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A scene from Pazhassi Raja.

The reel story

A descendant of Pazhassi Raja points out some flaws in the recent film »
A portion of the ceiling has crumbled in a room in the Marie Building which houses the Puducherry Municipality. Photo: T. Singaravelou

Opinion divided on managing heritage buildings

The government is facing a serious dilemma on how to deal with a large number of century-old buildings in the town in which hundreds of people reside under constant fear, particularly during monsoo... »

‘Wheat’ opens 40th edition of IFFI

’Wheat’, the story of two warring Chinese dynasties set in 260 BC, opened the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with veteran actress Waheeda Rehman being... »

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Music

HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE Gong Myoung Photo: S.R.Raghunathan

From Korea, with love

The audience fell in love with Gong Myoung, for its mind-boggling range of music and instruments »

African rhapsody

Band Osibisa is old, but not their brand of perky music. How else do you explain the audience dancing and singing along spiritedly? »

Band Width: Rahlaap

Formed 2009 Line-up Rahul Nambiar and Aalaap Raju What they call it Music beyond genres ... »
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Movies

Take IFFI to Cannes scale: Ambika

The inauguration of the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) provided a platform for Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni to pitch for greater global recognition of the ev... »
Looking for answers: A very different love story

First blood

Fans of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series cannot wait to check out the big screen version »

Kamal Haasan launches TV serial ‘Abirami’

Television and film industry share a brotherly relationship and can co-exist, said actor Kamal Haasan.Television was considered a... »
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Theatre

Abhishek Majumdar, reading his new play 'An Arrangement of Shoes', at Crossword Bookstore, in Bangalore. Photo: K. Murali Kumar

Before it went to theatre

Abhishek Majumdar's new play An Arrangement of Shoes was read out to an interested audience »
Picture given by KIRTHIKA

Cynosure of many eyes

“Sex, Morality and Censorship” staged in Mumbai recently brings to the fore the realities that dog playwrights who are historically conscious. »
Eve Ensler

Break the silence

Telling her story through the stories of others gave playwright Eve Ensler the courage to continue. “I am an Emotional Creature... »
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Magazine

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What's in style

Tune in to the latest and hottest picks of this season. »

On high voltage

Carnivals in Trinidad are a vortex of swirling colours, sounds and rhythms, revealing a nation's electric soul. »
Romas protesting in Hungary

Ambedkar in Hungary

The Romas, a discriminated minority in Hungary, turn to Ambedkar and Buddhism in their quest for dignity and equality. »
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Books

DEDICATED It took Pepita Seth seven years of meticulous work to complete the book on Guruvayur. PHOTO: Bhagya prakash K.

Pepita, care of…

London-born Pepita Seth is at home in the temple universe of Guruvayur. The author lovingly records everything, and not with the clinical eye of an academic »

Computer, a tool for reasoning beyond our intuition

Likening the universe to a mathematical carpet which is perceived by creatures looking at it through imperfect glasses, Clifford A. P... »

Three investment directives

Dividends, international, and valuation: these three are ‘the D-I-V directives’ prescribed by Jeremy J. Siegel in ‘... »
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