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The show must go on
Future is bleak and only people can revive it by their presence at shows, writes S.S.KAVITHA
Health

Diet supplements
Do supplements really help improve health? For instance, a daily multivitamin mineral supplement and antioxidant supplements and a few different types of herbs. But they are rather expensive, and sometimes one wonders if they are just a waste of ...
Down Memory Lane

Witty professors
There were the Tamil professors who spoke only in English, and the professors of English who were at home only in Tamil.
Health

Tipsy drivers
Need to crack down on drunken driving
Heritage

Wonder pillars
10 Pillar Lane steeped in history but lying in neglect
Personality

Versatile artiste
There is no particular strategy to become successful, all you have to do is perfect your craft, says Nasser
Cinema

The new trend
Now all heroes in Tamil insist that music directors give them at least one folk or `koothu' song in their films. This has become the latest trend, as with every film the picturisation of such songs is given a lot of importance and an item girl is ...


Raja of remakes
Vijay loves doing remakes, which provide him scope to enhance his larger-than-life screen image. Remember that some of his hits such as "Kathalukku Mariyadai", "Friends" and "Gilli" were remakes. Now Vijay's father, veteran director S. A. ...
Early days of the mob
Ramgopal Varma, the Telugu director who migrated to Bollywood, has created his own brand of films that are racy, offbeat and mostly based on the Mumbai underworld. Now he is producing "D", a prequel to "Company", directed by his former assistant ...
Horror sequel
Horror is big business in Hollywood. All recent horror flicks such as "The Grudge" and "The Amityville" have done good business. Now "Ring-2" , released yesterday, could cause more goose bumps, though critics say it is not as scary as the ...
Telewatch

The switchover
Producing, directing and acting in television serials are turning out to be a favourite pastime with many top yesteryear actors and actresses. The latest to jump on the bandwagon in Tamil is Jayasudha, who was one of the successful heroines ...
Green Notes

Blue butterflies
The bright flowers of Aparajita resemble hovering butterflies
Travel

Buck is beautiful
That is if you can catch a glimpse of them, says SOMA BASU
Insite

I, me and my message
MSN's new Messenger version throws in all the goodies of the instant communication scene
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