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The unisex risks of smoking
THE NUMBER of young women in Bangalore taking to smoking has gone up of late. Most college-going young women have the same story to tell when asked how and why they started smoking. They started off as "social smokers" because of peer pressure. ...
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    Chennai

    Back to scriptwriting after eight years
    Karunanidhi was the man who changed the very concept of dialogues, making them simple, crisp and effective during an age when lengthy obscure dialogues were the norm.
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    Delhi

    Bringing robots closer to humans
    THIS IS as futuristic as it gets -- domestic machines that would make life easier. On his first visit to India, Noel Sharkey, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Robotic Research at the University of Sheffield in the United ...
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    Hyderabad

    Pulse : Gone with the wind!
    We have before us three choices of locomotion-aerial, surface and underground. For the aerial route we should appease the Gods to supply Pushpaka vimanams like the one used by Lord Rama. These have the advantage of solving the berth ...
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    Kochi

    Rare bird caught
    The Macqueen Bustard (Chlamydotis Macqueeni) has been remaining elusive after being spotted at Kanhangad in 1987. The excitement among bird-watchers was, therefore, natural when a farmer trapped a Macqueen Bustard last week, when it strayed ...
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    Madurai

    Rustic yet captivating
    A REGION'S folklore contributes to its identity. To understand the music tradition of any region, one would have to explore its folk tradition, for folk music is invariably the base for all other forms of music including the classical ...
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    Thiruvananthapuram

    When music gave a healing touch
    LAUGHTER AND cheer are not things that one associates with hospital corridors. But on Monday evening, almost all those who stepped out of the Regional Cancer Centre had a smile on their faces and a tune on their lips. Balachandra Menon had kept ...
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