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The price of growing up
Bringing up children is a costly affair these days. And the results are not always heartening, writes K. T. RAJAGOPALAN.
Health & Medicine
Perils of cold air
IS IT dangerous for our lungs to exercise vigorously outdoors in frigid temperatures? Even vigorous outdoor exercise in freezing air cannot freeze the lungs, says Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at New York ...


Weight loss and BP
FOR THE first time, researchers have a likely explanation for why even modest calorie restriction is so beneficial for overweight people. At Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.) scientists found that even losing less than 10 per cent of ...
Clues to cancer
AN AMBITIOUS 3 million pounds project to investigate how every one of mankind's 35,000 genes contributes to cancer was unveiled recently. British scientists will carry out the first stage of the gene-by-gene analysis over the next year. As ...
Issues
Demolition demo
The City Corporation's demolition drive has invited bouquets as well as brickbats.
Murmur of protest
Till recently, the protests of residents near the Attukal temple against sound pollution fell on deaf ears. This time around, efforts are on to solve the problem.
Cinema
Tunisian fete
Chalachitra's Tunisian film festival, to be held at Kalabhavan here on February 18, will feature the works of Mahmoud, Damak, Tlatli and Barsaoui.
Webware
Site for Vedic wisdom
The concluding part of the article on mailerindia.com explains the benefits of eating raw food, the importance of applying tilak, vaastu shastra and various other features of the portal.
Music
The mix-masters are back
It's the season of remix yet again. Take your pick of the catchy `Kaanta Laga', the Romanov Hindi party album or the English remake of popular numbers.
Cupid's musical arrow
THIS VALENTINE'S Day, music stores were flooded with special albums, mostly compilations. Here's taking a sneak peek at a few albums that stood out. T-Series came up with the interesting idea of re-packaging Adnan Sami's album, `Tera Chehra', ...
Cuisine
Rice specialities
Try out these recipes to cook rice in interesting ways.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Cut the fish into medium sized pieces. Marinate the pieces with salt, turmeric powder, a little ginger-garlic paste and set aside for 30 minutes.
Events
All roads lead to Attukal
Attukal Pongala is being observed with traditional fervour on February 17.
Workshop
A THREE-DAY workshop on neo-literate literature will be held at the guest house of the Institute of Management in Government from February 18. About 40 delegates from different districts will take part in ...
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