Beauties on wheels
The 'Exotic Car Show', held at Bangalore Club on Sunday, was truly a dream come true for many car lovers with beauties like the 1949 Buick Super 8, E type Jaguar and Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, and...
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Barbara and Clarke Richmire, a couple from Canada, decided to move to Bangalore because of work. A friend asked Barbara to teach at a school in the City and Clarke was offered a job in the same...
View ArticleAttractive items from scratch
It's no secret that nature is beautiful — and John Anthony has capitalised on this by creating wonderful works of art from bits and pieces of nature. A resident of Murgesh Palya, he collects...
View ArticleUnderstanding the audiences
The role has to have an edge, says John Abraham, who made sexy look sexier in Jism and grey even greyer in 'New York'. After a decade in movies, the Bollywood heartthrob believes his middle-class roots...
View Article'The people here are very friendly'
When the programmer of the 'Busan International Kids' Film Festival', CHI Mi-young, was invited to attend the recently-concluded '8th International Children's Film Festival' in the City, she was so...
View ArticleA riot of colours
It has been a month of fashion weeks. The eighth edition of 'Blenders Pride Bangalore Fashion Week' saw a fabulous blend of fabrics and colours.Day one started fashionably late with models frantically...
View ArticleiPhone disappointment fans concerns
Apple Inc missed Wall Street's revenue forecast for the third straight quarter after iPhone sales came in below expectations, fanning fears that its dominance of the mobile industry was slipping.Shares...
View ArticleRupee volatility and pursuit of growth
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has stated in an interview in Singapore that the underlying causes of rupee depreciation are inflation, the fiscal deficit and the current account deficit, and now that...
View ArticleIs curb on gold import enough to reduce CAD?
Within a fortnight of his promising to take steps to control the rising gold imports inflicting tremendous pressure on India's widening current account deficit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has...
View ArticleHomage to Purandara Dasa
The Bangalore Lalithakala Parishath paid homage to Purandara Dasa through music last week. Senior vocalist and musicologist T S Vasantha Madhavi sang a number of Kannada 'devaranamas' in attractive...
View ArticleSpiritually aesthetic syncretism
Against the classic spirit of photography that dominates Tasveer's exhibitions, 'Inner Space' by Italian artist Maimouna Guerresi (January 5 to 25) belonged to the rarer in its kind, where the final...
View ArticleTowards greener desalination
A renewable energy company in Abu Dhabi is turning its attention to finding cost-effective ways to remove the salt from seawater, using renewable energy technologies such as solar power. There is a...
View ArticleDeath knell for the Sunderbans
Atula Gupta narrates the story of exploitation of the mangrove forests that border West Bengal and Bangladesh, and also suggests a few measures to save the mangroves.The mangrove forests in Sunderbans...
View ArticleSpawn of a new era
It's a case of too many fishermen chasing too few fish. Marine ecology experts blame rising fuel prices, mechanised fishing and global warming for the troubles in the fishing sector. M A Siraj delves...
View ArticleBacteria that can cure!
A discovery about the way in which bugs spread throughout the body could help to develop stem cell treatments. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that bacteria are able to change the...
View ArticleGame changer or a waste of money?
Is graphene truly the miracle material it is being made out to be? There are enough naysayers and supporters when it comes to funding for graphene. David Shukman answers questions related to the...
View ArticleGo, eat that chocolate!
Chocolate has been credited with numerous health benefits. For one, it is packed with anti-oxidants. Then there are claims that it can bring down blood pressure. As it is rich in milk and cream, it is...
View ArticleA city of traders
Bangalore has always been a city of traders and is known for its many markets or petes, including 'akki pete', 'chikka pete', 'dodda pete', etc. The Cantonment area is known for its many streets such...
View ArticleNurturing the fine arts
A unique institute for sculpture and other handicrafts training, the C E Kamath Institute for Artisans was established in the year in the year 1997 at Kariya Kallu near Karkala. Later, it was decided...
View ArticleTestimony to a rich past
St. John's church in Bangalore traces its origins to a small school and chapel started in 1853. A distinct red edifice, the church has a towering steeple. In front of the main entrance to Pushpa...
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