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MAGICIANS’ RARE SHOW E OF CAMARADERIE Launch charity programme In a rare show of camaraderie, 20-odd magicians from the district shared a platform at Cheroor, near Vengara, the other day and performed their magical skills to a packed school auditorium. The district unit of the Malayali Magicians Association (MMA) organised the event marking the beginning of a charity programme titled ‘Karunyajaalam’. First time “It is the first time in the magic history of Kerala that so many magicians performed on a single stage for a cause without accepting any remuneration,” said MMA joint secretary Malayil Hamza. The children of Panakkad Pookoya Thangal Memorial Yatheemkhana Higher Secondary School at Cheroor were mesmerised as each magician vied for a place in the students’ hearts. Apart from Mr. Hamza, the other magicians presented programmes included M.M. Puthiyath, Latheef Kottakkal, Shamsu Panayi, Sulfi Muthangode, Ishaq Porur, Sreedharan Mampad and Joy Thengumtharayil. DYNAMO AND CROHN’S DISEASE going to the cinema or jamming out to Tinie Tempah in his car. My dog Bunty wakes me up every morning at 8am. She’ll lie on me until I let her out for a wee. Sounds cute, but she’s a Newfoundland and weighs 9st, even though she’s still a puppy. Once I’ve let her out I’m up for the day. I often have a lot of stomach pain because I suffer from Crohn’s disease, so I take medication before breakfast. All my food is specially prepared. Because of my illness I can’t eat dairy, gluten, fats or a lot of vegetables. In an excellent interview in The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5054465/ magician-dynamo-24-hours-crohns/) Dynamo talks about his success and suffering from Chrohn's Disease. TWENTY-four hours with the Magician Dynamo, 34, can involve being star-struck over stars like Brad Pitt and enduring his daily battle with Crohn's disease. When he's not staying up late coming up with new magic tricks, Dynamo says his escape is VANISH MAGAZINE So for