The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 16, 2002

Hollywood just for you on B4U
AMERICA'S popular Bollywood entertainment TV channel B4U has announced plans to bring two of the biggest entertainment industries in the world, Hollywood and Bollywood, together for the benefit of its global viewers. B4U will exclusively start ... More

CINEMA

`Baba' craze
Rajnikanth fans thronged the theatres in Chennai on Thursday when `Baba' was released.

EVENTS

Flying free
Tri-colour balloons released from the ramparts of the Red Fort after the Prime Minister's address on Independence Day in the Capital.

Donation for a cause
Actor Kamal Hassan (left) has donated his organs for medical studies after his death. Here he is seen handing over the donor document to the Director of Medical Education, Dr C. Ravindranath, in Chennai on Thursday. The actor's daughter, Ms ... More

Independence Day celebrations
The Prime Minister, Mr A.B. Vajpayee, inspecting the guard of honour before addressing the nation during the Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort.

Vegetarian cuisine festival
HYDERABAD: A 10-day festival of South Indian vegetarian cuisines is being organised by Taj Tristar, a unit of the Taj Mahal Hotels in city, beginning on August 16. The `Dakshin Bhojanotsav' will begin with `Sadhya' the Kerala cuisine ... More

United we stand
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ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE

Toonz recreates Tenali in comics
TOONZ Comix is bringing out a fun-filled comic called Adventures of Tenali Raman in the Classic Toonz series as part of its continuing programme aimed at reaching the much-valued Indian mythology and content-rich folktales to a wider ... More

SPORTS

Cricinfo brings in a Wand from UK
CRICINFO.COM, a cricket-centric Web site, has entered into an agreement with The Woodworm Cricket Company of the UK to distribute its Wand brand of bats in India. The patented bat is shaped different as compared to other bats x having lesser ... More

Cos fend off ICC bouncer
EVEN as controversy seems to dog cricket, companies are putting up a brave face against the International Cricket Council's (ICC) recent directive. The directive disallows players from endorsing products of companies which are in direct ... More

TRENDS

The Devil and its due
WHAT Baba would be showing can be called the Tarjani Mudra, a Buddhist hand gesture to ward off evil. Not too different from Horns of Cernunnos, or the devil's horns, formed by bending the two mid-fingers inward and hold them by the thumb. It is ... More

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