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Sunday, March 26, 2006
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INDIA BEATS 
The Gods play againYears ago in a `clean-up operation', the 16th and 17th Century murals in Madurai's Meenakshi Temple were painted over. Today, Vinod T. and his team are restoring them panel by panel. Visual narratives Badri Narayan's art is situated between the literary and the visual.
IMAGES Laboured love A book of enthusiastic gushing, some of it interesting, most of it predictable.
IN FIRST PERSON Walking for the Commonwealth Taking part in the Queen's Baton Relay run for the 2006 Commonwealth Games was an emotional high.
CULTURE Song of the woods Two Canadians and a Parisian teach Hindustani music in a Karnataka village. Now there's a large waiting list for their music gurukul.
PROFILE At the crossroads Usha Nangiar is one of the last Nangiarkoothu performers left in Kerala. A portrait of an artist and an art form at the threshold of change.
IN CONVERSATION 
Winds of changeWeaving is a tradition dear to the Rupshupa of Ladakh. But the craft is at the crossroads because many youngsters are leaving in search of a better lifestyle, says Monisha Ahmed.
Eclectic culture A comprehensive book on a little known region.
TIME OUT Leave time behind In Srirangapatna, the evidence of grandeur and past glory is everywhere.
POSTCARD FROM DOWN UNDER A heady mix Chinese gadgets, Korean tourists, Indian techies and drivers... and rumours of Asian world domination.
CONSERVATION Clubbing trees with trains Students of a college in Kochi and the Railways come together to preserve a mangrove forest.
Reversing the gaze Ang Lee's films turn the focus on the rituals and taboos of Western societies.
Down memory lane The Henry Ford Museum showcases signposts in American history.
HEALTHWATCH Let the sunshine in The sun is the main source of Vitamin D. And there is plenty of it out there.
FINE DINING Dubai: gastronomic gateway The emergence of a gourmet culture is redefining Dubai as it races through the 21st Century.
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