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Oh! So, today is Monday!
Very soon all those familiar days of the week may give way to a huge proliferation of totally different sort of days. Born out of the overheated imagination of advertising geniuses, these special days have become occasions to celebrate too. K. R. MEN ON feels that before those comfortable, conventional days cease to exist, we should try and make the most of it
Health & Medicine
AIDS gets closer and closer to home
New AIDS cases in the city are from the middle class youngsters and professionals, a social group which was hitherto deemed free of the disease, says LEELA MENON
Etiquette & Protocol
On yawns and hats
Etiquette traces its origin in history. Read on to find the roots of a few commonly practised actions of politeness.
Face Facts
Make up for the evening
Rushing from workplace to a party? Here is a guide for the perfect evening make up that you can do in a jiffy.
Personality
From Nippon, with words
K. P. P. Nambiar, a fisheries man, is on the biggest mission in his life, compiling a Japanese-Malayalam dictionary.
Webware
War zone
We are at dangerous crossroads as the winds of war blow hard and cold. Here are some of the sites to update you on the recent Iraq crisis.
Food Line

Green Notes
Purple passion
Prized for its soft velvety purple leaves Purple Passion Vine is ideal for growing in hanging baskets.
Entertainment
When the puppet and the puppeteer merged
Where kathakali still needs patrons to survive, what can pavakathakali, an even more traditional art form expect, except sheer neglect? It is a happy development, feels K. PRADEEP, that people are coming forward, at least in this late hour, to patron ise this dying art. MAHESH HARILAL captures the moods of both puppets and puppeteers at this rare show.
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