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May 11 2009
The Congress and its campaigners in the media predicted an easy win for the incumbents even before the first vote was cast. After four rounds of the Lok Sabha poll it is an entirely different story. The mood is anti-Congress in the countryside. The...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: He is a great fan of many Bollywood stars, but he holds late Raj Kapoor in high esteem. He lives his life on a famous statement ‘The show must go on’ made by the greatest showman. But this showman is made out of a...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: What was a normal morning at Abbas Ebrahim Unwala’s Nafis Collections garment shop at Fatimanagar changed one fine day when a group of seven Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials showed up and threatened to seal the shop...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: Despite his short, thin frame, there is something distinctive about Dr Abdul Salam. What may hold our interest in him is the fact that he runs a successful Helpo Foundation from Wanowrie and could do that without allowing his...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: Kamalakar Vasantrao Potdar in his 60s sits down and creates impressive art forms out of waste at his serene home almost everyday. Potdar has given shape to a number of impressive artistic creations in the past 50 years, using...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: Residents of Aundh and Baner have to literally travel three to five kilometers to get their transactions done in any post office. They don’t have this facility in their area. The residents have been waging a pitched battle...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: Shopping malls in Fatimanagar are gaining importance day by day not only as a place for shopping, but also for the myriad entertainment facilities they offer. However, the downside is that customers become a harassed lot as they...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: To a stranger Malata might come across as just any other handicapped girl, who’s recluse and doesn’t talk much. But there is more to her personality. Malata Usar, 17, is waging a battle against handicapped life and many...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Is there anything like true love in this era of materialism? Is it a fairy tale? Young couples would stand divided at this question. Half of us would say there’s true love, while the rest deny it outrightly. Cityplus inquired about...
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May 11 2009
B D Narayankar Pune: Though the State Health Laboratory has paid up Rs 50,000 of Rs 24 lakh water tax arrears, it will still have the trouble of testing water as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) might cut off water supply if the lab doesn’t...
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