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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Vol. 4 No. 28
LOUNGE THE WEEKEND MAGAZINE
If your new eating plan sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We got three nutritionists to weigh in on diets in vogue >Page 10
SPARK PEOPLE
BIPASHA BASU ON HOW SHE STAYS FIT >Page 9
SUGAR BUSTERS HOW TO GET YOUR GROOVE BACK
ZONE MORNING BANANA DIET
Despite the many moodkillers of modern life, couples can revive their sexual spark >Page 12
BLOOD TYPE ABS AND THE MAN
The pursuit of sixpack abs is most admirable, and best left to other people >Page 13
HOLIDAYS THAT HEAL
Whether you’re feeling offcolour or in the pink of health, here’s our list of five mustdo destinations >Page 14
PUBLIC EYE
THE GOOD LIFE
SUNIL KHILNANI
SHOBA NARAYAN
THE POWER OF WEAVING A GANDHI’S AUSTERITY REVOLUTION
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n his book, Imagining India, Nandan Nilekani writes: “Wherever I go, I find that Indians know our growth numbers backward and forward, and there is a strong, common feeling among us that our country has finally come of age.” It’s something I’ve seen even in the slums of Mumbai: The statistics of India’s new growth economy grip the popular imagination. Children who scavenge trash for a living report confidently and accurately that India is the second-fastest growing economy in the world... >Pages 45
CULT FICTION
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did something recently that gave me more satisfaction than a vacation. At the Sampoorn Handicrafts fair held at Chitrakala Parishad in Bangalore—similar to Dilli Haat and Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda festival—I spotted a beautiful khadi salwar kameez swaying in the wind. It was off-white, simple and beautifully cut. I had to have it. Unfortunately, they didn’t have it in my size. “All these are cut to Italian sizes, madam,” said the volunteer manning the stall. >Page 6
R. SUKUMAR
DON’T MISS
in today’s edition of
READING COMICS CAN BE AARDVARK
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ne of the longest running serious graphic novel series—as opposed to those of the superhero variety, though some of those are serious too—was Dave Sim’s Cerebus, which ran between 1977 and 2004. The comics, collected in so-called phone book versions and independently published, are hard to come by—I have seen none in India and my copies were bought on Amazon many years ago—and while they are truly high-literature, the reason for their appearance... >Page 15
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