Archive for January 2010
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What’s On
Rural reign
Culture show
@ Dakshinachitra Chennai
When: Till Jan 31 (All day)
Dakshinachitra celebrates Village Heritage Festival and will come alive to the rhythms, movements and colours of different folk dances of South India. Phone: 24462435 / 24918943
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Get spicy
Food
@ The Residency Towers Sir Thyagaraya Road, T. Nagar
When: Till Jan 31
Lunch and dinner at Spice Jar. Ph: 2825 3434
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Mystic […]
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Sibling showdown
GREAT RIVALRIES Venus Williams vs. Serena Williams: Sporting face-offs between the sisters make for a compelling watch, says KUNAL DIWAN
That Grand Slam champions in tennis are made of special stuff is not entirely a special observation. Almost anybody who follows sport with any degree of closeness knows the struggle and effort that are a prerequisite […]
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Thrilling quest
ACTION Loaded with twists and turns, this hunt is one you would not want to miss. JAYANTHI HARSHA
Title: THE PARIS VENDETTA
Author: Steve Berry
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price: Rs 295
The Paris Vendetta is Steve Berry’s eighth book and is about an ex-agent Cotton Malone and his best friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, who is on a quest to avenge his […]
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Growing up again…
One lazy Saturday afternoon, I was in a retrospective mood. I asked myself “When was the last time I did something just for the sake of doing it and not because I gained something from it??” After several soul searching seconds I came up with an answer that was really pitiable. It was when I […]
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Lenseye
High fliers: Practice will make them perfect.
Sent by: VIGNESH B., completed B.E. Mechanical Engineering from CEG
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Look Out For
Title: KABUL DISCO
Author: Nicolas Wild
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: RS. 325
Years back a wandering French writer found a job and a place to live…except that it happened to be Kabul, a country left unstable for years. He took it upon himself to write a comic book to explain the Afghan constitution and the next was on the […]
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Bolly Buzz
Mender bender
So Vivek Oberoi is bending backwards, double. He chummed up to senior Mr. and Mrs. Bachchan at an awards night, strangely ending up seated behind them. Then he figured in another situation, getting seated next to former flame Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan at another gig (of course, the lady did not spare a look in that […]
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Sabotaged subways
It’s been half-way down the year since I started using *this’ subway. Before I weep out all of my woes I need to make a few things plain about the precise usage of the subways. Well why are subways constructed? Is to buoy up the pavement shops or for an unhurried negotiation between two roads? […]
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It’s money time!
IPL AUCTON This year the bidding attracted a regular dose of talent, money and controversy. NANDAKUMAR GANESH
This year saw a very discreet, low-key IPL auction at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai, chiefly owing to the fact that not more than 15 players were bought by the eight franchises. 66 players in all were up for […]
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Gadget Gyan
Samsung Electronics has launched Metro 5200, a feature packed multimedia phone. in the Indian market. With the launch of this new mobile , Samsung has an enhanced Metro series of mobiles comprising of four , feature rich Metro Series of mobiles in the Indian market. The new handset is a 10.9mm slim slider phone and […]
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