Connecting the dots and lines
Age has not withered her or her enthusiasm. At 78, Malathi A Rao can transform the most mundane of items into artistic works par excellence. Of the innumerable pastimes that she pursues, creating...
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It definitely isn't easy to incorporate elements of electronica into world music — especially when you're 52 years old. But that is exactly what French 'ethnic electronica' artiste, Deep...
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It's been 16 years since one saw Lisa Ray in Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali's iconic video Afreen Afreen. Even after all these years Lisa remains a head turner. One has seen Lisa in many avatars — as...
View ArticleThe last few miles
The strange thing about Bangalore is that it's never difficult to travel here from other towns — there are enough bus services from Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and the like to give passengers...
View ArticleBeauty apps to make your skin glow
Can an iPhone make you more beautiful? Many people with the device are accustomed to using the camera's "narcissism" setting to apply makeup or freshen up their looks while on the go - to apply glitter...
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Social TVTV channels have begun to pay more attention to social media. CNN's coverage of the US elections last month received 56.2 million 'social mentions'. Earlier this year, Grammy awards generated...
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Format text*Goformat is a free online tool which allows you to do a basic formatting of text. You can copy text to edit, change colour and font. You can save it online and get a URL to access it later...
View ArticleHow my smartphone emptied my pocket
Growing up, I noticed that something happened to my father as he aged: his wallet expanded with each passing year. There were new credit cards, membership cards, coffee cards, business cards, pictures...
View ArticleDesigner PCs look good, cost plenty
High-end desktop computers look aesthetic and come with futuristic features. But price is not the only catch, says David PogueTry this simple test at home: What's the name of Dell's best-selling PC?...
View ArticleDefying slowdown: Time for a holistic approach
The overall index of industrial production (IIP) in India had risen by 8.2 per cent in October 2012 when compared to the same month last year, according to the recent estimates of Central Statistics...
View ArticleEnterprise tech firms back with a bang
After years of being wallflowers at Silicon Valley's hottest tech conferences and Sean Parker's after-parties, enterprise technology firms are now part of the "in" crowd. The flameouts of social media...
View ArticleCounting green shoots before they sprout
India's economy is still in negative mode, regardless of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth coming in at 8.2 per cent in October, something which lifted up Finance Minister P Chidambaram's...
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Pleasing vocalNadajyothi Sri Tyagarajaswamy Bhajana Sabha celebrated Kartheeka Sangeetha Shubha Sandhya for five days at Sri Kannika Parameshwari Temple, Malleswaram. Sri Kanakadasa Jayanthi and...
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Permeable dimensionsHowever faraway her photography may have taken her, Clare Arni has also been documenting and evoking the realities of mostly working-class Bangalore still largely immersed in...
View ArticleA walk in the park and a new ant species
Amidst all the controversies surrounding Bangalore's Lalbagh Botanical Garden, here's something to cheer about. A new ant species has been discovered here recently by expert Ajay Narendra, currently a...
View ArticleLondon's clue to stubborn ozone levels
Ozone in the lower atmospheric layer is regarded as a serious pollutant that can cause respiratory problems, and even damage masonry and agricultural crops. The principal originating source is...
View ArticleStockholm syndrome
The report, 'Cities and Biodiversity Outlook', presented during COP-11 at Hyderabad describes how cities need to take part in work for biodiversity conservation. Johan Enqvist tries to understand who...
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Smart whalesTo capture enough food for their enormous bodies, blue whales use an extreme technique called lunge feeding. They take enormous gulps of water, then let it pass through comb-like mouth...
View ArticleOpening up new frontiers
Hunt for life There's something common among all explorations in recent times —water. NASA's Curiosity is hunting for evidence of life in the now-dry valleys and stream beds of Mars while a...
View ArticleWar against viruses
A team of UK researchers is the first to observe what happens when a strand of RNA compresses into the coat protein envelope. According to the lead researcher, Professor Peter Stockley, the study...
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