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FEBRUARY / mARch 2008 | Rs.50
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Letter from Editor-in-Chief
royal T                     Live Like a King
                                                         he first month of 2008 is already behind us, and we trust you’re
                                                         getting a notch closer to achieving your aspirations for this year.
                                                         Here at Royal we are all set to introduce a host of new ideas -
 february /march 2008 | rs.50                    places to go, fashions to follow, gizmos to flaunt and discoveries to make
                                                 of new ways to satisfy your craving for sexy and sultry relationships.
 Editor-in-Chief                                 After all, without a dash of love, it is impossible for us to create our own
 Ronak V. Vyas
                                                 special hedonistic paradise.
 Media Partner                                         She is naughty, she is glamorous and she makes the camera
 Prashanth R                                     sizzle. She is Priya Rai, our muse for this issue. In a rather steamy interview she bares her soul and in a
 Editor                                          matchless spread of gorgeous photographs she bares the physical perfection that she is renowned for. Just as
 Anoop Verma                                     scintillating is the pictorial of five beauties we showcase in our feature MySpace Hotties. There is the 23 year
 Head - Advertising & Events                     old stunner Rebecca Turner, there is Aisha David whose striking features carry a delicious blend of Indian
 Dhruv Jaywant                                   and American cultures, Chinese model Toni Leigh, Danish star Kira Eggers, and who doesn’t know Taylor
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                                                 fact, most parts of rural India are in grip of a severe health crisis. When it comes to health care, the nation
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                                                                                           10
                                                                         Bad Health of Hospitals
                                                                         Growing numbers of foreign patients, including
                                                                         uninsured Americans, are flocking to India for
                                                                         medical treatment, but what about India’s rural
                                                                         poor. They are forced to struggle with a public
                                                                         healthcare system that is virtually nonexistent in
                                                                         villages. Royal investigates why hospitals have
                                                                         become as rare in the rural areas as an oasis in a
                                                                         desert.


                                                                         08	      Capsule	Inn	Akihabara
                                                                         13	      Why	Women	are	Annoyed	by		
                                                                         	        Average	Guys
                                                                         16	      Pondicherry	in	Focus


28of MySpace
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36	       Q	&	A	with	Dr.Pyar
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48	     9	Ways	to	Conquer	the	stock	Market
50	     Ground	Rules	for	Investing	in	Mutual	Funds
54	     Valentine’s	Day	special
56	     Fashion	-	Grooming
57	     Office	Politics	-	Myth	Vs.	Reality
66	     How	to	be	a	Porn	star	in	Bed
68	     Movies	-	New	Releases
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006 Royal February March 2008
Capsule Inn
                             Akihabara



