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The 4th edition of the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar is out, I honestly had no clue this was even around. I was able to aggregate all the previous pics from the calendars and create a PDF file. It contains high res pics for 2003, 2004 and 2005, whereas 2006 has low res pics. Enjoy.
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This was in the paper a couple days ago listing the top 10 Richest Indians based on their Indian stockholdings as of Dec 31, 2005. This list is not comprehensive as most of India’s wealth is still hidden (locally known as “black money”) and very difficult to track. It makes the books of Enron, WorldCom, [...]

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Jan 18th was D Day for the Reliance Group, the de-merger of the Reliance Group took place. Main reason was because the two brothers can’t seem to get along, so they proposed a plan to split one of India’s biggest business empires. The older brother, Mukesh Ambani, will keep Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) - the [...]

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The biggest real estate deal ever in Bombay was just completed. Reliance Industries (Mukesh Ambani) paid Rs 1,104 cr (around USD $276 million) for an 18.4 acre plot in the Bandra-Kurla Complex that has been set aside for a convention center. The overall price puts the deal at Rs. 9600/sq foot plus an additional Rs. [...]

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After talking about running the Mumbai Marathon for the past 5 months, it finally happened on January 15, 2006. In the 3rd edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, the city did a great job of promoting the race and making sure it when off with no hitches. In 2004 and 2005, they had around [...]

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Another year passed by and another year of ushering in the new year in India. After celebrating the new year in Goa for the past 3 years, I decided at the last minute to move the venue to Pune and what an great time. Got to hang out with many of my cousins and [...]

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