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Gunning for the F1
Karun Chandhok may look laid back, but there’s no doubting his hunger to break into racing’s top league, says PRINCE FREDERICK
Columns

TRAINING ROOM
Front squats
Tone up your thighs


METRO WORKOUT
Not a breeze, but …
Hamstrings pounded and dreams of a quick flab fix went bust but NANDITA SRIDHAR managed to last the EXPRESS WORKOUT
GOING NATIVE
‘I enjoy living here’
Isabelle Enjolras is constantly amazed at how friendly people in Chennai are
My Five -- Kunal Diwan

The best works of art are those that blend introspection and remorse with wisdom and hope. The dark ferment of Achtung Baby was a womb that begat several such mesmeric, noteworthy offspring, none quite as enchanting as One. Bono — yet to ...
Food

FINE WINE
Sweet on Alsace
As wine regions go, Alsace is a pretty unique one. It is devoted almost wholly to growing white wines, the only small exception being a tiny — almost miniscule — amount of Pinot Noir. Most of the whites, with a couple of exceptions, ...


THE RELUCTANT GOURMET
Meals before matinee
At the Sunday brunches served at Chennai’s hip restaurants, romance is included at no charge
CHEWON THIS
Rendang
The quintessential Indonesian dish, though it is found in Malaysia and Singapore as well. Often described as curried meat, the true Rendang is not a curry in the sense we understand it. It is made from beef (or chicken, or lamb) which is slow ...
Puja special
Check out the Durga Puja special at Bay Leaf
QUICK FIX
Mahalabia

Mix sugar, corn flour and rice flour together. Boil the milk. Add the flour mixture to the milk.

Whisk continuously. Add rosewater. Pour into a bowl and garnish with pistachio powder and ...


SIGNATURE DISH
Chole Bhature
For once, it’s time to ignore all thoughts about dieting! When you order the Chole Bhature at Shree Mithai, you know it’s time to indulge all your senses — the plump bhatura that reinforces your belief that big is ...
Cinema

For film buffs
Young film critics and journalists are invited to participate in the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
Life, through the lens
Watch award winning films from Turkey
Music

All in the family
When brothers made country music the king
The right chord
Francine Stock talks about Visionaries and Western classical music composers
Training voices
Course Learn to find your voice at the Unwind School of Music
Television

Navaratri special
An impressive line-up of programmes awaits viewers on Vijay TV
Arts And Entertainment

Time for comedy
Comickaze will feature comic plays and mime
Environment

The lion’s advocate
Dr. Ravi Chellam, expert on the Asiatic lion, on why the species could fast become extinct
Travel

TIME OUT
Five stars for comfort

Kodaikanal is 130 km by road from Madurai, and 180 km from Coimbatore. Madurai is the nearest airport.

The nearest train halt is Kodai Road, though Madurai is a more convenient place to get off and hitch a ride to Kodaikanal. ...
Events

Festival special
Here’s what kids can do during the holidays


Dandiya for a cause
Dandiya Darbar this evening at Le Royal Meridien
YOUR WEEK
Jewellery collection

Zak Jewels 2008 showcases antique gold, platinum and diamond jewellery collections. Jewellers from across India are participating. Every 500th visitor wins a diamond ring.

Address Hotel Taj Coromandel, ...


Couture collection

Etalage hosts a sale of festive couture for the season comprising fashion lines from Renu Tandon, Neeta Bhargava, Paridhi, Divija, Aara by Shobhika, Karigar by Nikita, Suroor, 5 Elements by Radhika and Shrdha Marwah.

Training programme

Manaquest Training Solutions will conduct industry-oriented training programmes for job-seekers, employees, entrepreneurs, freshers and students through development of English language skills and soft skills.

Address ...


TUBE WATCH
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
T
he favourite heroic foursome is back. But this time they’re not the only super-powered beings on the block in Tim Story’s action-packed sequel to the 2005 hit, “Fantastic Four”. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba ...
Festive collection

An exquisite collection of ethnic and fancy saris and dress material is available at Maanasa. The collection includes Kanchivaram silks, silk cottons and supernets with block prints, embroidery and brocade patch work.

Sale

Neetu Collections organises an exhibition-cum-sale of saris, dress material, readymade dresses, nighties, kurtis, bed sheets, Tupperware, fashion jewellery, pickles and squashes.

Venue Sri Kumaran Anugraha Kalyana ...


NOW SHOWING
DRONA

Junior Bachchan returns to the big screen after quite a while with this fantasy flick directed by childhood buddy Goldie Behl. Playing his bodyguard is the drop-dead gorgeous Priyanka Chopra.

The film is about a boy who realises his ...


Crafts mela

Artisans from Jaipur are organising a crafts mela featuring handicrafts from across the country including jewels, trinkets, paintings furniture, toys and zari work.

Venue Murugan Kalyana Mandapam

...
Wired In

TECHNO STREET
Redefining youth
Affordable, stylish and trendy: that's the Yuva range of handsets from Motorola. The company has added three new phones in the series, through which Motorola isattempting to redefine the needs of the entry-level buyer. JANANI KRISHNASWAMY takes a loo k at the youthful phones


Yuva A810
The A810 is a smaller and stylish ‘pen-based’ PDA, a first in the Yuva range. The sensitive, but small, touch screen is highly responsive. Write, scribble or draw and you have predictive Hinglish (Hindi + English) text to decipher ...
Yuva ZN200
ZN200 is the first affordable imaging phone from Motorola. Only a 2.0 mega pixel camera, but the 8x zoom adds value. It’s a Yuva optimised phone for its so-so imaging capabilities. You can capture and playback video at 15-30 fps and share ...
Yuva W270
The form factor of this Moto is sure to attract attention. Moto claims that it’s the one for those who know what they want. It sports the same MP3 player with stereo FM radio, but this one offers sync with Windows Media Player. What more, ...
Yuva W180
This slim model, as Moto calls, is not the phone for everyone — it’s for those who sport a powerful ‘attitude’ like the phone does! Like all Motos in the Yuva range, this is optimised for its SMS and phone book entries. ...
Yuva W388
Here’s what Motorola calls a value-for-money phone. This is not for the photo enthusiast; but an FM lover might like it. It has a VGA camera, with 4x zoom and an MP3 and a stereo FM recorder. The stereo FM radio comes with RDS and allows ...


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