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Different strokes
Nice-looking chappals for Rs. 125, saris for a song. A far cry from pricey branded items on offer right next door. NANDHINI SUNDAR checks out the bylanes of the posh Commercial Street and reaches some thoughtful conclusions.

Know Your City

A potful of fantasy
Finding a child who is not part of the Pottermania is quite a task. What is it about Harry Potter that appeals to the younger generation, which it does not find in an Amar Chitra 0Katha comic?

Personality

Connecting with our sensual past
Art historian Vidya Dehejia, who was in the City recently, talks of how the idea of a museum as a means of linking to one's history has not sunk into the Indian psyche.

Issues

Pack that schoolbag, lighten that load!
School children suffer from severe effects from carrying heavy backpacks to school, which leads to ill health. Studies have showed that Indian children are not the only ones burdened with heavy bags.

Music

She sings another tune
After her splendid success as a playback singer, C.S. Nanditha has taken to the veena. And she has done well here too.

Eating Out

For the young and restless
If you are the funky Bangalorean forever on the lookout for a place to party late into the night, head for the newly-opened Amoeba Sports Bar, at The Leela Palace.

Happenings

All's fine with the Kama Sutra
Janet Fine's Reading The Kama Sutra, 2003, at the Oxford Bookstore, provided a forum for readers and writers to talk about things we normally won't, or can't, talk about in public.

Showbitz

What's Katrina Kaif up to?
NO SOONER had all the dust of the verbal bashings from the media on Salman Khan settled (his obsessive pranks on Aishwarya Rai), the rumour mills have more fodder to grind. This time, the muscle man is being linked with gorgeous model Katrina ...

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