Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, October 03, 2002
Metro Plus Bangalore
Published on Mondays & Thursdays
News Update

Features
Magazine
Literary Review
Life
Metro Plus
Open Page
Education
Book Review
Business
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Folio

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline

Home


Kolu, colour, and continuity
Dasara is the time when the old gombes are dusted from lofts and attics, cleaned, dressed up, and displayed. Doll-sellers do a roaring business every year, assessing the market with their personal relations with customers, writes CHARUMATHI SUPRAJA.
Personality
'Alternatives always exist'
The legend of Indian theatre, Habib Tanvir, was in the City recently with a play on the trauma of Partition, as a special tribute to the late B.V. Karanth. In a freewheeling interview, he spoke about culture, politics, communalism, and reasons for ho pe in times so bleak.

A moving mission
G.S. Murthy, who began life in a press, has turned automobile engineer specialising in vehicles for the disabled. His vehicles are so well done, that they almost match the quality of branded products.
Theatre
Less Mallika, less magic
Expectations run high when Mallika Sarabhai comes on stage. One wants nothing short of images that will haunt long after the last curtain call. But her recent performance in the City, though a great visual treat, was surely not one of her best.
Music
Music in the air
This is the twelfth of a 16-part series on Bangalore, which will culminate in several competitions, including a Quiz, Paint Your City, Photograph Your City, Treasure Hunt, and so on for The Hindu NIE participants.
Presley's best
Crescendo Music has released an album which comprises 30 immortal songs of The King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Sport
Abhimanyu conquers all odds
He lost his left arm in a tragic accident, but young Abhimanyu has left behind that great setback to chase a dream in cricket.
Emami duo bowls a winner
BESIDES GOLF, the new fad of the corporate sector is bowling which the CEOs have taken to in a big way. The ColorPlus National bowling championship, which was held in Bangalore last week, had a separate corporate section that left the executives ...
Double strike for Karnataka
BASEBALL, WHICH is a nascent sport in the country, is catching up fast in Karnataka and the State teams have done well at the National level championships. In the recent South Zone championship held at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu recently, the ...
Green Notes
Floating beauty
The thickly set rosette-like green leaves make the water cabbage a beautiful part of your garden.
Miscellany

Read City News

Metro Plus      Bangalore      Chennai      Delhi      Hyderabad      Kochi     
See the earlier stories
Lead | Life Style | Fashion | Music | Personality | Eating Out | Madras Miscellany | Issues | Arts & Crafts | Information Technology | Shopping | Heritage | Miscellany |

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Index | Features: Magazine | Literary Review | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Entertainment | Young World | Quest | Folio |

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | Home |

Comments to : thehindu@vsnl.com   Copyright © 2002, The Hindu
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu