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Sujata (name changed on request), 20, is brimming with energy. It is not her studies (she is pursuing a BSc from South Campus) or the fact that she can speak fluent English that is giving her a definite high. It is the excitement of her part-time job... that of a detective. Yes, you read right. Detective.

Does it ever occur to you that most people these days are leading frenzied lives, much like those hyper charged wind-up toys which don't have a 'turn off' switch. Whether it's rushing for work in the mornings, getting the kids ready for school, driving through the mad maze of traffic or even partying away at a discotheque, there is an immensely chaotic urgency in everything we do.

There's a new job in town. It can make you rich without your ever having to step out. There are no qualifications, no degrees or no PhDs required. All you need is to be passionate about something, and have the ability to communicate with words.

It seems that our fashion designers have finally found their bearings on the retail front after the demolition of MG 1 and MG 2. The latest hub for fashion retail now is the MGF Metropolitan Mall that opened in Saket recently. Mandira Wirk, Ashish Soni, Ashima-Leena, Gauri and Nainika, Varun Bahl, Swapan and Seema and Vikram Phadnis have opened their new stores there.

British actress Elizabeth Hurley recently wore a low cut, body hugging black dress for an awards night in Berlin. The outfit brought back memories of a similar dress she wore to the premiere of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, a good 14 years ago. The Versace dress, held together by golden safety pins, was termed 'THAT DRESS'.

Do you Orkut?' ... 'No,' was my answer two years back when I had joined Orkut on being invited by the same friend who asked me this question. I had no idea of the influence it was about to have on my otherwise conventional life.

Art is serious business. We know that. But here's how serious it is becoming. With buyers and banks tripping over each other to set up art funds and collections and loans, it was only a matter of time before serious economists sat up and took notice of the phenomenon.

Property dealers and house hunters in the city are in a fix as uncles and aunties sometimes rent out their spare rooms to youngsters hoping for extra marital flings. Of course, house hunting has never been easy for young people in Delhi. They just now have this added problem to wade through.

Thanks to Meera Syal, the naughty grandmom in The Kumars at No 42, the word 'chuddi' has been incorporated in the Oxford English Dictionary. Now you cannot fool a foreigner by saying, 'Kiss my chuddi' as he knows exactly what you mean. Say that slang in the UK and I bet foreigners will pull off your chuddi.

Unless you've been in a cave, you know its Mother's Day today. What you may not know - it's the 100th Mother's Day. To celebrate this centenary in Delhi ishtyle, we quizzed a cross-section of Delhiites and asked them for their top five yummy mummies. Here are the women that Delhi crowns as the city's yummiest mommies.

Now, so there actually is an International No Diet Day? Yes, but before you reach out for that large pizza with extra cheese, you should know that this isn't exactly stuff-yourself-all-you-can day. Rather, it's about pausing in the process of chasing that perfect figure to make sure weight-loss dieting hasn't turned into a crazy obsession.

The Delhi Traffic Police's campaign against jaywalking is in full swing, with culprits being nabbed at blitzkrieg speed. Though the Rs 20 fine may not seem like very much, one can never underestimate a Delhiite's underwhelming enthusiasm to pay up. The good thing is it's leading to a lot of hilarity for traffic cops at the receiving end of inventive excuses. HT City finds out some of the funniest.

Its 11.30 pm and Chitra is struggling to get her two-year-old Tia into bed. Her husband, Vinayak, has just gotten home and is disrupting bed time by playing with with Tia. Four-year-old Pinak refuses to go to bed before midnight. His parents report to work early but Pinak always stays up late in the night.

So okay, my profile is on a matrimonial website along with my contact number. Since my parents are old and I don't want to stress them, I thought it would be best to handle this business independently.

Every girl in her teens dreams of the iconic tall, dark and handsome (TDH) man in her life thanks to romantic novels. Teenage girls usually read at least a couple of titles from Mills and Boon and Silhouette, from Denise Robins, Georgette Heyer and Barbara Cartland before creating an image in their heads.

Free recycling, or freecycling as it is popularly called, attempts to keep usable solid waste- everything from unwanted furniture to electronic equipment - from being disposed off in landfills. Through online communities, members can give away items they no longer need or get those they want for free.

All of us have been frisked at malls. HT City looks beyond the glass and the chrome and finds out who is watching the countless hordes as they shop, eat and drink .

Crashing weddings and loving it. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn did it well, but we Delhiites do it better. You're all dressed up, ready for a night out with your friends.

The launch of Shobhaa Dé's latest book, Superstar India - From Incredible to Unstoppable saw the large hall at the Taj Mahal hotel filled to the brim with the city's who's who - Satish and Kiran Gujral, Ritu Kumar, Kishwar Desai, Amar Singh, Krishen Khanna, Leila Seth, Suhel Seth, Jatin Das, Madhu and Naresh Trehan, Sonal Mansingh and Amjad Ali Khan, among many others.