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Do not Fill your Stomach, just Kill your Hunger
Dr. Grinto Davy, of the Smart Escaso Club, guarantees weight loss, if food is eaten at two-hour intervals. Treatments, for film stars like Kavya Madhavan and Bhavna, include using products from the...
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Hitting the Right Notes
Bollywood actor Makarand Deshpande has made a mark, by playing a musician, in the blockbuster Malayalam hit, 'Amen'By Shevlin SebastianThe drunk music band leader Pothachen (Makarand Deshpande) makes...
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Taking Control of their Lives
Author Rashmi Bansal's latest book, 'Follow Your Rainbow', focuses on 25 women entrepreneurs who started their business from scratch and made it a success By Shevlin Sebastian“I was most impressed by...
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"My Husband is a Cool Person”
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Aishwarya talks about life with director Arun Kumar AravindBy Shevlin SebastianOn February 17, 2004, friends of Aishwarya Nair suggested that they go for a film. So they went to...
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A Helping Hand in Kochi's Chaotic Traffic
Traffic Warden Sajitha Zainuden talks about her experiences Photo by TP Sooraj By Shevlin Sebastian On a Monday morning, Mukesh Nair was in a hurry. The train had arrived late from Kozhikode. So, he...
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Seeing Movies in his Mind
Blind music composer Afzal Yusuf is steadily establishing his reputation in MollywoodPhoto by TP Sooraj By Shevlin Sebastian On April 5, Afzal Yusuf sat in a darkened hall in Kochi. It was the first...
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No Ordinary Love Story
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Saritha talks about life with the film director SugeethBy Shevlin SebastianSaritha Nair was happy. Her engagement to a Dubai-based boy had taken place on May 3, 2003. But the...
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Going Back Home
Noted artist and Padma Bhushan winner A Ramachandran holds a retrospective of his works for the first time in his home state of KeralaPhoto by Mithun Vinod By Shevlin Sebastian“I have never missed...
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The Raja In Her Life
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Neena John talks about her husband, the film director VysakhBy Shevlin SebastianWhen Neena John saw Vysakh at her brother Naveen's wedding in 2005, he was already a familiar...
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Bal on the Ball
Designer Rohit Bal's first fashion show at Kochi, to celebrate the launch of Ambika Pillai's hair styling salon, was greeted with applause and appreciation Photos (Top): Ambika Pillai (centre)...
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Capturing Kathakali in all its Glory
A. Somakumaran, a policeman in Fort Kochi, has spent the past four years photographing Kathakali artistsBy Shevlin Sebastian Photos: Kalamandalam Gopi playing Nala and Margi Vijaykumar (Damayanti) in...
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Singing The Same Song
COLUMN: Spouse's Turn Athulya talks about life with the musician Jassie GiftBy Shevlin SebastianWhen Athulya Jayakumar received the marriage proposal from Jassie Gift’s family, in July, 2012, she was...
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An Inside Look at the Bureaucracy
Vipul Mittra, Principal Secretary (Tourism) of Gujarat, talks about his experiences of working with superstar Amitabh Bachchan and writing books, while on a recent visit to Kerala By Shevlin Sebastian...
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It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
Muhammed Anaz is the only cat and dog supplier in Mollywood. He talks about the ways to look after them, as well as their natureBy Shevlin SebastianOne day, in April, Muhammed Anaz received a call on...
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Scaling The Heights of Love
Megha Pillai talks about life with the World Dwarf sports champion Joby MathewPhoto by Mithun Vinod By Shevlin SebastianIn June, 2006, Megha Pillai went to take part in a seminar on social work at...
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The Planet is In Peril
A two-day conference on climate change, at Delhi, conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment, was an eye opener By Shevlin Sebastian “Climate change is for real,” says Sunita Narain, the...
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A Palette of Different Colours
COLUMN: Spouse's TurnChameli, of Chinese origin, talks about life with the noted artist, A Ramachandran, a Padma Bhushan winner Photo by Ravi ChoudharyBy Shevlin SebastianDuring the introductory...
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Blowing up the Indian Prime Minister
Tinu Menachery, who plays a suicide bomber in the film, 'Madras Cafe', talks about her experiences By Shevlin Sebastian On the first day of her shoot in the Hindi film, ‘Madras Café’, in the Vypeen...
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A Son Confronts his Abandonment
In the play, 'Kunti-Karna', Karna and his mother Kunti have a complicated relationship, just as the warrior has ambivalent feelings for Krishna and Arjuna By Shevlin Sebastian Photo by Mithun Vinod...
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An Unflinching Look at Communal Carnage
Sudipto Das, the author of the best-selling 'The Ekkos Clan', talks about the sufferings of people on the Bangladesh side during the 1947 Partition of India. By Shevlin Sebastian Bhrigu fell at her...
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