Archive for May 2011

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Bankable businesses

INNOVATION WagonR Think BIG Challenge 2 highlights bright ideas that are promising and, of course, have the power to initiate change. SHWETA J. NICHANI
How many of us yearn for a chance to show the world what we’ve got? All big movements start with a big thought and here’s the WagonR’s big movement: Think BIG! A […]

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Summer surprises

MANE MATTERS What’s your hair this season? Here are some hot new looks! GAURI SHAH
Till two decades ago, hair was considered a woman’s most elegant self-ornament but was satisfied with taking second place neatly tucked in the background. Cascades down the back; the inches elongating proportionately with age defined its sole style. Today though, those […]

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IPL’s power players

TALENT SPOTING Many young guns have certainly fired in this year’s Indian Premier League. Here are seven Indian players who have made an impression with their talent. ARUN VENUGOPAL

Rahul Sharma (Pune Warriors)

Matches: 14
Wkts: 16
Avg: 17.06
Eco.Rate: 5.46
For someone who had to use eye-drops after every delivery, confronting batsmen was a lesser ordeal. Diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy […]

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Casting his spell

OFF SCREEN Having made his mark in Bollywood, Rana Daggubati opens up to MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN on films and more.

With a grandfather who’s a Dadasaheb Phalke awardwinner, a superstar for uncle and one of the biggest producers in the industry for a father, spearheading the family name into the third generation must be quite a daunting […]

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Shoot at sight!

OPERATION FLASHPOINT: RED RIVER is as much about strategy as it is about explosive first-person shooter action. GAURAV DANGI

Zapak’s Operation Flashpoint is another one of those quintessential modern combat games genre which the gaming industry seems obsessed with right now, but importantly it’s not the one you can beat by running forward and spraying bullets […]

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How smart is your phone?

TREND Android’s the future of mobile technology, says BHARADWAJ VASUDEVAN. Here are the why’s and how’s…

A much pronounced terminology in our present mobile market is the word “Smartphone”. Unfortunately, not everybody understands its real meaning. The moment we mention it, somebody is going to hoot, “I know, it’s an iPhone, right?”. Not to blame anybody […]

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What’s on (26/05/2011)

Music mattersSummer of Love concert@ Museum TheatreWhen: May 27

Time: 7.00 p.m. to 9. p.m.
Eighty-five participants of the Unwind Center’s “Summer of Love” course are ready to present songs from a vast range. Benny Dayal, Vishalakshi Nityanand and others will make a special appearance.
Entry: Tickets of Rs. 300 and Rs. 500 available at outlets of Landmark, […]

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Icy treats

EAT SMART  With the temperatures soaring high it’s time to cool down.The best way to do that is by indulging in cold soups. We bring to you five different recipes to choose from.

Vichyssoise (Potato and leek soup with fresh cream)
Leeks are a good source of manganese, which ensures healthy bones, help vitamin absorption, glucose metabolism […]

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Stanley’s nostalgic charm

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Movie: Stanley ka Dabba
Cast: Partho, Divya Dutta, Divya Jagdale, Amole Gupte

Stanley is a bright kid who studies in Std IV and doesn’t bring lunch. However, his classmates are there for him and Stanley fills his hungry stomach with food from his friends’ dabbas.
Like every school, here too we have a strict, strange teacher Babubhai […]

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Pirate adventure, ahoy!

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Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Cast: Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush

The Walt Disney release of yet another series of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise hit the screens last Friday. Directed by Rob Marshall, the movie is yet again about Captain Jack Sparrow’s adventures.
In a nutshell…
For another time, Captain […]

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