Baby Barbie Princess Dollhouse

Baby Barbie wants to make a dollhouse. But she is too small to do everything on her own. Will you help her design her doll house? First select the type of house from the options given. Then note the dimensions of the different rooms of the house. Draw the dimensions on the cardboard and cut the different parts. Stick the parts with glue.

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Elsa Naughty and Nice

Are you ready to dress up Princess Elsa as naughty and sometimes as nice girl? Here is an exciting dress up game just for you. Enjoy with your friends! Dress up Elsa by choosing pretty hairstyle, matching tops and bottoms- skirts, shorts or trousers. Don’t forget to give her matching accessories like earrings, neck chain and footwear. Make her look naughty sometimes and at other times, she may look nice...

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Fashion Studio Horse Riding Outfit

Carol is very excited as she is going horse riding today with her friends. But is confused about what outfit to wear? Will you help her with the dress up? First choose the style of the top, sleeves and trousers from the designs available. Next choose the colour and the pattern of the cloth. Now select the cloth, cut it according to measurements and then stitch in a sewing machine. 

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Why Should You Use 2D Barcode Scanner?

Barcodes are omnipresent these days literally, as one can find them on almost every consumable item available on sales counters. Graduating from the now defunct 1D barcodes, many manufacturers around the world are now using 2D barcodes because they offer improved functionality and efficiency that can’t be achieved with linear 1D.

While QR codes can be easily read by most of the smart phones and mobile devices, 2D barcodes don’t offer this facility to users. Then why people increasingly adopt 2D barcodes that need a scanner while they can easily read QR codes with their mobile phones?  There are several good reasons for using 2D barcodes and 2D barcode scanner. Here are listing some of the major advantages of using 2D barcodes and 2D barcode scanners for all types of retail and non-retail businesses.

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Tattoo Designs Salon Game

Cinderella is fond of tattoos and today she wants to have one on her body. Can you help her to have a nice tattoo design on her body? Choose the place on her body where the tattoo has to be made. It can be either on her back or on her hands. 

Choose the design and create the same. Apply glue on the selected area and paste the design. Peal out the outer layer and make the tattoo outline. Sterilize the areas frequently. Now apply appropriate colour to make the tattoo more attractive.

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Barbie's Royal Makeover Studio

Barbie opens a new royal makeover studio. Can you help her get more clients? Wow! She has three beauties in her studio today - Snow White, Elsa and Tiana. Barbie is nervous that she is unable to decide which client she should attend first. Help Barbie to choose the client and help her in the makeup session. If you choose Snow White, attend her and choose the required beauty items according to her skin and body texture. Follow the same for other two beauties. 

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Ariel Wedding Day Make Up

It’s Ariel’s wedding day and she is all excited to marry Eric, her long-time friend. She wants to look good for the great occasion. Can you help Ariel to look the best on the D-day? She wants to refer her note book about things to be done. She first wants to go for facial makeover. Remove the black spots from her face and trim her eye brows. Apply a nice mascara on her bubbly cheeks and beautify eyelids, eye lashes, and lips.

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Right POS For The Right Business!

Justransact.com strives to bring in awareness among brick and mortar stores across the country on the advantages of automating POS counters, says Bhaskar Venkatraman, Founder and CEO of JusTransact.com. 

The evolution in technology has spelt a boom for the major industries in India in the recent past and the vibrant retail sector is no exception to this tenet.

Being the fifth largest retail market in the world and currently valued at USD 600 billion, the retail sector is clearly on the roll with the positive outlook from Retailer Association of India projecting the market to have around 15% Y-o-Y growth to reach one trillion by 2020.

The transition that Indian retail sector has seen over the years has changed the perceptions and priorities of retailers who now look to invest heavily in technology to develop a sustainable business.

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Factors that drive POS Terminal market in India

A point of sale (POS) terminal is a computerized alternative for a conventional cash register. Modern POS terminals mostly have a computer peripheral with software running to trade goods or services. The peripheral devices such as receipt printer, barcode scanner and card reader are integrated through tailor-made software to make POS terminal a complete all-in-one POS device.

They can also store sales data, manage staff in multi-store environment, plan sales strategy, manage customer loyalty and sales promotion programmes. A POS system can track and record orders, process credit and debit card payments, network with other systems, and also manage inventory. All these applications are driven by specific software developed to meet the needs of a particular business.

