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We’re two and happy for our place in your world. This special edition raises a toast to new arrivals in our lives

It’s our second anniversary, and we gift ourselves the vanity of thinking we’ve hit our stride as a magazine. This Anniversary Issue celebrates, fittingly we think, what’s new and exciting or worth the note in our lives.

What follows is a potpourri of ideas, trends, people and objects that promises a colourful India of the morrow. From new gizmos that are no longer scary to a new genre of daring Indian cinema, from F1’s soon-to-come India debut to the Mercedes moving house, from colour forecasters to a bunch of hot new women singers redefining indie, and more…   

» Formula 1 Half Done

Jaypee says they are all set to flag off Formula 1 races in India this October. That would need them to hurtle down a path riddled with speed breakers

» First, Escape Your Concrete Cage

Homes on wheels are a dream turning into reality for Indian adventurists. Welcome to a life on the road—in the comfort of your very own camper

» The Colour Spinners

There’s nothing original about your colour preferences. It seems your tastes come preordained by a bunch of forecasters

» Making IPS Officers Work Up a Sweat

It took 26/11 for the establishment to wake up to the needs of modern-day policing. The new training regimen gives hope

» Stuff You Were Waiting for

Technology is no longer scary, or even boring. Here’s how geeks have their fun, and you should too

» The Candid Killer of Camera Shyness

Kolkata filmmaker Q’s movies are unlike anything seen in India. His latest, Gandu, is shot in digital SLR and features explicit sex scenes with risque rap lyrics

» Women Who Rock

Growling, rasping and purring, here is the vanguard of female indie music, rocking stage after stage with performances like none other

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