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Traffic Solutions for the Future

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.24.2012

After decades of urban and suburban infrastructure designed by traffic engineers who've delivered tangled and ever-slowing meaning to the word oxymoron, Audi is turning to the architecture community for new solutions.

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PHOTOS: Inside The World's First $1 Billion Home

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: India, Antilla, Poverty, Housing, Vanity Fair, Mumbai, Slideexpand, Property, Billion Dollar Home, Mukesh Ambani Home, Video, Reliance Industries, Billionaire, Mukesh Ambani Reliance, Extreme Wealth, World News

The first pictures showing the interior of what is believed to be the world's most expensive residence have been made public in Vanity Fair magazine. ...

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'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Has Oscar Heat

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Dev Patel, These Foolish Things, Bill Nighly, Ia, Deborah Moggach Ol Parker, Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, The Best Exotic Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, Dame Judi Dench, England, Harvey Weinstein, Penelope Wilton, Bollywood, India, Ronald Pickup, Mumbai, Celia Imrie, John Madden, Entertainment News

At last a film celebrating the last years of life in blazing glory set in the joyful splendor of Udaipur, India. The writing is witty and quick, while the scenery is lush with an abundance of flowers in bold primary colors.

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Is This The World's Scariest Toilet?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Hernandez Silva Arquitectos, Scary Toilet, Toilet, France, High Altitudes, Chrysler Building, Mumbai, Guadalajara, Mont Blanc, Business News

If you’re afraid of heights, this toilet might have you feeling a little flush. That’s because it’s suspended on a glass floor at the top of ...

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From the Slums of Mumbai to the London Summer Olympics

Gulafsha Kumrulhoda Ansari | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Mumbai, Amazing Teens, Dharavi-Slums, Inspiring Sports Stories, Julie Foudy, Julie-Foudy-Sports-Leadership-Academy, London Olympics, Julie Foudy Choose to Matter, Greatest Sporting Moments, Teen News

I live in Mahim, an area in Mumbai, India that is part of the Dharavi slum. But I know that with hard work and focus, I have what it takes to break out of my circumstances and grow and live better.

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Interview: Whoring and Hustling With Michael Glawogger

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Spread ArtCulture, Workingmans Death, Michael Glawogger, Film, Zana Briski, Born Into Brothels, Mexico, Bangladesh, UK Culture, Whores Glory, Thailand, UK Arts, Falkland Road, Prostitution, La Zona, India, Mumbai, Sonagachi, Faridpur, Movies, Video, Arts News

Director Michael Glawogger has a knack for shadowing pimps and hookers through the city's armpits. The third part of his existential trilogy that began with Megacities and Workingman's Death culminates in the whorehouses of three metropolises.

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The World's Least Affordable Cities

Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Most Affordable Housing Markets, Housing Market, Least Affordable Cities, World's Most Expensive Cities, City House Markets, Housing Markets, Mumbai, New York City, Cities, Most Expensive Cities, Money News

How long would the average New Yorker have to work to be able to afford a luxury 1,076-square-foot apartment in Manhattan? About half a lifetime, a...

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What It Means To Really Stand For The Poor

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, India, Annawadi, Mumbai, Katherine Boo, Poverty, Impact News

Standing with the poor ultimately means deciding to do what is right, not just what is easy. Standing with the poor means walking away from unethical leaders, even when their companies are "succeeding."

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PHOTOS: Apartments With Their Own Swimming Pool Balconies

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Gizmodo, Housing Market, Housing Bust, Swimming Pool, Video, Apartments, Aquaria Grande, The Daily Mail, Colossus of Prora, Mumbai, Apartment Vacancy Rates, Slidepollajax, Apartment Market, Business News

The latest way that the super-rich are living better than all of us? They're getting swimming pools that also function as balconies. A planned 37-...

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PHOTOS: India's Crowded Railway System

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, India, Railways, New Delhi, Trains, Exposure, Mumbai, Slidewide, World News

Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced the first railway fare hike in eight years on March 14 but moments later it was shot down by Congress party...

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The Kairos Society: WaterWalla

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Professor David Bloom, Brown University, Clean Water, The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, Nobel Peace Prize, Kairos Society, India, Dharavi, Student Entrepreneurship, Mumbai, Muhammad Yunus, Waterwalla, Technology News

Neil Parikh wants to be a doctor who is also solving problems -- big, weighty, global problems.

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India's Gay Sex Legality Debate Creates National Confusion

AP | By MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: India, Video, Gay Rights, Gay Sex, Global Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Mumbai, India Gay Rights, Gay Voices News

NEW DELHI -- A sensitive debate over gay sex in India was thrown into farcical confusion Thursday after a government lawyer urged the Supreme Court to...

