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Water baby Swimming champ turned coach Nisha Millet says she has an eye for talent and can pick out the serious ones
METROWORKOUT Stairway to fitness The benefits of abandoning the lift and taking the stairs instead are many, K. PRADEEPdiscovers TRAININGROOM Water workouts help Water workouts are excellent for cardiovascular training and facilitate quicker muscle recovery QUICKTIPS Vibes matter Are you concerned that you’re not getting proper results from your workouts? It might be the atmosphere where you work out. You aren’t likely to be motivated to train hard if you see everyone else in the gym lazing around and taking ...
Traditionally Travancore Looking for authentic Kerala fare? Head to Traditionz the newest eatery in the city THERELUCTANT GOURMET A paean to parathas Roadside dhabas have always been one of the most interesting things about travelling in India SIGNATURE DISH 
Masala DosaIt is the straight forward masala dosa sans fuss or frills. The good old masala dosa with the good old masala filling comprising huge chunks of potatoes, slivers of onions and green chillies, the way the filling used to be. No fancy ... QUICKFIX 
Kadai chickenGrind coriander seeds and whole red chillies into a coarse powder . Heat oil in a kadai. Add ginger-garlic paste. Sauté for 2 minutes on medium flame. Stir well. Add tomatoes and cook till they are fully cooked. Add chicken pieces, ... 
Hoppin’ JohnA rich, flavourful dish from the southern U.S., Hoppin’ John consists of black-eyed peas, ham hocks, onion and long–grained rice. It is cooked over a slow fire. Eating Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day is thought to bring ... FOODBYTES scentofgreenbananas.blogspot.com/
NOW SHOWINGSuresh Gopi plays DIG Hrishikesh IPS in this movie directed by Nishad. Hrishikesh is in charge of the investigation to nab the culprits behind a bomb blast. The plot thickens as the hero takes on the politician-police-underworld nexus. ... In honour of Tapan Sinha The Metro Film Society will screen Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner Tapan Sinha’s Hindi film ‘Ek Doctor Ki Maut,’ at Savitha Theatre, Kochi, on August 31 at 9.30 a.m. The film starring Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Kapur, Irfan Khan, Deepa ... OLDISGOLD AMMA 1952 Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, M N Nambiar, T S Durairaj, Aranmula Ponnamma, B S Saroja Will Kareena do a Bo Derek? The actress is in contention for the remake of ‘10’ 
GrillmillI came in as a lyricist and just happened to be a female. Since people were not used to seeing a female lyricist, they were not even ready to believe I could pen songs. Even after my first break in Iniyavale in 1997, I had to prove myself for ... 
MY FIRST BREAK - G.VENUGOPALI first started singing for films in 1984. It was just a few Hindi words in a group song for the film ‘Odarathammava Aalariyam.’ Like it has happened in the first phase of my career I had to wait for a year for the next song. Two ...
It’s a wrap Rapper Hard Kaur is all set to play a big and hopefully long innings in Bollywood 
MY FIVEThe first of two consecutive single song albums that Jethro Tull released in the early 1970s, this is one of the definitive progressive rock songs. Written as a parody of the concept album genre after the success of Aqualung, this is a ... Those that almost made it (Tushar Menon is doing his Master’s in Theoretical Physics at King’s College, London) | ||||||||||