


Different strokes
About 30 years ago, in a kindergarten school at Kamaleshwaram in the city, a teacher asked her 20-odd students to draw an apple. Some drew huge circles, others tiny ones. There was this boy who painted the whole paper red. The teacher looked ...
Fashion
A stitch in time
UNABLE TO withstand the onslaught of the `ready-made' brigade, known for its corporate skills and high advertising budgets, the Kerala State Tailors' Association, with almost four lakh members, is on the survival mode. V. Sadasivan Nair, State ...
Tale of a tailor
Tucked into a room in a rickety building opposite the Martyrs Column at Palayam Square, V. Sadasivan Nair, who once made caps and outfits for true-blue Gandhians, measures, marks and snips khadi cloth given to him by the Ministers and MLAs of the ...
Counting on discount
Levi's and Dockers have offered this summer a discount of up to 60 per cent for their products...
Cinema
The journey within
The greatest mystery about man is that even after achieving much, he is unable to find answers to the simplest of questions. Man has always asked himself: "Who am I?" In fact, the query is as old as man himself, and it continues to tease his ...
Telewatch
Catch soccer on the Net
If you thought cricket is the only popular game that makes TV viewers loyal, think again. The World Cup Football 2002 is just round the corner. Invoke the game's spirit...
Information Technology
Net language: finding a space of its own
Conventional rules of language seem inadequate in cyber-yug. A new lingo that is being created may not please traditionalists. But it is fast catching up and about to gain acceptance, says S. VINAYA KUMAR
Eating Out
Snack time
Mix dalda, baking soda, salt and pour it over the sieved flour. Mix well and pour coconut milk and knead well into a smooth pliable dough. Cover the dough with a cloth and keep it in the fridge for half an hour. Cook the minced meat till the ...
Happenings
And the award goes to...
... the organisers of this year's State film award ceremony, for presenting something totally different from the usual stuff.
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