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...each drop matters
For free home delivery of filtered water contact the following number.' 'Water available at discounted rates: Rs 5,000 for one bottle'. 'Buy one bottle of water, get one free.' 'Two robbers held for stealing water in Sector-33.' …. Do these statements sound a little out of place, out of time? With so much water to drink, utilise and waste, do they simply stand as weird assumptions or exaggerations?

Write choice
Poverty, hypocrisy, corruption, depleting moral values, child exploitation and drug abuse - problems of the modern society are highlighting in Deepak Khetarpal's collection of poetry Pani Mein Aag which was released recently.

Animal magnetism
Bollywood actor Zarine Khan of the Veer fame will get the Hero to Animals award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for rescuing a cat.

Eva-ding a fat wedding
Hollywood beauty Eva Mendes is not keen on a big wedding and says that she would most probably get married in her basement when she decides to take the plunge. The Bad Lieutenant star has been dating filmmaker George Gargurevich for eight years but says that she has no plans to start a family in the near future.

Eva Mendes

Taste of failure
Multilingual star R Madhavan, who has become a popular name in the Hindi film industry after films like Rang De Basanti and 3 Idiots, says he worked hard to set his hair for his first meeting with filmmaker Mani Ratnam, but failed to be part of director's film Iruvar.

Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif during a press conference of her new movie Rajneeti in Mumbai. — PTI photo

Knot so binding
Actor Raveena Tandon, who took a break from Bollywood to get hitched and start a family, feels that the industry has evolved and has more challenging roles for married women.

Thrift theory
Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker's credentials as a fashionista are well established, but unlike other Hollywood A-listers the actor prefers shopping at thrift stores over splurging on brands.

No Killer instinct
Hollywood actor Jessica Alba has revealed she found it 'hard' to rebel against her family's strict beliefs when she was growing up.

Game for more
Hollywood actor Mila Kunis has confessed she is addicted to computer games. The actor has revealed she's become hooked on Facebook's FarmVille game.

Home front
Regal abode
Straight out of Bollywood sets…is the impression one gets of Madhu Villa, Chitkara's classy abode in Sector 15, at first sight. Circled by greenery, with open spaces and double height lobby, the house is a beautiful mix of the traditional and contemporary. Impressed by seeing the houses in Hum Apke Hain Kaun and Maine Pyar Kiya, Madhu got CDs before she set down to plan her house.

Formal living room in golden

Spadework
Floral pattern
Close your eyes and think ‘garden’, you will find yourself standing in a piece of lush green lawn dotted with plants full of flowers. In fact, you want to see nothing but flowers, symbol of beauty and tranquility. This time, we have brought for you a few plants that are nothing but flowers. he plants with flowers provide an opportunity to select a location where they prove to be the ‘emphasis’ plants.

Steps to fame
Dance is the most complete form of art," says Prem Puneeta, dancer, choreographer and actor from the city. A judge for Super Star of Dance-2010 that saw 150 students from the Tricity and around organised by Jet Point Immigration Consultancy Services at Government College-11, she shares her musical journey.

Tech-no-logical
Technology driven science-fiction movies still bamboozle the Indian audience
Some days ago at a press conference actor Chitrangada Singh had categorically mentioned that the Indian audiences have become smarter. Indeed. Give them Shah Rukh Khan and oodles of mush, they would lap it up; give them Aamir’s muscles and action, they would clap on every scene or give them a parallel dark movie and they would applaud it.

You’ve been spoofed
A spoofed e-mail is one that misrepresents its origin. A survey by a NGO Anti-Hacking Anticipation Society (HANS) shows that India has crossed the danger mark in cyber crime targeting women and children. Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune reported only a handful of obscene crimes but saw greater incidences of hacking.

Get back
After the emergence of dating websites that encourage infidelity in Australia, another one has been launched to encourage cheated women to cheat back. Extra-marital dating website gleeden.com was launched in Europe in December, and its creators believe that the key to happiness for victims of adultery is adultery. It claims that it has tempted more than 220,000 subscribers in its first four months, with the French, and the Italians as its top followers, and it is being officially launched Down Under this month with 1,600 already registered.

Face it!
An expert in online privacy has drawn attention to the five dangers of sharing information on social networking site Facebook. Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, claims marketing efforts by the company often results in a compromise on account holders’ privacy, reports CBS News.

Geek Speak
Back it up
Nowadays, summers are more or less synonymous with power cuts and the first thing that comes to mind in such a situation is alternative arrangements, namely a power inverter.