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Home Slayers
With almost every adult working, a servant at home has become a basic necessity in urban India. However, outsiders are always game to take advantage of this. Numerous murders and thefts have been committed by Nepali and Bangladeshi immigrants but police remain clueless due to problems in verifying their antecedents. Shwetank Dubey reports --
Though nothing surprises anymore when it comes to the spiralling crime graph of Delhi, one unfortunate and alarming trend that has kept authorities on their toes and the citizens in fear is the continuous increase in crime involving domestic servants.
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The week of the tiger
Sight & Sound: Amita Malik
That most beautiful animal, the tiger, is now an endangered species and the media gives it periodic attention. But it was left to Discovery Channel, which specialises in meaningful programmes, to do an in-depth programme on the subject, titled Tiger Week.
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Reality hurts
Stunts have been one of the most popular ways of gathering TRPs for major channels. Last week's case of a 23-year-old man falling prey to one such stunt at a show's promotion in Indore stresses the need for stricter regulations for TV, says Gauri Kohli --
When 23-year-old Anjar Khan went for an outing at one of Indore's busy shopping malls, he didn't have an inkling that it will be near fatal for him. Khan fell unconscious after attempting to stay underwater in a glass reservoir in the qualifying round of a reality show at Indore's Treasure Island mall last week. He was hospitalised and is currently on life support. Doctors say his lungs are damaged and his blood pressure and pulse rate dangerously low. He hasn't regained consciousness since that day. Anjar, who had come to Indore from Sagar in search of a job, took up the challenge to hold his breath and stay underwater for as long as he could at a promotional of the latest show to hit the airwaves, Khatron Ke Khiladi.
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'Draupadi is really tough'
From saas bahu shows to mythological epics, Anita Hassanandani is rocking Indian television with her various avatars. Her new shows Mahabharata and Khatron Ke Khiladi are two more feathers in her cap. She shares her journey with Smita Puri --
Q. How excited are you about being Ekta's Draupadi?
A. This is a different show as I have done many saas bahu shows but nothing like this one throughout my career. I am scared even after the show has gone on air as I still don't know whether I will be able to do justice to this role. I feel it's a tough one.
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Ask Me
Swati Sharma talks to Tina Parekh
Q Describe yourself in one word
A. Honest
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The patriot girl
Off the Cuff: Shivani Sharma
Many a times, we see certain injustice happening before us but we do not react immediately to it only to realise later that it was important to have acted at that particular moment. If you are living in a country and you are its citizen, then it is completely immoral to backbite about it in front of everyone. I mean, how can one forget that the country is giving oneself food, clothes and shelter? If you aren't grateful about it, you are totally unworthy of what you receive.
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Desperate lover
Quirkland
Girl: I can't marry you. I am one year elder to you.
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Reality bites
All Booked Up: Foray Network
A Handful of Rice
Author: Kamala Markandaya
Publisher: Penguin
Price: Rs 275 -- 288
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