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A must-have

iPAD 2 Dying to know what the new iPad has to offer? VINOO KURIAN THOMAS has the answer.
 
Over the last 2 years, there have been drastic changes in consumer behaviour after the tablet computer explosion worldwide. It started with the original Apple iPad of course, carried on with the iPad 2, which had many competitors […]

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Little cricketers

 
My routine for sometime now has been waking up really early, waving my parents off to work, and hurrying back to lock the door and sulking away the morning hours in the unbearably hot sun. But this is by no stretch a precaution against the loose robbers who loved taking a walk in the quiet […]

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Engaging epic

BIG SCREEN
Movie: Urumi
Cast: Prithviraj, Prabhudeva, Genelia D’Souza, Nithya Menon…

From the very first scene of this film to the last, director-cum-cinematographer Santosh Sivan proves to be on top of this technical masterpiece. This ode to the digital revolution in filmmaking has got a lot of breathtaking visuals with amazing shades and tones which will truly mesmerise […]

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Entertains!

BIG SCREEN
Movie: Men In Black 3
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin…

After nearly a decade, the third instalment of the famous “Men In Black” series has hit the screens. Being a sequel to an amazing movie series, it had to face immense expectation from the people and it has met it quite well, […]

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Surviving India

I have heard a lot about Indians living abroad and the culture shock they get upon visiting India after a couple of years. All of a sudden, they feel that anything and everything in India is topsy turvy. I had the opportunity to see and feel the change in perspective about India during the recent […]

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Ready, set…go!

Here are three things that every college student should do…
e-mail for networking
Many college students assume networking is for established professionals. They couldn’t be more wrong. Your leisure time in college can be spent effectively to expand your network. You don’t have to go around attending events and conferences, or even have to be an extrovert. […]

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Forensic twist

CRIME  The powerful combination of Coroner and doctor is one to watch for. NIRMAL SEBASTIAN
 
Title: A Dark Anatomy
Author: Robin Blake
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Price: £7.99
Set in Preston, England in the 1740’s, this murder mystery based in the mid-Georgian era, is perhaps our eye-glass into the first use of forensic sciences to solve a murder: the murder of […]

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Truly smart!

GALAXY S3 Samsung’s latest is loaded with a lot of features that justifies its “upgrade” tag. V. GIRIDHAR

Samsung recently unveiled the new top of the range galaxy Smartphone in London thus increasing its rivalry to Apple’s iPhone with a more powerful processor and a larger screen.Let me start with the negative aspect of this […]

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Sneak to win

GAME REVIEW Sniper Elite V2, the follow up to Sniper Elite, is all about stealth and intelligence. BALAGANESH V.

Sniper Elite V2 is a tactical third person shooter which is the follow up to Rebellion’s 2005 game Sniper Elite. Every gamer wishes to be a sniper in whatever game they play like Call of Duty, Battle […]

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A potpourri of themes

WHODUNNIT George R.R. Martin explores fantasy, occult, rebellion and relationships in this mystery novel. RYHAANA SALIE

Title: The Armageddon Rag
Author: George R.R. Martin
Publisher: Hachette India
Price: Rs. 695
The plot of novel The Armageddon Rag by George R.R. Martin revolves around the mysterious murder of music promoter Jamie Lynch on the tenth anniversary of the murder of one […]

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