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Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

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News
‘Public should also take the blame for failure of good initiatives’

Despite appointment of street marshals, the suburbs are as dirty as ever. Comment. Theoretically everything may appear simple to solve, but in reality it’s a different matter altogether....
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Features
Ragas and rakhees

One is a tabla player, while the other, a singer, but Prasad and Pooja share the same goal in life – to make a name for themselves in the field of music as a brother-sister duo....
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Profiles
Sentinel of musical treasure

Sixty-one years of independence has also been the period of evolution of Indian cinema, and in the process, film music. ...
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Events
Register to run!

Registrations have started for the 6th Mumbai Marathon, which will close on August 30. This is for the first time that registrations are opening six months in advance, as the organisers feel they can plan for the event better. Entry fees are Rs 300 for the full marathon, half marathon and dream run. The Mumbai Marathon will be held on January 18, 2009.

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Communities
Acts of faith

When you meet a group of youngsters today, all you expect them to talk about is fashion, music, the latest gadgets, and the coolest hangouts. But this is not true. Most of them have an urge to do something for the society around them....
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Citizen Forum
Lighting the lamp of education

For Sheldon Sutari, a mediocre student, the only way to keep up with his peers was taking tuitions. Shelling out Rs. 800 in Class 9, soon he realised that with a packed classroom, tuition was not of much help, hence decided to prepare for his board exams without extra help.
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Reviews
‘I would suggest 24 hours signal run on solar energy’

Accidents, particularly by truck drivers, are on the rise. Why can’t you prevent such happenings?It’s true that truck drivers are generally rash, and always in a tearing hurry to meet the unrealistic demands of their employers to deliver goods....
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Property
Hello Mumbai!

Everyone in this city cribs about the lawlessness prevailing but being someone not originally from this city, I think that the Mumbai Police rocks. Right from the crime branch to the drives undertaken by the traffic police, Mumbai Police does commendable work...
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Entertainment
‘Rukmani has never been portrayed’

After having depicted her love for Indian dance through her ballet Draupadi, Hema Malini is now set to present her new depiction of Lord Krishna’s life through her ballet Rukmani Parinay, a dance ballet on one of the most important woman in Lord Krishna’s life, his wife, Rukmani....
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Shopping
A day for precious buying

If Dhanteras is a day that gold merchants look forward to, Akshay Tritiya comes second to the looked-forward to days according to most merchants as well as consumers. This day considered as one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu calendar falls on May 7 this year.
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Sports
Shoot at site

Rifle shooting has had weird associations in the past. Mahesh Lohima was associated with terrorists when he said he was a rifle shooter. Naina Joshi was told by her parents not to mention the fact that she was in the sport to prospective suitors. ...
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Campus Watch
University’s ‘MUST’ initiative

Mumbai University’s Community Radio station is growing day in, day out. In addition to adding on air hours, Radio MUST (Mumbai University Students Transmission) has begun giving first hand experience to slum children from the areas around the Kalina Campus in radio jockeying. ...
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