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  • Singaporean raps in Indian band

    An upcoming pop act in Chennai, India, has a local connection. A member of the trio Mamiboys is Singaporean R. Rathakrishnan, better known by his stage name...

  • New arts festival chief wants an 'arts Olympics'

    THE arts festival is moving from its traditional May-June spot to August-September. Instead of a three-week festival, it will now be six weeks long.

  • Alba to co-host Social Star Awards

    AMERICAN actress Jessica Alba is set to boost the glamour quotient at next week's inaugural Social Star Awards at MasterCard Theatres, Marina Bay Sands.

  • Lure of the scrawl

    The spotlight has been trained on Singapore's low-profile street art scene over the past year, with two cases of illegal graffiti hitting the headlines.

  • Sri Lanka sexes up image of Ceylon tea

    KANDANA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - A hot cup of Ceylon tea is better known as being soothing and relaxing, but Sri Lanka is now marketing its most profitable export as...

  • Heritage hotel in India to reopen after 7-year facelift

    One was known as the "Savoy of the East", the other the "Grand Lady of the Far East". Both have a fascinating colonial history, were used to billet British...

  • Lights, camera, action for gongfu city

    Mr Zhou Houning, a Guangdong province martial arts gold medallist in 2007, giggles as he moves his thick arms in circular motions around his chest area.

  • For Chinese tourists, it's romance of the Lion City

    DISCOVER love anew on a scenic journey to Singapore, following in the footsteps of Taiwanese actress Ariel Lin Yichen, whose romance is rekindled as she...

Opinion

I DRIVE a six-year-old Honda Civic Hybrid. Some people who see me in it have remarked that they are...
 
JAPAN'S bold economic gamble to end 20 years of growth-sapping deflation appears to be paying...
 
ASEAN leaders at their summit in Brunei last month pledged to realise the Asean Community by 2015.
 

Blogs

Warning: Do not read this if you have not seen but intend to see Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Don...
 

People to Watch

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Pakistani human rights activist who founded an all-girls school said the Taleban was "more afraid of the books than bombs" as he and his 15-year-old daughter, who...