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Tasty specialities
DINING OUT Mainland China’s New Year special spread is scrumptiously oriental. TANYA THOMAS
The Chinese, besides stringent communism, also have an undeniably popular cuisine. And this month being the New Year of the Tiger, more the reason you should be heading to Mainland China to try their latest spread.
Unusual surprises
Deciding to be adventurous, I hop-skip-and-jump over […]
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Stunning sci-fi watch
BIG SCREEN
Movie: District 9
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka
After watching “District 9”, the one and only thing that reminded me of the film constantly is its audacity. And I think Neill Blomkamp marks the past decade as a brainwave to many upcoming directors and screenwriters because he certainly proves that experimenting can […]
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Catch them young
TECH GURUS The trio from IIT-M are initiating the young into the new age of robotics through their workshops. KANKANA BASU
With the cultural festivities of the annual event Saarang having drawn to a close, its back to mind-twisting challenges for the students of IIT-Madras. While different batches of students explore different avenues of science, […]
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On the rocks
HANGOUT A party-goer’s experience at the newest pub in town — Star Rock. SHILPA RATHNAM
It was Saturday and I had big plans for the evening. The menu was planned out, the couch was cleared and the TV shows panned out through the night perfectly. And then the phone rang to inform me of a pub […]
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Spreading smiles
RISING STAR Vidya Malvade who shot to fame with “Chak de”, talks about her future plans in filmdom. AMINA SAMREEN S.
Vidya Malvade who shot to fame after the smashing success of “Chak De India” opposite to Bollywood badshahShahrukh Khan is ready with another set of releases. Her latest “Striker” with Siddharth hit the silver screen […]
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Lenseye
Stairway to Heaven: Rocky Tree.
Sent by: Ramprabhu Ravanan, ECE, Pallavan College of Enginerring, Kanchipuram
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Say it with words
The hullabaloo of Valentine’s Day is finally behind us. Oof, what a big spectacle it becomes year after year! All forms of media- newspapers, FM stations, TV channels and the Net were showing commercials of exquisite romantic take-aways for the day of Love. We had the evergreen favourites – greeting cards and roses, classy diamonds, […]
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Tagging along
There are quizzes online on them, MBA aspirants and job seekers find it the most interesting part of their preparation and almost everyone who orkuts looks forward to creating the coolest ones. Of course I am referring to taglines. Some of them are witty, some are cool, some are smart, some are sensible and some […]
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The countdown begins
HOCKEY With the World Cup beginning on February 28, will see the focus shifting to the European teams like The Netherlands and Germany. Also some players to look out for. K. KEERTHIVASAN
From the “bliss” of playing on grass to the “harsh realities” of competing on artificial turf, Indian hockey has slipped down the ladder like […]
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Look out for
Title: Dork
Author: Sidin Vadukut
Publisher: Penguin
Price: Rs. 199
Robin Einstein Varghese, who earns himself a day zero job in Mumbai after being ranked 41st in his class. The question is not that he thinks he fits into the culture but the question is does he? Through a stunning series of blunders, mishaps and inadvertent errors, Robin begins […]
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