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Because COTTON isn't COUTURE
Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, known for their trademark regal, lavish, embroidered couture, surprise with their prêt line, writes HEMANGINI GUPTA

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Stressbusters
Corporate sport is catching up with the pub to make up for long hours of work

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Matters of the heart
Atul Agnihotri hopes to make a mark as a sensitive director

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Where are our girls?
You read stories of female foeticide and infanticide, cluck your tongue in sympathy, and that's about it. We urbanites, with our female bosses, lawyers, cops and even robbers, feel it's an equal society in the cities at least. Thus, heard very often is this: "We need to create awareness among illiterate and poor villagers." Yes. It's always the other man, isn't it? The recent census, however, should make us sit up and worry. In most States, including Karnataka, the sex ratio (females per 1,000 m ales) in the cities has declined abysmally. The overall female-male ratio in urban India stands at 900, while the rural count is 946. As ROHINI MOHAN asked around, hardcore urbanites muttered that the census always gets its statistics wrong, while ot

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Wah Ustad!
Not all of Bollywood music is forgettable pop. This Jagjit Singh keepsake reminds us of some of Indian cinema's classical connections

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Holding its nerve
FUCC (1) registered its maiden triumph in the KSCA Group I First Division League

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Shiny fern
The plant grows best in rock gardens or among shrubs in shady borders

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