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TO PARK OR NOT.......
Finding a place to park a vehicle and traffic snarls have turned visiting Kochi a nightmarish experience. The authorities have not really woken up to arrest this menace. SUNIL NALIYATH looks at some of the solutions and projects put forward by exper ts.
Face Facts

Get that extra sheen
Try these simple home-made conditioners that add gloss to your hair
Arts & Crafts

Embroidered ART
Different embroidery techniques showcased in the `Shagun' collection made it interesting and colourful
Personality

DOGGED determination
HE HAS been sitting in front of the computer, eight hours a day for the past several years, but has barely touched it. His ideas, when put into practice, has seen the birth of a large number of machines, which have captured the market's ...


Once upon a time... .
Story telling is an art as PRATIMA ASHER finds out after a meet with this popular ranconteur
Cinema

Telly prisoners
With blockbusters hitting the small screen in no time, it's movie mania at home
Music

Stacie's SWEET SUCCESS at 16
Stacie Orrico can give Britney Spears a run for her money.
Fusion fissures
Talat Aziz brings out Dynamic Fusion combining different genres of music with other musicians
Eating Out

Catch of the day
Lagoon, the newly opened seafood restaurant at Le Meridien, is the new fish to catch
Cuisine

Grab this crab
AN EASY to make crab masala recipe that will have you cooking it every other day. Ingredients
Crabs- 2
Onions sliced- 1
Shallots sliced- 50 gms
Ginger julienne- 20 gms
Garlic julienne- 20 gms
Green chillies slit- 4
Curry ...
Showbitz

Love endures
"GOD... life is so fragile, I can only pray", declared a visibly upset Mahima Chaudhary, on her way to join tennis star Leander Paes at Orlando where he was undergoing treatment. How fragile indeed! Just a few months ago, the two had stopped ...
Professional move
AFTER HOGGING the limelight with "Lagaan," and later with some sprightly soft drink ads, especially the ones during World Cup telecast, Aamir Khan was low key for a while. As the industry wasn't able to accept this from an actor who had nothing ...
In a new mould
AMRITA PRITAM'S novel on Partition, "Pinjar", is debutant Bollywood director Chandraprakash Dwivedi's prized catch of sorts. The subject will have a contemporary appeal, as Dwivedi calls the shots on the big screen. After his successful ...
Boom-erang?
VULGARITY AND skin show coupled with a weak script and an even weaker direction; glamour and astronomical budgets are hardly of any use. This just about sums up what most of the media described "Boom" as. But director Kaizad Gustad squarely ...
Green Notes

For a flashy foliage
Wilkesiana is used as hedge, borders and in pots for its bright colours
Entertainment

The age of the angry young woman
Today's classical dancers are no longer content to play the smiling, all-forgiving heroine and are ready with a dressing down for the hero, sometimes giving the old compositions a new twist, says ANJANA RAJAN
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