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'My love for music keeps me young'
Every person who has ever heard any song by Bob Dylan has felt that the American singer-songwriter is speaking to him or her directly through his lyrics. But there are others, like Lou Majaw, who take...
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'I've always felt at home'
Expatriates love Bangalore for its cosmopolitan lifestyle, salubrious environment, food and people. Fanny Delannoy, an expat from France, shares her experiences hereWhen Fanny Delannoy visited India in...
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A penchant for pens
They say the pen is mightier than the sword. And in the case of freelance photographer Vishal Kumaraswamy's 250-plus pen collection, it's much more than that. The pens speak volumes about the...
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Unsafe after sunset
Bangalore, being the garden city, has its fair share of parks and green spaces — but are they safe to visit at night? Metrolife speaks to a few Bangaloreans to find out whether they feel the...
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'It's important to look good'
Sharmila Nicollet, the 21-year-old golfer who has proved her mettle in the sport in the international and the national arena, has been receiving praises from all quarters. The only Indian golfer to...
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Less pollution this year
The Deepavali festivities have come to an end. It is time now to examine whether the celebrations have impacted the City in a negative manner.Metrolife speaks to some Bangaloreans and government...
View ArticleRBI-FinMin conflict of views is old hat in India
The differences between the Union Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was nothing new as it was there - if not for all -- at least for discerning observers to perceive, be it...
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We used political prisoners: Ikea
Ikea has long been famous for its inexpensive, some-assembly-required furniture. On Friday, the company admitted that political prisoners in the former East Germany provided some of the labour that...
View ArticleSistema worried about its $3 b investment in India
That the recent auction of 2G spectrum was a damp squib is a no-brainer. However, its larger impact on telecom players, especially foreign, should be worrying for India. Russian diversified group...
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Urban dictionary»Do you know the meaning of 'Typerventilating' or 'Chronasseur'? Don't bother looking up in your dictionary as it may not have listed them. All languages evolve through...
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The decline of SMS »There has been a minor dip in the number of text messages sent by Americans. According to data released by the highly regarded telecom consultant Chetan Sharma, Americans...
View ArticleMining online data to sway voters
A few weeks before the US polls, Thomas Goddard, a community college student in Santa Clara, California, and a devoted supporter of President Barack Obama, clicked on mittromney.com to check out the...
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Android tablets show off graphic prowess
Tablets are changing computing, there's no doubt. I realised this when I saw my two-year-old son pick up an iPad and master its basic controls, including discovering a child's app, in about half an...
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Tracking family with the GPS
Surveillance devices may sound unpleasant, but for many parents they offer peace of mind, says Farhad ManjooThe other day, I slipped a GPS tracking device into my wife's car before she headed to work....
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The spectator as actorS G Vasudev's newest exhibition at Galerie De'Arts (MG Road, Barton Court, 11th Floor, October 27 to November 24) brings a familiar theme of the "Theatre of Life" while taking a...
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Homage to ParvatikarSwami D R Parvatikar (1916-1990) was a Haridasa, great Rudra Veena player and a composer. He had created 'Dathatreya Veena' and has published a number of compositions in Hindustani...
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Miscellany
On a crab trailIt was the monsoon and I was travelling with a friend in the vicinity of Siddhara grama, a hamlet in Malnad. The sky was overcast and there were signs of a heavy downpour. We had barely...
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Avathi's many legends
B V Prakash visits Avathi and discovers that the non-descript village was once ruled by Ranabhaire Gowda, a forerunner of many chieftains including the legendary Kempegowda.As one drives along Bellary...
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Centres of serenity
Shravanabelagola near Hassan is one of Karnataka's most popular tourist attractions, but there are several other such massive Jain monoliths and numerous ancient Jain temples elsewhere in Karnataka,...
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Abode of the goddessThe ancient temple of Durgaparameshwari at Kateel, with later renovations, built on a rock in the island formed by River Nandini, has a huge boulder at the entrance, which...
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