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Sweet Tropical Style Dressup Game

Hello Girls! Today we are going to dress up our sweet Linda in a typical tropical style. Are you interested to know how girls wear dresses in tropical region? Call all your friends too to learn this style. First choose the hair style. You have plenty of designs to select from. Then you have to select the top and bottom dress. We have a huge collection of dresses in different colours and designs. Give Linda associated accessories to make her look stylish. 

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The murder of king

King Luther is very cruel and all his subjects hate him. There are many who want to kill him. But his palace is well-guarded and it is not easy to reach the King. But there is someone who has sneaked into the palace at night. Will you assist the person murder the King? Use arrow keys for movement and beware of the obstacles like laser rays or the armed guards. 

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Frozen Elsa magic adventure

Hey Girls! Do you want to play an adventurous game? Call your friends also to join you as this is going to be an interesting girl game for all of you. As usual, DollyGals brings this enchanting game for you to spend your leisure time happily. The game involves two sisters - Frozen Elsa and Anna.  They are off to an ice magic world which is infested with a good number of monsters and dangerous traps. You should help the duo to cross every danger carefully to reach the next level. 

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Chocolate sour cream cake

Angela is celebrating her birthday today and she wants to bake a chocolate sour cream cake. Will you help her? Light the gas and place a pan on it. Add butter, cocoa powder, water and salt and cook for some time. In a vessel, mix, flour, sugar and baking soda. Mix well and then add eggs and the syrup made earlier. Add sour cream and vanilla essence. 

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Elsa playing with baby Anna

Baby Anna is alone and does not know to play the various games. Princess Elsa helps her play the games and win points. Help Anna put the bricks into the correct shape, arrange the rings in order from biggest to smallest, shake the rattle, draw on the dotted line and complete the pictures, help her find the bottle with milk in it, put the cubes in the right order to write the names Anna and Elsa, play music by pressing the buttons. 

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Olaf summer coolers

Did you know Olaf doesn’t like summers? But he has chosen to spend some time on the beach on a sunny day today. Oh! It is pretty hot there. Let’s make some cool juice for Olaf. You have to choose either vegetable or fruit or both to make juice for him. Take the help of Olaf’s hand to pick fruits and vegetables. Add sugar and ice in a glass. 

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Rapunzel princess manicure spa

Rapunzel’s pet duckling made her hands dirty. Let us manicure her hands and make them look beautiful again. Dip her fingers in rose water for some time. Then cut the nails to give a nice shape. Then file it using a filer. Apply cream and leave for some time and then wash. Her fingers and nails are now dirt-free and can be coloured. Choose the nail colour and the design and apply. 

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Mario mushroom cupcake

Spring is setting in. Mario wants to invite princess Peach and Luigi for a picnic. He wants to surprise them with delicious mushroom cupcakes. Will you help Mario bake these delicious cakes? Help him collect all the ingredients for the cake. Mix all the ingredients like flour, milk, butter and eggs and beat nicely to form a batter. Now pour the batter in cups and bake in an oven for some time. Let’s do icing with cream and colour. Decorate with fun items. 

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Bride Elsa and Bridesmaid Anna

Elsa is getting married today and Anna is going to be bridesmaid. Time is too short and both of them have to get ready with proper make over. Can you be the dresser and makeup person for both the girls? You have to first do the make up for bride Elsa. Change her hair style and give new look to eye brows, eyes, chin and lips. Dress her up in wedding attire with necessary accessories.

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Shoe House Decor game

Mariah’s father has brought her a new shoe house. But she is not happy with the design and colour. Will you help Mariah in changing the design and colour of the shoe house?  First change the design of the roof. She doesn’t like the balcony. Change its design, size and colour. It looks attractive now. Similarly, change the design of the shoelace and the sole. 

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Easter Fairy Dress Up

Hey Girls! Easter is here and our little fairy princess wants to give different types and shapes of Easter eggs to people. She wants to look fresh and beautiful before visiting houses. You have to dress up our little fairy and make her attractive and charming. She has a huge collection of dresses, hair designs, crowns, necklaces, ear studs, feathers and foot wears. 

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Print Media contributions

Home Buy Express

A part of Eyeball, an event management company based in Chennai, I have contributed to this fortnightly as front page article writer for over two years. I covered real estate industry in Chennai and adjoining areas and produced lead articles and news beats for the magazine. I am reproducing some of the articles in JPEG format.

Roof and Façade

A magazine based in Singapore, I was working for this magazine for two years from December 2010 to January 2012 as Contributing Editor. Produced country-specific articles and also written press releases, product reviews, interviews, and advancement in construction technology.

