The Indian Express -- Leisure

Wednesday, July 30 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Hollywood gets smart and smarter

The lack of dialogue in this summer's Hollywood blockbusters has been compensated with the verbiage on the dumbing down of cinema.

Critics actually for intelligence in the dinosaur remains of Steven Spielberg's The Lost World and been disappointed to find nothing but crass commercialism.

Don't lose your sleep anymore over snores

Millions of snorers could enjoy peaceful slumber with new technology approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that shrinks tissues blocking air passages.

Sri Lanka Diary -- Indian hand in foreign land

In Sri Lanka, the Indian flavour is omnipresent. Like the Marutis or even autorickshaws, everything has an Indian touch to it. Not to be missed, of course, are the large than life posters of Bollywood superstars and the Hindi movies which are being screened in different theatres of Colombo.

Projects to work on

Ask Uncle Pai -- Why does coconut oil freeze in winters?

WONDERS OF NATURE