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Rockin' in the textile city
The winds of change are blowing across Coimbatore. The new generation's clamour for entertainment is reflected in the increased spending at hotels and carnivals, writes SUBHA J RAO.
Voice Your Views
Voice your views
Coimbatore, once known for its cleanliness, now stands as proof of official and public apathy. Here are a few suggestions to restore the city to its pristine glory.
Environment
A panacea for all ills
Lemons are rich in vitamin C and can help build resistance to a host of diseases, be it common cold or even cancer.
Information Technology
More from the mouse
Add more to your mouse than "point-and-click" commands. These days, you can train it to execute a number of natural gestures.
Sport
On a learning curve with Kapil
After tackling yorkers and bouncers, Kapil Dev teaches the youth of the city the finer aspects of cricket and life.
Eating Out
Whetting your appetite with Kebabs
The tastes of the frontier provinces come alive at the ongoing Kebab Festival. The dishes transport one to an era when mouth-watering manna emanated from the royal kitchens.
Green Notes
The flowering ginger
The `Sulli' or flowering ginger has attractive white flowers with a heady fragrance. It grows well in pots and is often used to adorn the hair.
Shopping
For music buffs
Music shops normally stock all kinds of cassettes. Here is a shop which focusses on devotional and classical music.
Land & People
On an icy Himalayan trail
Students of a city college recollect their experiences during the National Himalayan winter trekking expedition organised by the YHAI.
Entertainment
New number one
IT IS now clear that among the Pongal releases "Dhool" is the clear winner by a mile. The film has taken a dream opening doing almost 100 per cent in the first week in theatres in Tamil Nadu, something that was last done by "Padayappa" in 1999. ...


Risky business
IT IS the most daring business decision taken by 20th Century Fox to release its superhero action movie "Daredevil" starring Ben Affleck on February 14, traditionally off-season in the U.S. Will family audience buy tickets for a super action ...
Looking for a new messiah
LAST WEEK'S battle royale between Bipasha Basu's "Jism" and Aishwarya Rai's "Dil Ka Rishta" turned out to be a damp squib at the box office as both the films bombed. The channels had billed it as the clash of the bold and the beautiful, but ...
Meera turns arty
MEERA JASMINE is being torn to bits by the Tamil press for charging the moon and they claim that the "Run" success has gone into her head. But she is hot and happening and is doing Vijay's latest film "Geetai" where she plays a modern girl pitted ...
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