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Friday, May 09, 2008
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Food for thought:: They're small and look friendly, but they can fight back. Discover the enduring appeal of Mumbai’s corner bookstores | Read
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Cause it’s fashion
Well, it was an afternoon full of colour and fun. A leading magazine continued its campaign — fashion joins hands against breast cancer.
ASTROLOGY
GEMINI (May 21 - Jun 21)
Moons are the start of something new. But in the sky it is a faint crescent of light which grows bigger as the time goes on. So don’t expect anything major today. Just put your attention into whatever you want to put into place over the next year. Major life changes will be negotiated smoothly while Jupiter is around the deepest area of your chart. You will understand yourself better and also reach out to make connections.
Word on the street
When Sunita Gupta moved to Mumbai over five years ago, she found refuge from the loneliness of the city in Book Lovers, Lokhandwala’s friendliest bookstore.
From theatre in Melbourne to Danny Boyle in Mumbai
If you want to get into the good books of Aussie girl Sylvie Meltzer, feed her sev-puri . “I love Mumbai street-food,” says the 23-year-old theatre actress from Melbourne.
Cutting chai, books, bhajis and three trees
There were once three trees in a row on Film City Road before its recent widening last year. A bookwallah had set up his stall underneath it.
First class, always!
Girls were passengers waiting on the giant platform of life waiting for the right train (aka man). The trouble is that the trains don’t have a fixed schedule
Between the covers in Mumbra
Mumbra resident Naheed Butt grew up being told that books were bad for girls. “Whenever the Urdu periodicals were delivered to our house, my grandmother would hide them under her mattress"
Looking for point zero
The British passion for surveying and cartography has led to the Indian countryside being dotted with zero stones.
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