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Call of the Wild
Saraswathy Nagarajan focusses on wildlife photographer Suresh Elamon, the butterfly man of Kerala
Columns

Flaunt a flat tummy
Here’s busting some myths about ab exercises


Understanding cholesterol
Keep your cholesterol levels in check to lead a heart-healthy life
QUICK FIX
Steam Stuffed Bun

Mince the chicken and marinate with barbeque sauce. Chop onion, garlic, ginger. Saute with marinated chicken and set aside.

Bun

Take 200 gm of maida in a pan. Add yeast, sugar and lukewarm water (20 ml) and ...


GOING NATIVE
L’affaire Kerala
Marc Delorme came to Kerala and fell in love with the culture
HALO WARS
Real-time strategy games haven’t tended to work on consoles, lacking as they do the rapid tank-clicking powers of a mouse and keyboard. ‘Halo Wars’ doesn’t work, but for a different reason. Clever controls and familiar ...
Lifestyle

Fab deals
Fabindia will play host to a special promotion of limited-edition range of exclusive hand-woven and embellished saris and fine jewellery from May 22 to 24. The range includes printed tussars, mulberry silks, jamdhani butis, silk-cotton kanchis, ...
Food

Seasoned with grace
Revathy is a cook with an experimental bent
Mutton Omelette
This one has been around since the time Indian Coffee House opened up shop in the 60’s and was the coolest hangout place in the city. Plain omelettes are stuffed with sautéed minced mutton that is spicy.

The mutton omelette is a ...


Chicken in wine
Tender chicken cooked in sautéed garlic and white wine and chopped parsley are a wholesome meal.

Ingredients

Chicken :100gm

Oil: 1 tbsp

Garlic (chopped): 1 tsp

White wine: 30ml

Black ...
Events

Design for awareness
As part of World Blood Donors’ Day celebration Terumo Penpol Limited in association with State Bank of India, State NSS Cell and Club 25 organise a ‘Thank You Blood Donor Greeting Card Design Contest’ for college and school ...


YOUR WEEK
Fusion music

NOW SHOWING
Calendar

Yesteryear heart-throb Zarina Wahab stars as Thankam George, a widow from Kottayam whose daughter Kochurani (Navya Nair) has an affair with a local boy. Consequently, Thankam and Kochurani move to Peerumedu but fate has something in store for ...


Designer silks

Fabindia conducts a sale of exclusive, hand-woven sarees and fine jewellery.

Venue: Fabindia, Jawahar Nagar

Date: Till May ...


Frames of expression

‘The Roots People,’ an exhibition of photographs by French photographer Pierre de Vallombreuse.

Venue: Art Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum

Date: Till May 30

Time: 10 a.m. to 6 ...


Urban landscapes

For a rocking time

‘Rock On 2,’ rock show featuring rock band Autumn Leaf and DJ Aldrine.

Venue: Uday Samudra, Kovalam

Date: May 23

Time: 8 ...


Fine photographs

Third photo exhibition of the Light & Shade, Association of Fine Art Photographers.

Venue: Museum Auditorium

Date: Till May ...


Classic fiesta

SPIC MACAY National convention. May 24: Santoor by Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma; Kathakali by Kalamandalam Raman Kutty Nair and Kalamandalam Gopi. May 25: Carnatic vocals by T.N. Seshagopalan; Koodiyattam by Kapila Nangiar. May ...


Mango mania

Celebrate the mango season with a variety of mango delicacies and mocktails.

Venue: Chesterfield, The Muthoot Plaza

Date: Till June 15

Time: 12 noon to 5 ...


Beats of the Mridangam

Wired In

TECHNO STREET: FLOWERS IN THE KILL ZONE
TOM CLANCY’S HAWX
Before you ask, it’s not a typo, the title does actually stand for something: ‘High Altitude Warfare… erm, X.’ All right?

One thing that’s even cleverer than HAWX’s nomenclature is its flight system. You ...


OVERKILL
Those who lurk in arcades are sure to have shot plastic guns at a chewing gum-festooned cabinet containing ‘Sega’s House of the Dead.’ ‘Overkill’ is a stylish series revamp for Wii that delivers clever scares and ...
KILLZONE 2
The Playstation 3’s flagship FPS is here and it’s an eye-popping display of next-generation graphical fireworks. Underneath the polygonal onslaught, it’s also an entertaining, solo campaign supplemented by a surprisingly deep ...
FLOWER
All this burning, shooting and looting getting you down? Meet the antidote to first-person shooters. The aim here is to control a flower petal as it flies across a meadow, eventually creating a whirlwind of pretty plants that cause flowers to ...
People

Blog to book
Popular blogger Amit Varma makes his fiction debut with ‘My Friend Sancho’



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