Times of India

Worked for this organization for more than five years as senior sub editor and later chief sub editor at Chandigarh bureau from 2001 - 2006. Apart from managing editorial responsibilities, I have also produced articles, features and ran a column on astrology in Times of Chandigarh pull out. 

DollyGals - Online games for children

DollyGals.com is a Chennai-based IT company offering online games for children of different age groups. The site offers dress up games, puzzles, cooking games, cleaning games, colouring, injury treatment, makeover and frozen games for girls. I am providing short game descriptions for each and every game available on the website. I have been working for this website since December 2014 as freelance content writer. I am providing a few sample game descriptions with URLs here.

What is All-In-One POS in Real Sense?

An all-in-one point of sale (POS) system, like its printer counterpart, combines technologies and integrates them to maximize value coupled with convenience to end users.

When we talk about an all-in-one POS system, it refers to an integrated POS that should deliver everything a trader needs while dealing with customers. Though some manufacturers claim that their products fulfil every function at POS counters, most of them fall short of expectations, and force traders to buy additional machines to complete applications. 

So what should exactly all-in-one POS systems have?

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Converting freebies to votes: DMK's plans come to a standstill

With the state election commission fixing the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu on April 13 and the model code of conduct coming into force, the ruling DMK alliance's two flagship pro-poor schemes have come to a grinding halt.

THE FREE distribution of 1,62,80,000 colour television sets and conversion of 21 lakh huts to concrete houses, have been stalled with 10 lakh more TV sets are yet to be distributed and only 60,000 houses have been completed in the first phase of construction.

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Too many chinks in the armour for Dhoni's lads

With weak bowling and fielding, India's much-acclaimed batting lineup has not been effective even against minnows such as Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands. This was compounded by an avoidable loss against South Africa.

ALTHOUGH INDIA has qualified for the quarters in the Cricket World Cup, the real test will begin in the knock-out stage for the men in blue, who have been pegged as the world's best one day side and strong contender to win the coveted Cup.


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Education is being revolutionized through technology

With more and more schools switching over to virtual classrooms having access to modern educational learning tools, India is all set for an educational revolution.

BALCKBOARD-LESS class rooms, IT-enabled educational tools, paperless exams, and classrooms without teachers, learning from home, and the list goes on and on.

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Peshawar School Attack

The terrorist attack in the Army school in Pakistan, killing more than 130 innocent children and some 20 school staff members, has once again given a chilling example to the proverb, 'As you sow so shall you reap', which we were taught during school days. But did these young lives deserve to meet such gruesome end?

Well, one can only blame the country and its people for watering the roots of militancy for years. It is nothing but a powerful boomerang that came back to hit Pakistan hard leaving many households shattered.

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C(r)ashing on IIT/JEE Entrance Exams

The advertisement read:

JOIN US FOR A ONE-MONTH CRASH COURSE TO CLEAR THE IIT/JEE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. SUCCESS GUARANTEED.

I was bewildered to read this. The pamphlets had been given to my son—who is writing the twelfth board this time—by someone at his school’s entrance.

Being a parent, I was already worried, as being the state-board student and without a long-term preparation, his chances of cracking (even) the IIT Main is almost nil. Like me, most of the parents in Tamil Nadu are waiting expectantly for the cut-off marks to be scored by their wards to enter into the Anna University-affiliated colleges—or at least one of the top ten— with the stream of their choice.

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Gita and Its Relevance to Modern Life

One day my son came up to me with a few questions.

“Father, did Lord Krishna ever exist?”

“Did he create the famous Bhagavad Gita in the battlefield of Kurukshetra?”

“As God, he could have stopped the war and avoided bloodshed, couldn't he? Why didn't he do that?”

I was not surprised to hear such questions from him as chanting The Gita forms a daily activity in his school, which tries to sow the goodness of The Gita in the young minds. Even today, I felt his questions have relevance.

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The Funny Side of Our Education System

Ever since the ‘cut-off’ mark system was introduced to get an admission to Anna University and its affiliated colleges—after scraping the common admission test—students are being subjected to hardships – mentally and physically.

For state board students, sadly, they can’t aspire to crack the IITs and other central university entrances by just relying on their academic knowledge. Thanks to the curriculum, they have no option but to depend on their cut-off marks to get into colleges in the state under Anna University, irrespective of their reputation.

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Project Works for children – What works and what does not.

