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ARTS & CRAFTS: Lepakshi expo in Thrissur
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BOOKS: Snake-oil debt in cardboard boxes with impressive labels
The US Congress has given its nod to the $787-billion stimulus package, which Barack Obama sees as a ‘major milestone’ in rescuing the country from the sub-prime crisis and its aftermath. If, like the majority, you have difficulty ...

From Life

HUMAN RESOURCES: Fraying at the seams
Anand Raj is in his early 20s and as a tailor employed in a garment factory in Tamil Nadu's knitwear export belt of Tirupur, about 60 km from Coimbatore, takes home a salary of Rs 3,000. This is no grand sum, but for a Std VII pass from a ...

GENDER: Toy story of hope
Girls from the North East train to make toys for a living. Nanthoibi, 22, from Manipur, hated cutting and sewing. She was known to be something of a shirker. But there she was at Kolkata’s Institute of Toy Making Technology (ITMT), ...

HEALTH: Epilepsy care
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LIFESTYLE: Romance land
Love has defied definition since time immemorial. But, yes, the feeling is sublime and, like they say, you need to be in it to ...

FOOD & CUISINE: Eclectically Mediterranean
At Azulia in Chennai’s GRT Grand hotel. I find myself mooning over a chunk of Feta and before I know it, I’m forking out a large amount of money to possess what suddenly seems a small lump of cheese. It’s easily one of the ...

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: Sunnyside down
Heading to Melbourne for a hot and hearty change. When people in most parts of the world were wrapped under thick blankets, I was enjoying a sunny day, sipping a cool drink at the Melbourne Docklands, watching the breathtaking view of the Yarra ...

MUSIC & DANCE: Waves of harmony
The Laya Project records the music of tsunami survivors across continents. In the wake of the devastating tsunami in2004, the death and destruction spurred people across continents to help the affected. People contributed in whatever way they ...

BOOKS: That’s rights!
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lies forgotten today, shrouded in the mists of time, blurred by 9/11 and 26/11, by the Iraq war and communal disharmony, by famine and exploitation. It was published by the United Nations as far back ...





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