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Chennai's water woes
Indiscriminate use of groundwater and lack of conservation of rainwater are some of the reasons for the present water crisis in and around Chennai. PRINCE FREDERICK provides some food for thought on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Personality

New ideas in old bottles
For 22-year-old B. Sridhar, painting inside bottles is a passion.
Issues

Going the green way
A recent training programme conducted by Nancy Loman Scanlon of the Washington State University, focussed on promoting environment management in hotels and resorts.


Thinking of life
IN CHENNAI, communication gaps have kept environment, population and development groups apart for too long. Thus, fundamental problems have been addressed in isolation and without success. How will citizens go about conserving an environment, ...
Cinema

Tradition bound
RAJSHRI IS a production house, which has brand equity of its own. The Barjatyas, like the characters you see in their family sagas, believe in upholding traditional values. Now their first film of the millennium, "Mai Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" is ...
Maddy musings
LAST SUNDAY was Madhavan's birthday and he spent the day quietly with his wife Saritha in a London restaurant before flying off to Switzerland to complete two remaining songs for AVM's "Priyamana Thozhi". Maddy never had it so good — with ...
Balayya is back
BALAKRISHNA IS back in what he does best — action, and that too with his favourite director B. Gopal in "Palanati Brahma Naidu" releasing today. The film produced by Melikonda Murali Krishna is a birthday gift from the star to his fans. ...
Released at last
AT LAST director Kamal's "Gramaphone" which has been mired in financial problems, has been released all over Kerala and this week in Chennai. The film takes a close look at the dwindling Jewish community in Kochi. The story is about ...
Sport

In relentless pursuit of goals
His untiring efforts helped create a modern Nehru Stadium of international specifications. Meet C. R. Visswanathan, president of both the Chennai and Tamil Nadu Football Associations.
Taking things in his stride
Sridharan Sharath, a team man, is adept at building an innings. Despite disappointments in his career, this Ranji player has made weighty contributions for Tamil Nadu.
Green Notes

Get down to earth
INSCAPE GARDENS, in an attempt to create awareness among Chennai-ites about the significance of growing plants to make the environment healthier, is having a summer sale of indoor and outdoor ornamental and flowering plants till June 30 at 68, ...
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