Project works given to children under CCE activity, either as group or individual activity, by teachers are no doubt help to improve their overall development. But there are certain flaws, which need to be plugged-in.

For example, while selecting the group, the teacher should ensure that all members reside closer by. Otherwise, the coordination will be a problem. Recently, my son, who is studying in sixth standard in a CBSE school in Chennai, got an assignment to showcase a puppet show using either real puppets or shadow with the help of hand and fingers.

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Property Market Is Not Moving Towards A Crash: Anuj Puri

To promote green initiatives, the government should come forward to introduce incentives, which would act as a catalyst for the development and absorption of new green buildings, says Anuj Puri, Chairman and Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle India. In an interview with K Ramanathan, he speaks about the possibility of price correction, green buildings and investment options in real estate. 

1. What will be the best investment option in the prevailing situation -- real estate, gold or securities?

 Whether residential real estate is an asset class for investment is a tricky issue and there is no sure-shot formula for its viability. It is to be noted that investors have different degrees of experience, market knowledge, expertise and risk appetites for different asset classes. People who have lack of expertise in stock trading, real estate trading or commodity trading may not see satisfactory return on investment (ROI) from the market.

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Should I Say TATA To TATASky?

When we landed in Chennai on 9th February, 2007 from the most beautiful city of India (Chandigarh), one of our major worries was to fix up a cable connection to our TV-addicted kids. Our worry multiplied further when we realized that the local cable networks did not fodder the required Hindi and famous kids’ channels which my children wanted to watch. After analyzing the pros and cons of various private operators, we finally zeroed in on TATASky connection thinking that the brand will never disappoint us.

 

The instrument and connectivity came with a price tag of about Rs 4,000, which included the cost of Digicom, dish and connecting charges. The service was prompt though the monthly subscription was little on the higher side compared to the charges that we were paying at Delhi and Chandigarh for the same channels. But for children’s sake, we decided to bore the brunt. Later the house hunting episode began to go nearer to our elder son’s school in Virugambakkam.

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A Visit To Putlur Angala Parameswari Temple

Recently I had been to Putlur near Chennai, famous for the temple dedicated to Goddess "Angala Parameswari (Goddess Parvathy). The interesting feature of the temple is its legend itself. As the belief goes, the presiding deity is made of sand looks like a pregnant woman lying on the ground. 

A view from temple entrance

According to a legend, a poor villager was tortured by a village head for the borrowed money and he was asked to plough an infertile land full of rocks. While plaguing the villager noticed that blood was oozing out from a place and a sand structure of Devi in the form of pregnant woman came out from the ground. The deity was later named as Angalaparameswari by the villagers and a temple was built around the sand"putru" (sand structure in Tamil where snakes reside) hence the place took the name as Putlur.

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Construction Firms In India Are Keen To Use BIM

Michael Evans, Technical Manager, BIM Solutions, Tekla, speaks about the importance of Building Information Modelling in concrete construction projects, India-specific tools and awareness of BIM in India. Michael was in Chennai recently as part of Tekla’s road show to promote BIM software solutions for concrete technology.

Can you explain about the India-specific BIM tools Tekla is launching soon?

Tekla software for Building Information Modelling (BIM) processes meets the exacting requirements of professionals and industries across AEC globally. Our software can be easily customised depending on customer requirements. Tekla has given special focus to the Indian market and to boost the use of the latest 3D technology in concrete projects, Tekla is planning to release some special scheme for our newly launched product, Tekla Structures - CIP module.

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Making Energy Efficient Homes, Naturally

When he founded Biodiversity Conservation India (BCIL) in the early 1990s, people used to relate 'green' to colour and not for ecology. As the Earth is being confronted with several ecological problems, respecting nature and not going against it become imperative for humans for their survival. This is what Chandrashekar and his team members have been doing – bringing nature to people’s doorstep. Chandrashekar Hariharan, Chairman of BCIL, speaks about the advantages of building energy efficient homes, his commitment to protect the nature and what the industry needs from the government to make more eco-friendly homes across the country. 

Excerpts..

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Are We Losing Our Head?

It's disturbing. It should be disturbing and affecting every Indian's sleep. The title may be misguiding but the ongoing struggle in Kashmir and the state and central government’s lackadaisical attitude in handling the decades old strife in the valley made us to think that we are very well in the process of losing the ‘head’ of India, that is Kashmir, to our notorious neighbor very soon. 

