Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, April 18, 2002
Metro Plus Bangalore
Published on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays
News Update

Features
Magazine
Literary Review
Life
Metro Plus
Open Page
Education
Book Review
Business
SciTech
Entertainment
Young World
Quest
Folio

Group Sites
The Hindu
Business Line
The Sportstar
Frontline

Home


The great Indian Railway bazaar
The Indian Railways began its sesquicentennial year with the recreation of its historic run between Bori Bunder and Thane on April 16, 1853. SHAHEED KHAN traces the events that led to the British laying the 21-mile line as a pilot project.
Dance
For a new dawn
THE RENAISSANCE Artists and Writers Association (RAWA), the cultural wing of Anand Marga, has its distinct school of music — Prabhat Samgiit. This form of music is meant to "herald the dawn of a new awakening'', and bring with it the promise ...
Sport
Motoring to a perfect finish
The recent Maruti Autocross Attack 2002 in Bangalore sent the adrenalin pumping with some spectacular power driving. Fans got a feel of the Rally of Australia's famed Langley Stage and thirsted for more.
Showbits
"Yekangi" gets a facelift!
HISTORY IS being made in Kannada cinema. A film is being re-shot after its release for the first time. V. Ravichandran has re-shot more than 20 scenes of his new film, "Yekangi" by working round-the-clock for 72 hours! Ravichandran says that he ...


Splitsville in Kollywood?
MAY BE CUPID'S getting old too. He's losing his grip faster these days. A look at the many break-ups in filmdom over the past few weeks makes us wonder where he is! First it was the Kamal-Sarika split, which rocked Kollywood. They said she'd ...
Bachchan bribes the cops?
HINDI CINEMA clichés rarely change... like lovers uniting, lost children being found, brothers sacrificing their love and so on. Vipul Shah is one director who follows the ground rules. Buzz has it that in his latest "Aankhen", he has shot two ...
Will not dance to Shankar's tunes?
SEEMS TO be the norm these days for Film Unions, Federations and Associations to be at loggerheads with each other. All because of the irresponsible behaviour of a few of its members. In one such incident, dance director Shankar reportedly ...
Music
Tilting the `bevu-bella' balance
Gloomy and retrospective, that's classic Waters. In his much-awaited April 13 concert in Bangalore, he sang of a world in which relationships crumble and nervous breakdowns become inevitable.
On a `candywalk' to fame
SPORTING WEIRD hairdos, snazzy guitars, and an attitude to kill, a group of guys belt out some cover versions of tunes by musical legends — Scorpions, Metallica, Pink Floyd and the rest — This defines a typical college rock band in ...
Personality
The nuts and bolts of a superachiever
Rajeshwari Chatterjee is the first woman engineer of Karnataka. Though several world bodies have recognised her contributions in the field science, the State has ignored them.
Miscellany

Read City News


Metro Plus      Bangalore      Chennai      Hyderabad     
See the earlier stories
Lead | Life Style | Fashion | Music | Personality | Eating Out | Madras Miscellany | Issues | Arts & Crafts | Information Technology | Shopping | Heritage | Miscellany |


News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Index | Features: Magazine | Literary Review | Life | Metro Plus | Open Page | Education | Book Review | Business | SciTech | Entertainment | Young World | Quest | Folio |

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | Home |

Comments to : thehindu@vsnl.com   Copyright © 2002, The Hindu
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu