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It’s back. And how!
The third edition of the MetroPlus Theatre Festival in Chennai is marked by diverse content and a strong international flavour. SHONALI MUTHALALY reports
Columns

A royal spice
Peppercorns in black and white


Cats too need water
How will you know that your cat is dehydrated?
Sound off!

This is your space to appreciate or criticize what’s happening around you.

You could write about anything. People breaking the queue at railway stations, cinema theatres, banks…. Or, an official going out of his way to help ...


HOW GOOD ARE FAD DIETS?
A balanced diet

Fad diets fail to meet our energy requirements. It is important to maintain a balanced diet with essential nutrients and vitamins. A healthy diet is the key to a healthy life.

S. Radhika
II M.Sc Physics Kongunadu College of Arts and ...


Healthy food

Makes you obese

Could there be anything nutritious in a fad diet? Despite knowing the amount of empty calories such food items contain, people gorge on them.

Is it possible to get nutrition from thin slices of capsicum and cucumber tucked between two ...


A short-cut

The present generation considers fad diets as a short-cut to weight loss.

But, what they tend to forget is that such diets are not nutritionally balanced, and could cause muscle depletion, fatigue and other complications.

To ...


Work out

Some of them even resort to diet pills and skip meals to stay thin and slim.

Instead, they should eat healthy food and follow a regular exercise routine.

S. Pavithra
II B.E (ECE) SNS College of Technology ...


Short-lived benefits

Fad diets do not offer long term benefits. They are popular because people are willing to try anything that promises to help them lose weight. Because, everyone wants to look and feel better.

V. Anitha
II B.Sc (CS&HM ) Sankara ...


Exercise routine helps

Youngsters today are fitness-conscious; so they go in for fad diets. They believe such diets help them lose weight in a short span of time. But, one has to also go on long walks or take a trip to the gym to reap its benefits.

H. Roshni ...


Next Issue
The topic for the next Voice Your Views column, scheduled for August 9, is “What is the ideal way to celebrate Independence Day?” You can send in your responses before August 4 by post (The Hindu, Metropl us, 19 &20, ATT ...
Cinema

Guru on TV
The big news is Bollywood’s biggest hit of the year Mani Ratnam’s “Guru”, featuring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, will premiere on Filmy, the Hindi movie channel of Sahara TV, on July 28, 8 p.m. Filmy had procured ...
Wheels

Swede heart
The Volvo S80 reflects the chilled-out nature of the Swedes and comes loaded with equipment and safety features. Ouseph Chackogives it a try
Porsche pleasure
Darius Lamgets to drive a convoy of dream machines at Leipzig in East Germany
Virtual Mechanic
Car and bike questions? We have the answers
Events

A display of sorts
Creative Streaks was an interesting hotchpotch of ideas
Lights, camera, action!
Student creativity came to the fore at Shashman, the documentary and fable fest
Dance festival in Tirupur
The Tiruppur Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha will conduct a three-day dance festival Konjum Salangai 2007 in Tirupur, between July 27 and 29. It will be held at Velayuthasamy Mandapam on Dharapuram Road.

On July 27, ...



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