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Arundhati Roy And Azad Kashmir

"Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice, while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists, and those who prey on the poorest of the poor, roam free." -- Arundhati Roy

Bravo!!! Arundhati Roy has said that her comments on Kashmir had actually reflected what hundreds and thousands of Kashmiris are saying – Azad Kashmir.

She had visited a few places including Shopian where two Muslim women were raped and allegedly murdered and a few homes of youths who were badly tortured for stone throwing,  again, allegedly at the hands of Indian security forces. 

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In Search Of Lord At Sabarimala

The recent stampede at Sabarimala temple during the annual “Makar jyothi” (celestial light) festival in which more than 100 people were killed and unaccounted injured , has exposed the temple authorities’  and state government’s ulterior motive to cheat the gullible devotees, not one or two days, but decades together in the name of faith.

From the days immemorial, Ayyappa devotees have been thronging to the hill shrine during the “Makaravilaku” season, only to witness the celestial light popularly known as “Makar Jyoti” or “Makaravilakku” during the evening hours on Makar Shankaranti day on the hill called Ponnambalamedu. It’s been believed by the devotees that the Lord Ayyappa himself appears as a light across the hill three times during those occasion. Hundreds and thousands of devotees, notwithstanding the lack of space and inadequate civic facilities available there, stand on the hill sides to witness the event.

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Dr Vijaykanth Comes Calling

The actor-turned-politician and DMDK leader Vijaykanth on Friday was conferred with honorary ’Doctorate’ by Florida-based International Institute of Church Management (IICM) in appreciation to his Services to the Society.

The whole of Chennai wore a festive look since morning as the leader is being honored and DMDK volunteers have taken this god send opportunity to decorate the city with big banners, cut outs and sign boards at all important intersections and roads drumming up the great success of their leader in receiving such a great honour.

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Anna And Associates

A lot has been written about social reformer and Gandhian Anna Hazare, his fight against corruption, his fast that lead to forming of Lokpal Bill committee and the latest, smear campaign launched by the vested interests against the civil society members of the committee.  

After probably the Independence, Anna has made the people feel that the country should be united for one cause - to root-out corruption from the society. Will he be able to do that single-handedly? With corruption finding its deep roots, with detractors around and political parties and bureaucrats waiting opportunities to derail the Bill and dump Anna with some pretext, it's the last available opportunity given by Anna Hazare to the democratic people of India to cleanse the system and make India a corrupt-free society.

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Siding With Corrupts

The UPA government has successfully suppressed the anti-graft movement initiated by Anna Hazare and later by Baba Ramdev. We should thank the people of India for their stupendous achievement as they completely ignored the men, who were ready to sacrifice their life to provide a clean and corrupt-free government, but preferred to side with those who are corrupt from head to toe.

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Should TATA Forfeit Land In Singur?

A virtual war has been happening in West Bengal for the last few days between ‘didi’ Mamata Banerjee and industrial giant Ratan Tata over the control of the deserted Singur land. Being one of the poll promises, Mamata, after taking over the reins in the state, had promptly announced that land taken by TATAs (allotted by the erstwhile CPM government) for setting up of NANO car factory in Singur, would be returned to the respective owners.

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Tribal Dance To Shame!

Suddenly the sleepy and often discarded Indian island has come alive on Indian television channels, albeit for wrong reasons. Looking for meaty and glamorous issues, these TRP-hungry channels happily grabbed it with both hands.

Confused? The hot issue of the day is nothing but the reports published by print media and repeatedly aired and discussed by leading television channels about dancing of half-naked women and children to “entertain” the visiting tourists at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Piqued by the development, the Indian government on Wednesday asked the Andaman and Nicobar administration to explain how it allowed such ‘unsocial’ event to happen? 

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Pakistan's Cup Of Woes

A weak and troubled neighbor is always hindrance to a country’s progress and peace.  India, for instance, has such neighbours facing perennial internal strife.  Be it Pakistan, Nepal or Sri Lanka, the problems in these countries have always had its impact on India. We lost a national leader to the internal squabbles of Sri Lanka; we lost a part of Kashmir and few thousands of lives due to Pakistan’s support to militancy in Kashmir; and about Nepal and Bangladesh, the influx of illegal immigrants causing social-economic problems besides posing serious threat to the safety and security of India.

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Carry Helmet For Petrol In Bihar

Riding a two-wheeler without helmet is a common site in many cities in India. As per government records, more than 70 percent of the fatal road accidents involving two wheelers are due to head injuries.  And most of them die due to non-wearing of helmet. As few state governments made it mandatory to wear the headgear, Bihar has just joined the bandwagon to reduce the fatality on city roads.

