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No, we haven't lost IT
Cassandras may have written off Bangalore, with its crumbling infrastructure, as the nation's IT hotspot. But facts and figures paint a bright picture, reports BHUMIKA K.

Personality

Naseer courts Ismat
Actor Naseeruddin Shah is now a compelling storyteller too

Metro Forum

IT takes over
It's IT.com once again. But the milling crowds have dwindled — coffee vending machines are probably registering more clicks per day than the computers at Palace Grounds. But Information Technology hasn't lost too much ground in the city yet. Mo st 18-year-olds out of PUC still tick software engineering as their first preference in applications. Whether it is market indices, parental pressure, or real passion for IT that drives them, even a medical student does a programming course from Apte ch or NIIT on the side, just in case. Asking around if IT was actually luring away teachers, farmers and writers, ROHINI MOHAN found some people worried that there are more software programs than foodgrains. But there were others who felt the moolah

Music

Mae goes the raga way
Vanessa Mae collaborates with A.R. Rahman for her dance fusion album

Sport

Bouncing back
P. Ramakanth, footballer, did not let his severe knee injury deter him from being in sport one way or the other. He is now a physiotherapist for the State cricket team

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