Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, September 23, 2002
Metro Plus Bangalore
Published on Mondays & 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


A prayer for Pooja
Sometimes, it is the city that becomes a saviour. Pooja has a chance for a better future because this teenaged daughter of a maid-servant lives in Bangalore, writes C.K. MEENA. Tomorrow is International Girl Child Day.
Personality
Lost his sight, not vision
When life deals a double-whammy, you can either go under or stand up and fight. Which is what Jayakumar did.

A record achievement
Bhoomi, the pilot project to computerise land records, is a resounding success, making the process more accessible and transparent. Meet Rajeev Chawla, the man behind a project that initially faced much resistance and cynicism.
The words say it
Tarun Cherian's works do not live up to his elaborate and wordy expositions.
Eating Out
On a palki to a bygone era
ABUTTING THE famed Amravathi Restaurant on Residency Cross Road, Palki is a new little air-conditioned restaurant that can seat 54 in its long narrow hall. The wait-staff in pathan dress of knee length shirt and loose pantaloons a la ...
Shopping
Glamorous showers!
BESIDES BEING functional, bathrooms, today, make a fashion statement. Adorned with hitech equipment and stylish accessories, they are called "glamour rooms". So it's not just the drawing rooms or the bedrooms that need careful planning, even ...
Insite
The 'smiley' turns 20
The emoticon, a combination of keyboard characters used to signify a smile and various other emotions, has become the new shorthand of cyberage.
Miscellany

Read City News

Metro Plus      Bangalore      Chennai      Delhi      Hyderabad      Kochi      Thiruvananthapuram      Visakhapatnam     
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