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For a bibliophile, a collection of poetry is interesting any day. It gets even more so when the writers come from across a multicultural nation, from different languages, and are all women. Savitha V reviews one such -- Interior Decoration.

The girls of a rural government school throw a bit of a surprise for their posh town rivals. Kannal Achuthan on a ball badminton match that served up several lessons.

The girls of Holy Cross lost to no one. That much we knew was true. We considered ourselves the best school for miles around and we believed in taking the cup home. Be it quizzing, debating, dancing or basketball.

Two years after the first big-screen version of the television series, SATC is back with all its characteristic bling and fun. And this time the four women are blazing across the Middle East. Padmalatha Ravi presents a review

Dr R V K Varma creates an imagery for P B Shelley's Music, When Soft Voices Die

Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory,
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

Aparna Vijaykumar is an architecture student in Mysore. She's interested in photography, enjoys reading and music.

This photograph was taken in Raghurajpur, Orissa, while Aparna was on a field trip to study architecture. The village Raghurajpur, is known for 'pattachitra' 

On 15th August, 2000, I sat in a darkened hall, watching the evening scene fill with Jai's mournful mouth organ tune, as Radha silently dimmed lamps one after the other. It was the 25th anniversary of Sholay. TV channels were airing interviews, streets were full of posters, and cinema halls were overflowing with nostalgia-filled, mad fans like me. And, by god, watching Sholay on the big screen that day, I fell in love with Amitabh Bachchan all over again.

The Shopaholic series kicked off the "chick-lit" trend in a big way. Many a novels followed Sophie Kinsella's run away success; some succeeded while most failed. Savitha V takes a look at the series. 

Zubaan Books' is attempting to give a voice to the rural women through their art work. Payal Dhar finds out more about the Poster Women exhibition that puts together a thread of history through traditional art forms worked on by women in rural areas