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PHOTOS: 10 Coolest Music Venues Around the World

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Sweden, Concerts, Berlin, Sydney, Colorado, Travel, Music, Concert, Otp, Off Track Planet, Frankfurt, London, Live Music Venues, Ireland, Budapest, Mumbai, Amsterdam, Slidewide, Travel News

If you like your tunes live and loud, these spots turn the decibels way up.

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PHOTOS: The World's 11 Coolest Train Stations

BootsnAll | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: India, Bootsnall, Turkey, Australia, France, Patagonia, Innsbruck, Train Travel, Malaysia, Argentina, Mumbai, Spain, Travel, Tibet, Melbourne, Strasbourg, Madrid, Istanbul, Austria, Train Station, Trains, Antwerp, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Belgium, Slidepollajax, Travel News

No matter how many improvements are made to transportation methods, there's something undeniably appealing about old-school train travel.

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A New Book on Poverty in China, 1900-1953: A Quick Q & A With Its Author, Janet Y. Chen

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: History, Poverty, Shanghai, Beijing, Charles Dickens, Poor, World, China, Mumbai, Books News

Every society sees and treats its poorest members differently. For China specialists, the most important new publication on the impoverished is the first book by Princeton historian Janet Y. Chen.

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Am I Antisocial?

Marian Salzman | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Telephone, Blackberry, Social Media, Interaction, Stamford, Hyperconnected, Antisocial, Trendspotting, Mumbai, Facebook, Networking, Texting, Communication, Technology News

How has this happened to me? How has this happened to so many of us? It seems that all the hyperconnectedness in today's society is siphoning away our energy for real-life interaction. Some people might call my lifestyle antisocial; I'd prefer to say I'm living the "new normal."

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Blogging in Bombay: Miss Malini Builds a Business

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 03.12.2012

Malini Agarwal is India's most famous blogger; an independent, effervescent young woman who has turned a hobby into a business, desire into reality and a whole lot of passion into an enormously successful brand.

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Discovering The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Religion, Bombay, Thrity Umrigar, Discrimination, India, Cancer, Mumbai, Reading, Books News

The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar is a sparkling and sharp slice of life that, in presenting four personal stories, reflects and illuminates universal truths.

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Madhuri Parson: Holiday Shopping

Hayley Griffith | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Jaipur, Diamonds, Gold, India, Mumbai, Madhuri Parson, Moda Operandi, Holiday Shopping, Earrings, Madhuri Parson Collection, Holiday Shopping 2011, Madhuri Parson Jewelry, Style News

I have made my list and checked it twice. On it you will find Madhuri Parson's collection that is ever so nice!

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A Chef Searches For The Soul Of Indian Cuisine

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Chefs, Asian Cuisine, Food, Celebrity Chefs, India, Asia, Mumbai, Indian Food, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Located in a converted Victorian house a block behind the Taj Palace Hotel in the Colaba district of South Mumbai, Indigo drew raves and a cult-like following.

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Roots of Corruption in India

Cleo Paskal | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Corruption, India, Globalization, Anti-Corruption, Mumbai, Geopolitics, Corruption India, India Corruption, India Anti-Corruption, Anti-Corruption India, Anti-Corruption Protests India, Anti-Corruption Protests, World News

Individual by individual, an anti-corruption wave is growing within Indian civil society. In recent months, people from all sectors of Indian society have said 'enough is enough' and, each in their own way, are doing something about it.

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Le Mill a Chic Addition to Mumbai's Shopping Scene

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Mumbai Shopping, Mumbai, Vogue India, Le Mill Mumbai, India Fashion, Style News

Nestled almost anonymously in the chaos of Mumbai's dockyards, Le Mill has taken a cavernous 1920s rice mill and converted it into a 15,000 square foot treasure trove of chic apparel.

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Bomb Explodes Outside Indian Court

AP | MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Terror Attack, India, Terrorism, Bombs, New Delhi-India, New Delhi, Mumbai Attacks, New Delhi Bombing, Mumbai, Indian Mujahedeen, Video, World News

NEW DELHI — A briefcase bomb tore through a crowd of people waiting to enter a New Delhi courthouse, killing 11 people and wounding scores more ...

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PHOTOS: Mumbai Oil Spill Cleanup Begins

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Oil, Mumbai Oil Spill Cleanup, Mumbai Oil Spill, India, Mumbai, Oil Spill, Green News

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian coast guard is still working to clean up spilled oil from a merchant ship that sank off Mumbai four days ago. The de...

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Slum Tourism: Learning or Leering

Patrick McGinnis | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Slum-Tourism, Reality Tourism, India, Mumbai, Dharavi, Slumdog Millionaire, Slum, Bombay, Travel Blogs, Mumbai Travel, India Travel, Destinations, Travel News

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the impetus for my visit was the film Slumdog Millionaire.

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