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Beckhams van has £60,000 bed Sex in the UK calling: It s It is the last word in mobile thought to take luxury. David and Victoria about three hours. Beckham have paid more Insiders say the specially THE TIMES OF city? Rachel holiday time for than £60,000 to have an designed contraption was INDIA Hunter is in Rani Mukherjee electric bed fitted into one of inst alled last month during a their vehicles. The footballer makeover of the Mercedes Denial! Page 8 and his popst ar wife are said people-mover. At the push to have of a but - bought ton, the the rear p as - motor- senger ised bed seat so that swivels the to form England a 65 captain can rest properly bed. Plus, the vehicle is fit - while being driven home ted with a series of security from matches at Old Traf- devices, including shatter- ford. The 210-mile drive to proof black-tinted glass. A their Beckingham Palace 10-disc DVD player and an home in Hertfordshire is MP3 multitrack system can OF INDIA MANOJ KESHARW ANI Destination India: The globetrotter s All the world s a st age, but India is the exotic rage for the international tourist, says DIVYA VASISHT ranked above China and Egypt. Overall, a rise in the number of foreign tourist s com - As the spokesperson of Cox & Kings pu - Times News Network Thailand is the only Asian country to find a ing to India this year . Besides, improvement ts it, W ith destinations such as Laksh - place among the top 10 tourist destinations in infrastructure has led to tourist s setting adweep bound to be equipped with better ndia, an exotic tourist destination? Y es, in the world, a list which sees It aly ranked first their sights on places such as Hampi, the infrastructure in the near future, there is def - yes, yes. And that s official. For the phi- and France second, with Spain and US in North-East and the Himalayas, says Amee- initely great scope for India s tourism indus - Irang tourist whose bags are p acked for forth and fif th spot s fol- ta Munshi of Thomas try. some fancy island or quiet hill-st ation lowed by Brazil, Mexico, EXOT-HOTSP Cook. Adds Kant, If Edmund Hillary has spoken abroad, its time to do a rethink. Kyunki India of India as an amazing destination, Paul Mc - has been listed as the second-best exotic Cartney recently spent a tourist destination worldwide in a survey con - fortnight with his wife Heather Mills in our ducted by the Kellogg School of Manage- country. India offers tourist s more than just a ment at Northwestern University in the US destination it is a journey for the mind and and the Sasin School of Business Adminis- soul. Foreigners visiting the country get tration in Thailand. everything from exotic beaches to massage This is great news. India has really come therapy and up as a major tourist destination for foreign - return enlightened. ers, says Amitabh Kant, joint secret ary, min - Simply put, if most if not all roads lead to istry of tourism, Thanks to the proper pro - India in the current context, the future of fers motion and packaging of destinations such immense possibilities for the country to play as Kerala, Goa and Rajasthan, we have the perfect host to the world. Now , wouldn t been able to draw lot s of foreign visitors to New Zealand and Switzerland. Among Asian countries, Thailand is rated that be exotic! the country. W e also ran a camp aign on the Considering that China received more by the survey as the country of fering the best [email protected] top 10 websites worldwide and within six than 11 million tourist s last year as comp ared hospit ality, with China being billed as the months the tourism industry witnessed with India s 3 million, it might sound surpris - country which truly represent s the continent. a boost of over 17 per cent. ing that we are placed above China. How- India, of course, can t ake pride in the fact that While Thailand top s the list of exotichol- ever, one must t ake note of the SARS scare it is slowly , but surely, making it s presence iday destinations listed by the survey, India is in China a factor due to which we expect felt on the global map. No green signals 30 years of togetherness for Delhi s envi - Farida Jalal & Gulzar,friends of Amitabh & Jaya, share with Delhi T imes their special bond with the couple af ter the Bachchans celebrated their 30th ARUN KUMAR DAS our to improve the