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To last past midnight
Buntings, hooters, last-minute hair dresser's appointment, pedicure, manicure, wax, facial (all for the New Age metrosexual male too), party clothes, party shoes, party bags (this just for the girls)... MetroPlus's survival guide to make it through New Year's

Etiquette & Protocol

Drink, don't drop
The New Year spirit requires tossing in drinks and, more importantly, holding them well too

Metro Forum

The earth just shrugged
WE SPEND crores launching satellites, setting up meteorological and seismological centres, willing to believe we are in control. Then, one fine day, the earth trembles and so do we, our notions of security demolished in a definitive stroke. For us, s afely away from the hell of tsunamis lashing South Asia, it's been high drama on television. But can anyone describe the scale of human tragedy wonders BHUMIKA K., as she listens to some Bangaloreans, who live in a technology-driven city, pond er over what went wrong and whether we could have used technology to save people. Some turn fatalistic, others question technology that is useless to man, many sympathise with the survivors. And yes, after 65,000 deaths, some in their warped worlds s

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Britney exercises her prerogative
In an exclusive e-mail interview, Britney Spears reveals all about her (strictly musical!) past, future, and her new album

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The pitch of perfection
IT IS not easy to define the preparation of a cricket pitch as an art or a science or even a combination of both. Factors influencing such an exercise are as varied as the judgment pronounced on pitches by captains, players, coaches, officials ...

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