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Princess of Veils

Sunday 25 March '07

In polluted Pune, the scarf is the ultimate face-saver for women on the move.
India’s outsourcing success has 50 countries trying a me-too

Friday 23 March '07

Competition coming from Brazil to Bangladesh but country’s market-leader status safe for now, say experts
Mashelkar quits patents expert panel

Sunday 18 March '07

The plagiarism controversy surrounding the patents report has finally taken its toll with R A Mashelkar resigning as head of the Technical Experts Group that produced the report.
Owner of 15 horses, a racecourse regular

Friday 9 March '07

Quiet, unassuming, low-key — that is how the racing fraternity recollected 52-year-old Hasan Ali Khan, who has been mixing with them for the past decade.
Purse strings open for 7-yr-old city boy down with cancer, family needs Rs 50 lakh more

Monday 5 March '07

The Kolurs had just returned to their Siddharth Nagar apartment in Aundh after making an appeal for help on television for their seven-year-old son Piyush suffering from blood cancer...
Return of the Native

Sunday 11 February '07

Your average NRI today isn’t hunting for toilet paper while in India and maybe even fancies your iPod. Welcome to the rediscovery of India
Operation Clean-Up

Sunday 28 January '07

A retired army officer uses just his right to know to battle politicians and bureaucrats who misuse official vehicles.
In paraplegic centre: care, love and marriage

Sunday 21 January '07

This marriage was not made in heaven but at the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre, Pune and, later, God’s own countryside.
Medicine’s Working

Sunday 21 January '07

Increasing scope in R&D and better patent laws is bringing back India’s pharma brains.
Mwah Mwah Must-haves

Sunday 31 December '06

What was hippest, hottest accessory to sport on the party circuit? And who was the most coveted arm candy?
Ki ke re, usey kile te?

Sunday 31 December '06

Hello, how are you? This little farming village in Raigad has been saying it all in Portuguese for generations now
Mr Afanasy was here

Sunday 10 December '06

A slender granite column in Alibaug stands proud in the memory of Afanasy Nikitin, the first Russian to set foot in India
Testing times

Saturday 2 December '06

Some nights ago we had the cable-cutting ceremony in my son’s room. In effect it meant ousting his two room partners with whom he seemed to share all his waking hours...
‘My pilot’s licence says I am Shazia’

Thursday 9 November '06

I got on the plane to Denmark dressed like this, and this woman refused to sit next to me. So I said to her, ‘I’m going to sit on this plane and blow it up. And you think you’re going to be safer three rows back?’
Etched Forever in Memory

Sunday 5 November '06

It’s a saga of the compassion and enlightenment of the Buddha crafted in stone. A visit through Ajanta and Ellora is a mesmerising journey through the spritual seamlessly blending with architectural genius
Jolie times

Thursday 19 October '06

It was the nth time that I was answering that query: “Why are we doing this?”
The Pitt Diaries

Sunday 15 October '06

When Hollywood’s A-list couple comes to town, they bring with them the trappings of celebritydom. Pune, reeling under the Brangelitis attack, is coming to terms with star auto-riders, changing nail polish colours and, of course, the great paparazzi chase
Now showing, sleepless in Pune

Sunday 8 October '06

Once upon a time, it was called a pensioner’s paradise. Now, with the arrival of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Pune’s looking for a new reputation.
Papparazzi in position for Jolie, Pitt visit

Tuesday 3 October '06

With none willing to confirm Hollywood star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s sojourn to Pune, it was left to the rumour mongers who came up with at least half a dozen versions about their arrival.
Autorickshaw Alert

Sunday 24 September '06

The ubiquitous autorickshaw has travelled a long way, literally. But even as the US and UK enjoy the tuktuk’s kitschy and cute avatar, they are dealing with the vehicle’s other Indian trait—unpunctuality
Houseful in Pune ahead of Brad, Jolie visit

Thursday 21 September '06

It's been only a year since the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt starrer Mr and Mrs Smith raked in the moolah from cinemas across India.
This Grandma plays Ma for her daughter’s baby

Sunday 10 September '06

As Ruby Tejwani feels the baby kicking in her stomach, a wave of grandmotherly affection sweeps over her.
The Queens Come Calling

Sunday 10 September '06

Foreign beauties make a beeline for India, the new outsourcing hub for pageant grooming
Invaders Welcome

Sunday 3 September '06

A 300-year-old fort near Pune throws open its doors... to tourists. Is Maharashtra going the Rajasthan way?
School for Success

Sunday 13 August '06

From failure to flying colours, with the help of a school in Ralegan Siddhi
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