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Lead kindly light...
Can you imagine waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by darkness? Groping in the dark even for two minutes is arduous. It is easy to imagine what light would mean to an individual who has never seen it. SOMA BASU and T.SARAVANAN check out the eye donation scenario during the national fortnight.
Know Your City

Symbol of togetherness
The river Vaigai branched off into two near Madurai and ran on either side of the city like a garland. One branch known as Krittamala even now flows near the temple of Koodal Azhagar as a small canal, says S. SUNDARARAJAN.
Face Facts

India's performance in Athens Olympics 2004
Responses to this column have been overwhelming, as always. This week we welcome your views on `Eye donation'. Send in your responses before September 9 to the Metroplus, The Hindu, 147/2A, 80-Feet Road, K.K.Nagar, Madurai-20, along with your colour photograph.
Personality

The art of giving
Manohar and Mahema work on a special set of greeting cards each year. They sell these cards and donate the proceeds to charity.
Cinema

`In reality, men are the weaker sex'
That's the best compliment I can get for my acting skills — Parthiban


Innovative theme
PARTHIPAN IS always trying out something innovative. His new film "Kudaikkul Mazhai" released on Friday, is also something unusual. It is about a television anchor, who fools an auto-driver by pretending to be in love with him. The simple guy ...
Gags galore
"SHREK-2", THE highest grosser at the U.S. box-office ($436 million in 100 days) this year, released last week. "Shrek" which showcased the comic adventures of the grumpy green giant, was a huge hit worldwide (except in India) and bagged Oscar ...
Supernatural thriller
INDUSTRIALIST VIJAY Mallya is turning producer with "Rakht." He is teaming up with Suneil Shetty and his Pop Corn Motion Pictures. "Rakht" is a multi-starrer with Sanjay Dutt, Suneil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Dino Moreo, Bipasha Basu, Neha ...
Return of the king
CRITICS HAD written him off and the trade was sceptical about his draw at the box-office. But Mohanlal has staged a fantastic comeback with his Onam release, "Natturajavu." In the Shaji Kailas-directed film, Mohanlal plays Pulikkattil Charly, the ...
Cuisine

Munch your way to health
Here are a few recipes to make low calorie salads with simple and easy to get ingredients
Travel

Chai, anyone?
Manjolai: it could be your cup of tea, says SOMA BASU
Insite

Time to tweak your Windows
FINALLY, MICROSOFT has announced a time-table for the next upgrade of the Windows desktop operating system. But it will happen only in 2006. And what's more, in order to meet this distant deadline for Windows `Longhorn' as they are calling it, ...
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