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God's own `chukkuvellam'
`Chukkuvellam,' the boiled, medicated drinking water has become a trademark of Kerala. Tourists have been fascinated by this herbal concoction, often making this a habit. SUDHA NAMBUDIRI writes on the goodness, carminative and digestive properties o f this Ayurvedic drink.
Design Matters

Buzz from Kochi's antique bazaar
KOCHI'S JEW Town and antiquity are synonymous with each other. While its history laden streets tell many tales of the past, the `antique' shops here, fittingly complement the ambience, overflowing into the two parallel streets, each with a story ...
Food For Thought

Beauty is food, food beauty
Dietician MUMTAZ KHALID ISMAIL relates the dependence of beauty on food.


Soya surprise
COMING FROM a generation that never thought of food except in terms of taste, appearance, smell and many unexamined, hand-me-down beliefs, in the good and the bad of it, the news of a 15-month-old baby having milk allergy was incredible. ...
Lifestyle

The Week-ness for fashion
Mindless! Excessive! Anti-utilitarian! Undemocratic! were just some of the views regarding the recently held,Lakme India Fashion Week. ARCHANA NANDAL, a clothes stylist, is upbeat about the debate that ensued
Tribute

Giving Ravi Varma his due
ONLY IN our puranas are there gods and goddesses in love. And no one has pictured them for the masses like Raja Ravi Varma. High priests of culture and art dubbed his works as kitsch and calendar stuff, but at Southeby's, they would love to have ...
Personality

Changing negatives to her advantage
SUNANDA KHANNA talks to the recipient of this year's Manager of the Year Award from Kerala Management Association
Issues

The few who shaped our today
AJAY MENON talks to two old timers from the city who recall the Quit India days.
Music

Rich musical fare
THE EXPERIMENT is catching on. Two months ago, it was the Moozhikulam Sala, which organised an infotainment fair by successfully blending display of books, music cassettes, CDs etc. with music concerts in the evening. This month, it was the turn ...
Chords & Notes
EVEN THE most hardcore rationalist is moved by the ringing of church bells, said Anton Chekov. True. Devotional music must be expressive, ringing in sentimental associations. Most of the modern music in this genre is so constructed that very ...
Food Line


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