Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, July 28, 2003
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


Pot luck
For the past few weeks, thousands of poor schoolchildren in the City are being served lunch under the Government's Akshara Dasoha scheme. V. RAMESH checks out the ingredients that go into the `bisi oota'.
Lifestyle

Note, it's a designer world!
There was a time when Lekhak was almost a generic name for a notebook. But the good old brand has now been edged out of the market by stylish alternatives.
Personality

The best of both worlds
An American, who wanted Indian children to imbibe the best of all cultures, started the East West School in Basavanagudi.
Issues

Teething problems
The advantages of the meal scheme outweigh its flaws, say experts.

No cosy job
Teachers in some schools are actually spending from their own pocket to keep the scheme going.
A blessing for the children of a lesser god
Contrary to popular perception, BMP schools have bright students, motivated teachers, and good infrastructure. What they sorely need today are an image lift and a pat on the back for the wonders they are doing to the lives of children from the poores t sections of society.
Poverty clips promise
THE NATIONAL Aeronautics Laboratory invited a student who had scored 99 per cent in Science in the S.S.L.C. exams two years ago, to a two-day stay on its campus to "inspire C.S.I.R. students". But neither Netravathi's welder-father Mahadevappa ...
Music

Chords & Notes
This week at Music World...
Eating Out

Stake-out at Millers
HORSESHOES, CARTWHEEL, rake, a shovel in the window, and a inviting neon arrow pointing to the entrance. Inside, a coyote silhouette against the full moon, southern jazz playing, potted cacti on barn-oak finish tables, and clay brick surfaces add ...
Shopping

When the classic is contemporary
"LOOK AT this antique pooja sari," says Pavithra Muddaya, holding up a rich red silken length. "Unlike the popular ones today, its orange checks are ikkat or woven tie-and-dye, so are the white butas within each. Working with Tamil weavers ...
Miscellany

Read City News

Metro Plus      Bangalore      Chennai      Coimbatore      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 © 2003, The Hindu
Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu