Cartoon time for the kids!
Cartoons always fascinate kids and most of them end up idolising their favourite cartoon characters.The tiny tots of Baldwin Boys High School took a break from their routine and came face-to-face with...
View ArticleThree forms on one stage
It was a treat to see three gifted dancers performing three different genres of Indian classical dance on the same platform. Nothing could get better at the Ananya Nrithyallosa - 3, held at Seva Sadan....
View ArticleThe South-side story
Shopping is not everyone's cup of tea but eating surely is. So the next time you pass Gopalan Signature Mall on Old Madras Road, go straight to the second floor and treat yourself to a meal at Mr Idli....
View ArticleFresh and hot for evenings
Hot jalebis, straight from the kadai, aloo tikkis with a generous helping of sev, a host of chaats and other delicacies are available at this popular eat-out joint. Chaat Centre in Koramangala is a hot...
View ArticleIN BRIEF
There's a lot happening during the weekend. Metrolife lists out some of the interesting events Double treat Indian Ensemble is presenting, 'Treadmill', a play in Hindi on September 1, 3.30 pm and 7.30...
View ArticleTalk about nipping it in the bud
The CBSE Board has decided to introduce doping test in schools to ensure that the CBSE inter-school sports and games competitions are dope-free. This decision has been taken by the board to stop...
View ArticleSomething exciting from Akshay
Even though two of his recent films have crossed the 100-crore mark, Akshay Kumar says he isn't at peace yet, as the pressure has been built ever since Aamir Khan's Ghajini first set the box office...
View Article'I didn't want to make a fool of myself on screen'
Ragini Dwivedi has definitely struck gold in the South. Riding high on success, the actress has bagged films with all the top actors in Sandalwood. With her latest release Shiva, the young actress has...
View ArticleCall for better measures
It is common to find security checks being done in every nook and corner of the City. That includes malls, movie halls and star hotels. However, Bangaloreans feel they are not thorough enough. These...
View ArticleThe campaign
Hollywood has tried to cash in on the US presidential election fever with its latest installation of a Will Ferrell cash cow.Pitting two rivals in a fictitious election campaign over the future of a...
View ArticleMugamoodi
Mugamoodi is not your typical Hollywoodian Batman or Bruce Lee flick. It, however, draws inspiration from these films and is Kollywood's own take on the comic book and martial art heroes. Be that as it...
View ArticleSrimanarayana
"Don't trouble trouble. For, if you trouble trouble, then trouble will trouble you" — thus goes a line in Srimanarayana. It helps if the viewer is prepared to suffer all the troubles that...
View ArticleJoker
Hindi (U/A)Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Shreyas Talpade, Asrani, Chitrangada SinghDirector: Shirish Kunder Everyone has a right to make a bad film. It comes guised under the garb of freedom of...
View ArticleA beauty worth fighting for...
Kashmir witnesses a beautiful play of changing seasons and its salubrious climate ensures that the State is attractive to visitors round the year. Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, spreads on both...
View ArticleBut Berlin is never Berlin
Berlin, the German capital, presents an interesting cityscape as it tries to refashion its identity. Being the historic capital of Germany, it carries the scars of the political turmoil experienced by...
View ArticleCocktail of fun n' sun
Gustasp and Jeroo Irani visit Boracay Island in the Philippines and unwind against its beachy backdrop with some water sports and chilled beer. Boracay Island in the Philippines is an idyllic tropical...
View ArticleWord of mouth
A professor of philosophy and an acquaintance had called us for a rendezvous at his residence in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru. A man of two parts, as he described himself, he was a writer by vritti...
View ArticleNotes from a coffee house
Coming from a family of tea guzzlers, my defection to the South Indian decoction coffee happened in 1958, when I entered Delhi University. Tootling around the campus, my long nose, blessed with...
View ArticleCountry in crisis?
Though cash-strapped, Greece has so much to offer its visitors that Stuart Forster finds himself floored Greece, we are being told in news reports, is a country in crisis. The southern European nation...
View ArticleWaste of words
To cut to the chase: don't waste your time on this book. I already wasted enough of mine. Greig Beck is an Australian surfer, sunbather and computer engineer. Dark Rising appears to be a sci-fi...
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