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From blue-collar to blue-blooded
A garment that was representative of rage against the Establishment has, with globalisation, become a symbol of yuppiedom. MALA KUMAR discovers facts about today's "cool" jeans that have no sense of history.
Arts & Crafts
Threads of urban identity
Inspired by Yoshiko Wada's two books on Shibori, Nishath plunged headlong and heart-deep into her experiments with stitches and dye vats.

Of light and shadows
India has good quality in fashion and modelling photography as well as in the industrial sector. But there is a vacuum in family portraiture, with practically no art form developed in this field since the oil paintings from the colonial era.
Issues
When health matters
The main objective of the National Health Policy is to achieve an acceptable standard of good health for all people. To reach its goal, the policy seeks to decentralise public health system by establishing new infrastructure in deficient areas.
Shopping
Pamper that sole
MOST OF us neglect our feet. Yet, surprisingly, one can make the most effective fashion statement with the right foot accessories. And that is the sole endeavour of the store called Sole's. The store has a chic and trendy collection of shoes ...
Land & People
Smile. And don't say chee!
Want to have a picture with your head popping out of Karnataka's map? Holding the Attara Kacheri in your palm? Check out the photographers around the Vidhana Soudha.
Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe...
You don't want to be seen taking a cobbler's patch for the tear on your footwear, lest somebody think you couldn't afford a new pair. How do humble cobblers survive in the fashion capital? Must we not give the cobblers their due?
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More on mobile technologies
From discussing recipes to arriving at serious business solutions, mobiles phones are a crucial link. This column last week carried information about mobiles and following tremendous response, here is a follow-up.
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