![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, January 13, 2006 |
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VARIETY CINEMA
Make a wish and have a grand time5 Children & It has what it takes to breathe magic into our hopeless, moneyed, jobs-a-plenty world. A world in which everything has a solution and the problem is exactly that the demise of the good old wish. Based on E. Nesbit's ... More EVENTS
Getting ready for PongalA scene at the Krishna Rajendra Market in Bangalore, where sugarcane is loaded as part of the Sankranti festival. Each stick costs Rs 10-12 against Rs 14-20 last year. The cane is brought from Tumkur and Kuniganl Taluk areas. ... More
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Applying pressure Forget the course fee, even the process of applying to foreign universities is getting more and more expensive, what with increasing transcript charges, visa fees and the high cost of application forms, not to mention consultation charges. More SPORTS
Where there is a willHenry Wanyoike, a visually impaired athlete, playing cricket with children of Victoria Memorial School for Blind in Mumbai on Thursday. Wanyoike, the brand ambassador for `Seeing is Believing', spent an afternoon motivating the children of the ... More TRENDS
Ride to the other worldWearing of helmets by two-wheeler riders remains an exception rather than the rule even though approximately 34 per cent of road accidents reported last year involved two-wheelers. Reasons cited for avoiding helmets are lack of air circulation, ... More BOOKS
A thousand definitions trapped in the alphabetTHE `longest real word' in the English language is said to be floccinaucinihilipilification, with 29 letters. "Defined as the act of estimating (something) as worthless, its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741," educates Wikipedia. There ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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