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Reservation -- From Cradle To Coffin

The political parties which are projected themselves as champions of Dalits and downtrodden have done it again, of course, at the cost of country’s growth. Bowing to the pressure mounted by these parties and also leaders from its own rank, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance has introduced quota for SC/STs in promotions in government jobs.

Those who got the government jobs out of pure merit, will now have to rue as their subordinates or colleagues will supersede them just because they belong to a particular community, whether they work or not.

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Of Covered Or Carpet Area Of Your Living Space

If you are planning to buy home it is very important to know the exact meaning of terms like carpet area, built up area, super area to avoid getting cheated and you may end up paying more than the actual cost of a property. The apartment that is sold as a spacious 1200 sq ft, is actually not 1200 sq ft if one count its actual covered area, or carpet area.

As the name suggests, the area one can spread the carpet. Though in real terms, it’s the usable areas of the house enclosed within the walls. This area does not include the thickness of the inner walls. It is the actual area that will be used in an apartment/office etc. So, Carpet Area refers to the total usable area within the four walls of an apartment or a commercial space, as the case may be.

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Chennai Realtors Do ‘Marketing’ Through City Buses

Chennai realtors are using several advertisement means to reach prospective clients to sell their housing projects.  Direct marketing, media advertisements, advertorials, sign boards at important intersections, organizing property exhibitions and the list goes endless.

In recent times, road users and commuters are increasingly witnessing that city and state roadways carry details about property launches, real estate show or availability of plots. Termed as ‘bus branding’, Will these ads bring serious clients to realtors offices?

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Realtors Wooing Ultra-Rich With High-End Homes

The demand for luxury and ultraluxury homes even in this slowdown is going strong forcing builders to switch their focus on high-networth segment. Villas, Condominiums, twin houses, row houses with world-class amenities such as swimming pool and lift for each flat, separate garden in each floor, high class fittings and fixtures, high-tech security systems, to name a few, are being offered in platter to these “select few.”

No wonder, taking a cue from this current trend, a growing number of property developers - ranging from Unitech to GT Homes, from Tata Housing to the Lodha Group and from Sobha Developers to TVH  - are trying to woo picky buyers with their own set of luxury villas/condos.

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‘Need For A Policy Change In Affordable Housing’

We are in constant touch with the concerned authorities and working for a fast and efficient approval system, says Sandeep Mehta, newly elected President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Chennai. 

1. What are the issues you are going to focus as newly elected CREDAI, Chennai President?

As you are aware, today developers are going through a major challenge in getting approvals. My first and foremost priority would be to work with the authorities, like CMDA, DTCP, and see how best we can bring down the approval cycle to the minimum possible time. Approvals are taking six months or even one year, and the ultimate sufferers are the end users.  After all, developers are playing a role of middleman, wherein they accumulate various components like land, contractors, building materials to produce the finished product. As a project gets delayed, the cost of interest comes on it. This cost will finally pass on to the customers.

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TATA Housing Sees Growth In Affordable Housing Segment

Chennai: India’s construction major Tata Housing today said it has seen tremendous growth potential for affordable housing segment in the country, and its Smart Value Homes Limited has a vision of being the largest provider of homes in India.

Speaking to Sulekha Property, Brotin Banerjee, MD & CEO, Tata Housing, said, “There has been a huge outpouring of support for affordable housing and a great amount of interest from private landowners and state governments to partner with us to take our housing model to other parts of the country. This indicates that going forward, there is a tremendous potential for the affordable Housing segment and Smart Value Homes Limited has a vision of being the largest provider of homes in India.”

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We Need Single Window Clearance For Faster Approvals

Chennai is a strong end-user market and hence less prone to investor sentiments. But high interest rates and weak economy are causes for concern. In the absence of strong policy measures, the city may soon witness slowdown in business, says Mehul Doshi, Director,Doshi Housing Pvt Ltd.

1. Doshi Housing has created a niche for itself in southern realty market. What do you think are the reasons behind the un-eroded customer base?

From inception our focus has been on providing quality homes at affordable prices. Middle income group is our target segment. Most of our projects are located in suburbs where basic infrastructure is available and the customer does not have to commute long distances for basic amenities. We have always delivered more than what we promise. All these factors have been responsible in creating a strong brand identity for our company and helped us in developing a loyal customer base.

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