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Auroville-Home of 'Black' star Ayesha Kapur

Ayesha Kapur, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s little star in Black, is a regular girl in Auroville. She doesn’t watch Hindi films but likes Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta and Aishwarya Rai. However, Ayesha does not want to be like any of them. She just wants to have lots of fun. Which is what she had doing Black!


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The Gourmet Nobles!
Kawar Vijay Singh Bedla and his wife, Kawarani Sugan Kumari, of Mewar are presenting the
200-year-old royal Karan Cuisine that delighted Nehru, the Shah of Iran, Queen Elizabeth II and Jacqueline Kennedy, writes MARK MANUEL

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Viva la FRANCE!
You will be forgiven for thinking you are in some quarter of France while visiting Pondicherry. The French left the tiny territory in 1954, but India has not yet given up its French habits and customs, discovers UpperCrust.

Flavouring with Turmeric
Turmeric-The wonder spice
Turmeric is part of all Indian curry powders. Not to forget pickles and chutneys where the yellow colour
adds a nice tinge
and taste as well.




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'Tis the Season
of Strawberries!
India is fortunate, we do not have to import our strawberries, they grow abundantly well in Mahabaleshwar. And this is the season for them. What better way to start your day than with a bowl of fresh strawberries? Or to have breakfast with strawberry jam? But Executive Chef JOY BHATTACHARYA of the Hilton Towers has better options for strawberries. . .

Eating out
Designer Chinese!
China White, Bombay’s newest Chinese restaurant, has an
interior designer and model as its restaurateur, a team of all
Chinese chefs, an eclectic menu and great ambience, finds out MARK MANUEL.

Eating Out...
And About With Busybee
Among all the local junk food, the one I like best is the onion bhajia, better known as kande bhaji (the ‘a’ silent in the bhaji). Recently I had it in a busy
little town on the highway between Savantwadi and Ratnagiri.





Suku Shah
The Olive Oil man
Gourmet Foods Importer
at home.

Priti Hiranandani
The Haiko lady
Queen of Retailing

Mario Mirandai
Feedback
Mario Miranda misses Bombay, but keeps himself busy in Goa with his art, entrtaining new friends, drinking feni, seeing movies on TV and enjoying the good life.




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