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The best of both worlds
Bangalore is similar to Shillong — both are places for immigrants, writer-poet Anjum Hasan tells AYESHA MATTHAN
Columns

CAMPUS HANGOUT
Cheap ‘n’ best
What’s to love: This karting track is the ideal hangout for youngsters, especially for the ones love adventure and sport. And guess what? It isn’t just the boys who chill out here. There are a good number of girls also who ...


CAUGHT SNAPPING
Win A Prize

Readers are encouraged to send in their sightings: bloopers, UFOs or anything out of the ordinary they have snapped. Send your photographs to caughtsnappingblr@gmail.com

titled ...


My Five

This song is about Ian Curtis’ relationship with his wife that began to deteriorate after his musical career took off. ‘Why is the bedroom so cold?/You’ve turned away on your side’

The frightening directness in ...
Beauty And Wellness

METRO WORKOUT
Punching in
Nikhil Varma does not do too badly for a beginner in BOXING


TRAINING ROOM
Lowering cancer risk
Even moderate workouts can reduce fat cell deposits which store dietary carcinogens
QUICK TIPS
That paunch must go

For one thing, don’t jump into abdominal exercises immediately. The point is anyone with a paunch, usually has a less than ideal back posture.

This puts an extra strain on the lower back and weakens it. Further, the abdominal ...
Food

QUICK FIX
Copper chimney tikki

Boil vegetables. Put them in a bowl with all the spices. Can add some corn flour to bind (optional) Add salt and pepper. Shape into patties, shallow fry in oil. Serve with mint ...


Oriental tastes
The menu card at Just Oriental is staggering: it has listed nearly 146 dishes
SIGNATURE DISH
Alaskan Black Cod with Garlic mash and Caper wine reduction

Alaskan black cod is marinated in a special lemon marinade. Juliennes of vegetables are sautéed with mashed potato and garlic. Caper and wine reduction adds flavour as do the grill and lemon wedges that serve as garnish. The last word for ...


THE FOODFILE -- THE RELUCTANT GOURMET
An ode to Onam
Kerala roots run deep. When it comes to cooking up an onasadya there’s nothing on the table that slid straight out of a packet
Going glocal
Monsoon, at The Park has an exciting new menu
CHEWON THIS
Khao Pad
Thai fried rice, a very popular dish that can be made with beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, crab or any other meat of choice. Unlike the well-known Chinese fried rice, this dish is prepared with fragrant Thai jasmine rice, preferably a day old, ...
Food Bytes
Of course she realises there are more important problems in the world than a husband who shudders at greens. But Kitty’s a dewy-eyed, newly-wed health nut who loves to eat good food, drink plenty of beer and supplement it all with lovely ...
Music

Joyride of a lifetime
Win a trip to London and meet Metallica
Television

Smile a while
MTV presents movie satires in the Fully Faltoo Film Festival
Miscellany


Profiles

Chunky is rocking
Chunky Panday is having a great second innings in Bollywood
Events

YOUR WEEK
Craft Fair

The Rajasthan Craft fair will be on till September 21. There will be special crafts such as walnut wood furniture and Chettinad antiques besides jewellery and handloom.

Date:till September21

Venue:Srinivas Kalyana ...


Sari promotion

Mogra is having a sari promotion of kalamkari, kanjeevaram, tussar, kota, georgette, and banarsi designer saris

Date: till September 14

Venue:Mogra, B-24 Leela Galleria, The Leela Palace, old Airport ...


Street food festival

24/7 at The Grand Ashok is bringing the chatpata street food festival to tickle your taste buds with gobi muttar samosas, paapri chaat, aloo kulla and more in a street-like atmosphere with food vendors, juice stalls and a parrot ...


Road to fame

Want to meet and star with Dhoni? Then watch MTV “Dhoni’s Style 11”. Auditions for this series in Bangalore is on September 13 with MTV VJ Nikhil.

The contest is open to Dhoni fans “who feel they have the spunk, ...


Children’s activity

Doodle Den is presenting the Fine Arts weekend to develop skills in sketching, shading and transferring 3D images on paper for children aged six and above

Date: September 12 and 13, 4 to 5 p.m.

Venue: Doodle Den, ...


Workshop

The Academy for Skill & Knowledge, is conducting a workshop on face reading on September 14. The proceeds will go towards the flood relief fund. Face reader Zane Cuxton will head the workshop.

Date: September 14Contact ...


Ayurveda

Kerala Ayurveda is offering a 20 per cent off on all its treatments. The centre also offers the detoxification therapy called the panchakarma. The offer is valid up to September 28.

Venue: Kerala Ayurveda, Indiranagar 2nd ...


Sale

Prreeya is having an exhibition-cum-sale of tunics with crotchet lace, crushed cotton anarkalis, kurtis etc. at 258, 1st main, 36th cross, 8th block, Jayanagar.

Date: till September 18

Contact: 9845026883 ...


Exhibition

Magnitude Gallery is organising Aakaar, where original masterpieces will be on display for sale, from September 11.

Venue: 140/13, 27th cross, 3rd Block, Jayanagar.

Contact: 99001 ...


NOW SHOWING
The Last Lear

After doing the rounds of film festivals, Rituparno Ghosh’s much anticipated film is finally here. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal, it is the story of Harish Mishra, a theatre veteran, whom a young director ...


TUBE WATCH
Jumbo Movie-Audrey Hepburn Story Part 1 & 2

This is a movie on one of Hollywood’s most famous actors, Audrey Hepburn, spanning from her early childhood to the 1960s which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parent’s divorce and ...
People

Sen-sible!
Sushmita Sen has various projects on hand. Her long-term plan in life is to be happy


GOING NATIVE
Noise problem
Benat Bergara will need to get used to the quiet in Spain


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