quality of air in Times News Network Delhi by enforcing various measu - Farida Jalal: I was one of the mance that day. It s so nice to res. The cleaning of the Yamuna is fortunate few invited by the cou - see them grow together. May nother World Environment also top priority . Numerous age- ple to this hush-hush ceremony. they st ay like this for years to A D a y, the same set of que - ncies are involved in this dual exe - Nobody met them as they flew come. stions. Even as of ficialdom at - rcise and it must be remembered away to London for their honey - Gulzar: Oh, how time flies! tempts to put Delhi on the green that the city government alone is moon immediately after that. I Even Rakhee and I have com- highway, the road t aken so far is not solely responsible for the job. used to move around with them pleted 30 years of marriage. W e dotted with speed-breakers which Of ficially-speaking, while scho - when they were dating. But I got married a month before pose queries. Has there been a re - ol student s, citizens must share this incident which them. I remember Amit and duction in Delhi s use of plastic? and NGOs have has made Jaya s wed - Have air-pollution levels de - been involved in ca - Amit a hero in ding. It was a creased? How extensive is the m p aigns for the en - my eyes. low-key fami - city s green cover? Is anything vironment, Delhi At an awards ly affair . Jaya being done about hospit al environment minis- ceremony in being a Ben- waste? Does so- ter Deepchand Ban- Kolkat a, Jaya gali, the mar - und pollution co - dhu informs that got an award MARI-BLIS riage was nform with perm- there has been an for Uphaar, performed issible norms? increase in the Amit for Anand and I received it with full traditional Bengali ritu- IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES: Delhi Times catches the charmer in Daler Mehndi And, above all, green cover of the for Paras. The three of us were als. And Rakhee, who was mar- as the Punjabi pop-star strikes a bright note at the Radio Mirchi studio has cont aminat- city. to fly to Kolkat a that evening for ried by then, became her (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to w w w.timescity.com/delhi/) ion of the Y a m u - Biswas also re - the ceremony. Unfortunately, I thakurma, a marriage ritual na been curbed? Sad veals that the incin - couldn t get a ticket. Both Jaya among Bengalis. That year, Ra - as eration of hospit al and Amit boarded the flight, but jesh Khanna and Dimple also it sounds, even of f- waste is job half- on hearing that I couldn t travel, got married. I wish them all luck Daler dances to his own icialdom concedes NEELABH done. While cer - Amit came out and ran to the ter - and pray that they be together that the answers tain hospit als minus, waved at the pilot, spoke always. ASHOK CHATTERJEE new album Mojaan Laen Do. to most of these have inst alled in- to him and somehow managed [email protected] Times News Network X-TRAA HOT The song Jere Dil Nu Pyare queries is a dishe - cinerators, there to get me onto the flight. W e BYTES Daler combines a mix of Western and artening No . ECO LOGI- are still a few reached Kolkat a on time, where he man s music introduces Indian classical in a pop song The step s und - which are yet to we were put up at the Grant Ho - Thim. Starting with Bolo Ta Mehndi a novel concept. Besides, ert aken so far are Today might be do so, he elabo - tel. I got to see more of their ro - Ra Ra and Ho Jayegi Balle unplugged? Tune Shama Paiyan has lyrics inadequate if the W orld Environ - rates. Balle and stretching to Tunak in to T otal Filmi penned by Baba Bhulle Shah. government is se - It s time to go Tunak and Dardi Rab Rab , he My strength lies in experi - rious about polluti - ment Day, but back to the basi - has got everybody to dance to on mentation. on levels, says cs. Even as Del - his tune. The Big B included. Radio Mirchi 98.3 The God-fearing Daler has a Central Pollution Delhi has miles to hi observes Amitabh Bachchan, after all, penchant for long drives and Control Board ch - go before it can W orld Environ - shared screen space with this eating. So, if the list of cars that airman Dilip Bisw - ment Day, the- Punjabi pop-st ar in Mrityudaa- he owns includes a Volkswa- as, As far as the cont amination of re s many a slip between of ficial ta.

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