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Monday, May 12, 2008
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
DNA
Waste of time: Money may be pouring into film industry, but films released in 2008 so far have largely failed to make an impact | Read
SLIDESHOW
Mumbai's hottest babes!
Tired of the endless debates that plague the newsroom, regarding who's the best looking woman in the city, a renegade bunch of male hacks decided to do the sensible thing and draw up a list
ASTROLOGY
LEO (Jul 24 - Aug 23)
Although you may not be very self-disciplined today you can probably get a lot done. Be experimental and take the odd risk. Try and make some changes in your immediate surroundings. If you think you’re absolutely right about everything then you are almost certainly wrong. There are wonderfully uplifting influences around today but there is a tiny danger of you being filled with your own confidence.
All sexed up, nowhere to go
Fickle Indian viewers have given a thumbs down to almost every film, barring one or two, that has been released in the first four months of 2008.
Our cities are poorly planned
When building a city from scratch, there are several things to keep in mind. The first is transport — the key underlying parameter that is central to urban planning.
Nothing civic about it
After years of living in bustling Mumbai, marketing executive Binal Shah dreamt of ‘getting away’ to a quieter place with a better lifestyle.
Megapolis in making
Gone are the days when cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore were characterised by their leisurely pace and spacious environs.
Corporate hub or crime capital?
It was touted as the Millennium City, where corporate houses could flourish and citizens could live without the fear of being robbed or gunned down.
A thousand splendid memories
On my first visit to Kabul as a consultant for Unesco in 2006, I was woken in the middle of the night by a loud blast that was too close for comfort.
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