The Indian Express -- Leisure

Tuesday, June 3 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

Setting store by grand design

The Vama story began in 1969 when housewife Indu Patel opened a store for exclusive saris in Hughes Road. Today, it keeps more than a 100-odd people occupied as Vama also holds the distinction of being one of Mumbai's busiest stores.

Gold rush

Before you make the same mistake that nearly everyone else does, Ramchand Popley does not own Popley and Sons. So it was not his son who had that mile-high wedding in an aeroplane, over two years ago. That was his brother Laxmandas whose second son is, incidentally, getting married in a submarine.

My Den -- Rahul singh

When you want to talk about home, endless things spring to mind. Ask Rahul Singh, prolific writer, ex-editor of innumerable publications, what he has to say about his two-bedroom flat in Colaba, and you won't hear anything too different.

Roving Eye --Atta girl!

Face Off with Chef Nikhil Chib