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Game for TWO
Jaseel Parvez Ismail, national badminton player, made doubles popular. He goes down memory lane with K.Pradeep
Columns

FITNESS FORUM
Age is just a number
When physical abilities decline with age, strength training and a supportive environment can help make daily chores easy


TIMEOUT
Take it easy

There is something captivating about the endless blue sea; the thunderous rhythm of the waves crashing on the cliff below prompting you to curl up on the ‘charu kasara' (the traditional planter's chair) and stare at nature's splendour to ...


My Five

Anthony Minghella has succeeded in translating the poetry of Michael Ondaatje's Booker prize-winning novel The English Patient onto the silver screen, a daunting task considering that the novel is so multi-layered. Set before and during World ...


OLDIS GOLD
VANAMALA 1951

Vanamala is considered the first ‘jungle movie' in Malayalam. Movies of this genre were hugely inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan. The silent movie King of Forest (1926) produced by Royal Arts with Jilloo Bai and Udvadia in the ...
Food

Bake-a-dish

What could be better than the smell of freshly baked bread or the joy of eating warm cookies straight from the oven? Do you pine for the pleasures of gingerbread houses and holiday delights or the warming goodness of home baked casseroles? ...


For the love of potatoes
The study about potatoes being a safe food brings cheer among potato fans
MYGRANDMA'S RECIPE
How to make...Polla vada
A savoury for rainy days
Food Bytes

A working professional? Then you probably don't have much time to cook. Or even eat lunch. “Lunch. If you are like me, lunch is a dreaded word. Its so . . . curious. I know exactly what to eat for breakfast. Fruit. Yogurt. Granola. ...


Hooked on flavour
Sea of flavours at Bait restaurant at Vivanta by Taj, Kovalam
Signature Dish

Hot, succulent pieces of roasted and delicately spiced chicken with French fries, baked potatoes and an array of veggies sautéed in butter. It is a meal in itself and is a healthy alternative to chicken fried in batter. The restaurant ...


Sweet treats for Deepavali
Easy-to-make sweets for this festive season
CHEWON THIS
Black Forest gateau

Schwarzwälder kirschtorte is a dessert from South Germany popularly known as Black Forest gateau. Made of several layers of chocolate cake, with whipped cream and cherries between each layer, it is decorated with additional whipped cream, ...
Issues

Germs: home truths
Factors at home could be making you ill. Here's what you should do to stay healthy
Cinema

A tale of friendship

Here's your chance to catch How To Train Your Dragon at home. Reliance BIG Home Video presents the film on a DVD, Blu-ray and VCD.

Written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, How To Train Your Dragon is the tale of a young ...


Loan crusader
Usha Rajeshwari 's Tamil film tells the story of a small-town woman's tryst with microfinance
Miscellany


Wired In

TECHNO STREET
Learning on the move
Student life ain't easy. What with the cut-throat competition, long hours of study, project work, peer pressure, debates. And to achieve academic excellence you'll need processing power and a battery that can survive a hard day's studying. These lapt ops are currently top of their class.
Events

YOURWEEK
Light of shadows

Puppet House stages the shadow puppetry play Gardabha Manushya Prahasana, in connection with Abhinaya's Ajayan Memorial Theatre festival.

Venue: Vyloppilly Samskriti Bhavan

Date: October 31

Time: 7 ...


Art of dance

Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore, performs ‘Sanchaari.'

Venue: Tagore Theatre

Date: November 2

Time: 7 ...


Sheer Chanderis

Tussar treasures

Czarina's special promotion of Tussar silks, in a wide variety of colours and designs.

Venue: Czarina, Catholic Centre

Date: Till November 5

Contact: 0471 ...


Video art

Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum conducts ‘Tribu itinerante' – video performance by Lionel Lauret.

Venue: Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum

Date: October 30

Time: 5 ...


Lac Utsav

Sea of tastes

Biriyani bonanza

Try out varieties of the biriyanis such as Nawabi, Lebanese, Paneer, Arabian and so on.

Venue: Zinc n Rock

Date: Till October 31

Time: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Contact: ...


On Bharatanatyam

Soorya's ‘Parampara' dance fete. November 1: Meenakshi Sreenivasan, November 2: Arupa Lahiri, November 3: Lavanya Ananth, November 4: Ananda Shankar, November 5: Navia Natarajan.

Venue: Vyloppilly Samskriti Bhavan

Date: ...


Rajasthani curios

NOW SHOWING

Ravi Abraham (Anoop Menon) lives the perfect life with wife, Parvathy (Samvritha Sunil), and daughter, Ammu. One evening the couple give a ride to a hitchhiker (played by Jayasurya). It turns into a nightmare for them when the hitchhiker pulls ...


TUBE WATCH

The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons. Meanwhile, Megatron's dead body is stolen from the United States military and revived. ...
People

Win-win battle
Anuja Chauhan talks about her novel Battle of Bittora and the idealism of youth



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