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July 20, 2013
We thank all our Crest readers for their loyalty as the weekend paper brings you its last edition. - Creative soles
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Indian shoe designers are stepping out, having found their feet in a largely, export-driven leather market. - Memory highway
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Home stay
There is no denying that an increasing number of rural and urban women are doing just that — nothing.
Women workforce
Chick-list for economic growth
Earn-and-learn vocational schemes can encourage more Indian women to enter the workforce.
educating girls
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We are educating girls, raising their aspirations, even giving them a taste of professional life, and then asking them to rein in their ambitions.
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Kerala may have a record literacy rate for women but their numbers are growing only in low-paying jobs.
Tongue-in-cheek comments
Cut the khap
Dressed in jeans? Feasting on chowmein? A Twitter parody of a disapproving khap panchayat is ready with a rap on the knuckle that makes you chuckle.
India's obsession with fair skin
My baby whitest
The desire for ‘gora’ babies has many Indian couples opting for Caucasian egg donors.Inner City
Dharavi asia's largest puzzle
An eyesore of blue tarpaulin, or a complex warren teeming with promise and enterprise? Describe it how you will but there's no denying its endless fascination for poets and writers.
Deconstructing chicken tikka
Taking the tikka apart
From deconstructing the chicken tikka masala to creating samosa-inspired potato mousse, Bangkok's top chef Gaggan Anand has made Indian food modern and molecular.
Brain damage
When his brain exploded
One day the ticking time bomb in Ashok Rajamani's head went off. In an 'anti-Oprah' memoir, he talks about how he put his life together again.
World's tallest statesman
The full Nelson
As life slowly fades from the world's tallest statesman his extraordinary legacy comes into full, glorious view.
Germans, Indians and WWI
Stuffed pamphlet
Germans dropped leaflets among the Indian soldiers in WWI to tell them they were fighting on the wrong side?
Dressing children up
Style baby
Children's clothing has become a focus for many international brands.
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Easy Rider
Randeep Hooda, who owns a polo team, talks about rediscovering horse-riding.
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Telling stories of his experiments with truth
A veteran Gandhian fuses the power of storytelling with simplicity and warmth.
TOO BIG FOR THEIR BOOTS
Tall tales
For India's tallest family, life is about finding shoes that fit to cinema seats with legroom.
Voice of the poor
Film fighters
Video volunteers have been shooting short, candid film clips on official apathy.
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