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While the Bombay Stock Exchange’s recent slump has left investors and companies nervously chewing their fingernails, a new breed of entrepreneurs has cropped up that is taking advantage of the recent situation. Hordes of small-time businessmen from Goa have started trooping to Dalal Street in what is fast becoming the success story of the year. Feni manufacturers and distributors have set up stalls and outlets across the Stock Market district encouraging brokers and dealers to drown their sorrow in a peg. A classic example of filling a need in the market.

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Diners in Britain have slammed a new report that says that Indian takeaway food is fatty and unhealthy. The report, carried out by Which? magazine, called Indian, Chinese and pizza takeaway food grossly unhealthy and unadvisable for daily consumption. It said that one Indian or Chinese meal had more calories than an average person should consume in an entire day. But what surprised the magazine was that people felt that given a choice between putting on a little eating good food s opposed to staying fit and trim and consume British food, the choice was simple - they’d rather have the fatty food.

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It was recently revealed that the David Fisher designed moving skyscraper, to be built in Dubai and Moscow, was also supposed to be built in the Indian city of Bombay. The architect had approached several builders and contractors to carry out the project in India but was turned down by every one of them. According to Fisher, the reason that no builder wanted to attempt something like this in India is that they do not see a market for it. A moving skyscraper would completely go against principles of Vaastu and therefore, the flats in the skyscraper would never sell.

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It’s been barely a week since the Bombay office of popular music channel MTV was attacked for offending religious sentiment when it was a case of history repeating itself. This time round, the union representing barbers in Bombay have attacked the MTV office claiming that the channel’s efforts to glorify bald men has severely affected their income and business and they are demanding compensation and an unconditional apology. In what was definitely more than a symbolic move, the barbers made sure to attack and destroy all the mirrors in the MTV office. The newly installed LCD screens were unharmed.

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The Indian arm of international animal rights group PETA are believed to be questioning the authorities at Delhi Airport about the fate of the animals that entered that entered the runway sometime last week. According to the group, Delhi Airport officials have not disclosed what they have done with the animals. Furthermore, what is hurting PETA sentiments even more is the fact that several budget airlines have their cafeterias and caterers close to where the animals where last spotted causing the group to question the new dishes that these airlines have introduced into their menus.

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The United States of America’s Foreign Office clarified a statement issued last week warning its tourists about the dangers of Bombay roads during the monsoons. The original travel advisory said that American visitors should be wary of Bombay roads during the monsoons because the municipal corporation does not believe that potholes should be covered. They have now issued a fresh advisory saying that these tourists should not worry because local citizens were more at risk that American visitors. The reason given was that since 90% of Americans were obese, they would at worst be stuck in the pothole as opposed to Bombay citizens who would fall in, break their legs and drown to death.

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The Indian internet market continues to baffle everyone from Silicon Valley to Bengalooroo. While the world enthusiastically leaps onto the internet future, India wakes up to the same technology only after 13 years have gone by. In a desperate bid to attract Indian consumers before the next website, websites have customised and localised their sites to suit the peculiarities of the subcontinent. The latest in this attempt is the ultimate virtual world, Second Life. Linden Labs announced that the India-specific world of Second Life would go live in a few months and constitute of three things that define Indian culture – Bollywood, slums and call centres.

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