Archive for April 2011
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NXg Weekly Movie Quiz (28/04/2011)
How much do you know about “Vaanam”? Ten lucky people with the correct answers will win two passes each to a show in PVR Cinemas. Send in your answers with your name, address and contact details to: contests.nxg@gmail.com. Entries sent to a different id or posted on the website will not be accepted.
1. Who played […]
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Chill out in the heat
Check out the right way to beat the heat and keep yourself in top shape. DR. MANGAI SUBBIAH
Though summer is not the season to gorge on food…. it is important to eat healthy during this season to beat the heat and keep your waistline in check. The season also offers abundance of fresh fruits and […]
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Fun trip
“Are you going to Ooty?” “You?” – Me too! The air was filled with these exchanges. It felt like the exams were just minor distractions in between the famous Ooty trip! Getting out of our last exam was like redemption. It was finally over. Now, all we had to look forward to was an adventure […]
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Save electricity
When I started to write this letter, I was all sweating, sitting in my room. Not that I am residing in a remote village without access to electricity but I live in Chennai— the metro city. The scheduled power cuts introduced by TNEB in Chennai has begun this day.
The power cut proves the awesomeness of […]
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Voting hurdles
I woke up early to avail of the first fundamental right of my citizenship: “The right to vote”! I asked my parents to come with me. But with years of hindsight to their credit they simply said “You go and vote, we will come later”.
With plenty of hope and anticipation I reached Fatima School, Kodambakkam, […]
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Back with a bang
Despite the various controversies he’s figured in, here’s a player who is the archetype of the new-age uber-useful cricketer. Meet Ravindra Jadeja. SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA
Ravindra Jadeja may have expected to face any of the several deliveries in Shane Warne’s (much-shrunk) repertoire, but walking out to bat at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday night, he would […]
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The real roadie
Life after the reality series has never been the same again for Rannvijay Singh. KUSHNEET KUKREJA talks to the much-sought after MTV VJ to find out what keeps him ticking…
An ex-Roadie, a VJ, an actor and now even a director… all this just by the age of 28. Now, that is what we call achieving […]
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The secret group
With secret missions, power games and war cries, this book is one for adventure lovers. P. G. SESHAYEE
Title: The Increment
Author: David Ignatius
Publisher: Quercus
Price: Rs. 299
Readers of his bestselling novel Body of Lies would know that David Ignatius has a penchant for weaving exceptionally realistic plots using the text and texture of CIA life; and if […]
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Young storyteller
Priya Varatharajan’s debut book reflects the creative skills of a blossoming writer. YASHASVINI RAJESHWAR
Priya Varatharajan is just like you and me, when we were 13. She seems baffled by all the attention her book is getting and seems unsure on how she got where she is today. Ask her about her story and how she […]
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A free press talks
May 3, being World Press Freedom Day, celebrates the right of the press to initiate positive change by making itself heard. But here are some pictures that represent a contradictory reality…
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is committed to defending and promoting a free and independent press worldwide everyday, but particularly on […]
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