Mint Lounge, 17 July 2010

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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

PHOTO ESSAY

INTO THE LIGHT


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