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Retired, but not tired...
Who said there is no life after retirement? Ex-bankers say they have a lot to bank on...
Health & Medicine
Are nuts bad?
AFTER YOU'VE been told for years that fatty foods like nuts are bad, it is pretty hard to switch gears and start eating them because, surprise, now they're good. As pasta and baguettes, stars of low-fat diets fall out of favour, nuts are taking ...
Arts & Crafts
Strokes of time
Gopidas has over the years observed sinewy bodies, coarse leathery skin and bodies bent double with age, and let his brush dwell on the characters to give each one of his frames an identity.


Artist from the Alps
Mirjiam Steiger came from Switzerland to experience the rejuvenating effects of ayurveda. She endeared herself to the people of Tiruvallom, where she stayed, by drawing their sketches and gifting it to them.
Issues
Elephantine problems
A land that takes pride in its elephant population seems to care little about their well-being.
Fashion
'Hat tricks'
Hats and caps denote personal style and personality attributes.
Cinema
On the comeback trail
PRAVEENA HAS that unmistakable glow -- the glow of success, marriage and contentment. She's back in front of arc lights after a two-and-a-half year sojourn in Dubai. The actress is busy shooting in Thiruvanthapuram for `Swapnam', a mega-serial ...
Music
Lounge music
Many Indian lounge music albums have gained critical acclaim in the international media. The likes of Trilok Gurtu, Karunesh and Budha Bar are gaining instant stardom with their `different' form of music.
Cuisine
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Make a paste of ginger, garlic, turmeric, pepper, curd and salt. Marinate the chicken pieces in the paste for 30 minutes. Cook for 5 minutes with the tomato pieces and green chilly cut into 2 pieces.
Land & People
Cross-cultural handshake
OF THE many charming things taken away from us by technological progress, one is the low flying commercial aircraft. When I first came to Thiruvanathapuram in 1975, I had flown down from Madras on a bright December morning in a Made-in-India ...
Insite
More on mobile technologies
Confused about the finer points of GSM or CDMA? Read on for some clarifications...
Entertainment
The road to immortality
Observing Satyajit Ray's 10th death anniversary, Filca screens the Apu trilogy, which placed Indian cinema on the map, at Kalabhavan here on January 30.
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