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| Get a change out of your journey |
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Vandana Gombar test-drives electric vehicles for the good of the planet - and her wallet!
I drive 30 kilometres every day to work, one way, using a fuel-guzzling hatchback, and the petrol price hurts. ...Read |
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| Kashmir: a spice story |
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Think Kashmiri spices and you will automatically be reminded of saffron, that most expensive spice that grows nowhere else in India except in the Valley. ...Read |
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| Bubbly for all occasions |
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| Indians are still unused to champagne - and hesitant about uncorking it. Anoothi Vishal has a complete guide for those willing to experiment. ...Read |
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| Bull rallies in bear markets |
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| On Wednesday, the Sensex produced a 703 point rally. A massive 5.43 per cent rise in a single day. ...Read |
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| Products to pamper your body |
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| Our apologies. Before speaking of perfumes (last week) that keep you smelling good through the heat, we should have handed in a lowdown on natural body care products that could put any perfume to shame. ...Read |
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| Over the rainbow |
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| I've seen lots of spectacular rainbows, but have only ever been inside two. The first time was a few weeks ago, when the aircraft I was sitting in flew right through one. ...Read |
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| Electric lifestyle |
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| Chetan Kumaar Maini begins his day in a Reva, and zips through it.
Headlines about the rising cost of conventional fuel only bring a smug grin to the face of Chetan Kumaar Maini, a grin that has got wider these days. ...Read |
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| 'Watches that are skin-friendly' |
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Rado has just introduced a new range of seamless, high-tech ceramic watches that could become almost a part of your body! Neha Bhatt finds out more about these. ...Read |
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| No recession for real luxury |
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The news pages of this paper and of most others are filled with stories of doom and gloom. ...Read |
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| What lies beneath: Marble chic |
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Here's a ground reality: You may not pay a great deal of attention to what's beneath your feet, but truth be told, the difference it can make to a space is underestimated. ...Read |
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| 'Independent music is dead' |
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Rabbi may have released his second music album recently but he is clearly uneasy about the current music scenario. ...Read |
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| Traditional crafts contemporarised |
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Vikram Goyal is working with several artisan communities and giving modern design a sense of rootedness. ...Read |
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| They call him big |
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| Anish Kapoor's sculptures are larger than life.
If Anish Kapoor isn't written of by the Indian media, you can't really blame it because the 54-year-old, for all his celebrity status in the West ' where his following is huge ' has nothing to show for it back home. ...Read |
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| Jetta's set |
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| Volkswagen India gives us a taste of their baby Passat, the Jetta.
In the 19th century, Brothers Grimm of Cinderella fame rewrote Sleeping Beauty, the fairy tale classic first written by Charles Perrault. ...Read |
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| Swing low... |
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I am moving from Chennai to Bangalore, and I need to drive from Bangalore to Hosur and back everyday. ...Read |
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| Decline of the small stores |
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One of the things about being a music fan is that you can't really walk past a music store without walking into it. ...Read |
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