                             T
                                        he     reason     why                                                                  you to stay in capsule hotels,
                                        Indian cities like                                                                     which maximize space with
                                        Delhi and Bombay                                                                       innovative foldaway features.
                                        feel so crowded                                                                        In addition to looking good,
                             could have much to do with                                                                        they also conjure a feeling of
                             our atrocious system of                                                                           simplistic living and neatness.
                             managing infrastructure. All                                                                      Guest spaces are made out
                             our residential and public                                                                        of really small cubes carved
                             buildings are plagued by                                                                          from innovative materials
                             wastage and misdistribution                                                                       like modular plastic or
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                             of living space, as well as of                                                                    fiberglass.
                             utilities like electricity, water,                                                                   The fad of capsule hotels is
                             etc. It is scandalous that even after spending so much on        now expanding beyond the shores of Japan, with many cities in
                             upkeep of basic infrastructure our citizens and tourists can’t   Europe and US offering different variants of the concept. Even
                             live with any semblance of comfort and hygiene.                  Hollywood is not untouched by this nifty idea. In the sci-fi flick,
                                The fact is that even small spaces and minor resources,       The Fifth Element, the living and sleeping area of the main
                             if properly utilized, can make you revel in comfort. The         character, played by Bruce Willis, is inspired by the capsule
                             Japanese have perfected that art. In Tokyo, it is possible for   concept.
Capsule Inn Akihabara
   The famous Capsule Inn Akihabara,
located in the digi-center of Tokyo,
provides a comfortable place to stay for
many travelers to Japan’s capital city.
This hotel has 169 rooms, out of these,
140 rooms are men’s only and 29 rooms
are reserved for women. But the surprise
factor lies in the fact that each room unit
size is only 1m x 1m x 2m. Don’t worry
you will be able to fit into the room quite
easily, unless you are built like Godzilla,
which isn’t likely.
   At the Capsule Inn Akihabara, each
guest is provided with a separate capsule
unit. No, male guests can’t share their
room with their female friend, one room
is meant for one person only. For female
guests the Capsule Inn Akihabara has a
system of rooms that can be shared. In
these rooms up to four capsules open
into a larger room where there are
tables and chairs provided for lounging
or meetings.
   For complete privacy, each room comes
with blinds that can be drawn. Plus there
are amenities galore - TV, radio, alarm
clock and adjustable lighting. You can
tinker with these devices even while you
are sleeping, almost as if you were in an
aircraft, or a submarine. All the guests        Main Attractions of Capsule Inn
enjoy access to a common lounge where
there is excellent sitting facility and         The main attraction has to be the novel experience. if you have never stayed
                                                in a capsule hotel before, then you have to experience this unique way of
wireless internet connectivity.
                                                living in a minimalist environment that promises comfort and convenience.
                                                But it is also a fact that you save a lot of money. The tariffs offered by Capsule
Capsule Inn Mannerisms                          inn Akihabara is about half that of conventional hotels.
   Since the Capsule Inn Akihabara is           The hotel is open day and night, so you can walk in and out whenever you feel
not quite like a conventional hotel,            like. Plus it offers an excellent storage facility to put your luggage while you
slightly different sorts of mannerisms          are sightseeing Tokyo or attending a business meeting.
are expected from its guests. The first
point of difference lies in the key to
your room and to your locker. After           You can also place your small luggage         you can also watch TV or listen to the
you have finished registering yourself        in the locker, but if your luggage is too     radio, if you are looking forward to pass
at the registration desk you are given a      large to fit in there, then you can request   some time before you take a nap.
wristband to wear. The number of your         for a luggage storage service at the front      For the women guests, the mannerisms
room and the floor on which it is located     desk.                                         are about the same as that for men. But
is indicated on the wristband. If the            When you need to take a bath, you          the difference lies in the fact that the
number is 615, it means your capsule is       can avail of the facilities at the men’s      female rooms are located on the 8th,
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15 on the 6th floor.                          washing area located on 2nd floor. And        9th and 10th floors. The 10th floor also
   Before you go to your room, you have       what do you do with the time that you         has a shower area and a lounge that is
to visit your locker, where you will find     spend in your capsule home. Well, there       exclusively reserved for women. n
the items that will make your stay in the     is nothing much to do, expect what you
hotel comfortable. You locker number is       are really here for – to relax and have a     For more pictures and information go
same as your room number and when             good sleep. Each capsule is scientifically    to www.capsuleinn.com
you open it, you will find 2 towels, a        designed to make their guests sleep well
Yukata-like robe and 2 toothbrushes.          and wake up feeling rejuvenated. But,
The Bad Health
                             of our Hospitals
                                                                          hospital threw up their hands saying        working barefoot and a splinter of wood
                             by Anoop VerMA                               that the case was too complicated for       pierced her left foot. She applied some
                                                                          them to handle. Puralia’s husband had       herbs to the wound, but by next day her
                                                                          no choice, but to rush her to a private     left foot was swollen and she found it




                             O
                                          n September 3, 2006, Puralia    hospital, where she gave birth to a         impossible to walk or even stand on her
                                          Devi (name changed), a          stillborn child. To meet the expenses at    feet. Her husband took her to the local
                                          resident of Narkatiaganj        the private hospital Rambha, who works      village hospital, but the staff there was
                                          village in Bihar, was in        as a daily wage laborer, had to avail a     completely insensitive to her plight. They
                             advanced labor when her husband              loan of rupees 7,000, which the family      made her wait for hours in the corridor.
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                             Rambha brought her to the local              now finds very difficult to pay back.          When she got the chance to see the
                             government hospital. Like most hospitals                                                 doctor, he took a perfunctory look at
                             of this area, this hospital was unhygienic                  l    l    l                  her wound and declared that the foot
                             and was plagued by an utter lack of                                                      had become poisoned and it had to be
                             modern medical facilities and medicines.        Janki Devi is a resident of an idyllic   surgically removed. As soon as Janki
                             Two hours after being admitted, Puralia’s    village near Indore. She and her husband    heard this, she fled from the hospital
                             condition started deteriorating.             work as farm laborers. Her troubles         with her husband in tow. At home they
                               The doctors and the nurses at the          began on a routine day when she was         continued with the herb treatment and
According to the
National Family
Health Survey, 46%
of all Indian children
are malnourished.
The infant mortality
rate, though
improving, is still high
and much worse
than that in other
developing countries.

within a week her foot became normal,
allowing her to walk and work properly.
She shudders with horror, as she              Iqbali traveling to Delhi was fraught with
reminisces her tryst with the doctor who      many problems.                                India’s unhealthy
was planning to chop off her leg.                He had to give up his job as a security    landscape
                                              guard in Bihar. The treatment at AIIMS
                l    l    l                   is free, but to pay for the tests, he was        Puralia Devi, Janki Devi and Iqbali
                                              forced to borrow 15,000 rupees at a           Singh are just three names, out of millions
    When Iqbali Singh’s elder brother fell    crippling interest of nearly 50 percent a     of economically weak Indians, who are
ill with a severe nerve ailment in a remote   year. Now he and his brother are in a grip    forced to struggle with India’s healthcare
village in the eastern state of Bihar,        of severe financial crisis, as they have no   system that remains overburdened in
he found that there were hardly any           time left to earn their livelihood. Their     cities and is virtually nonexistent in
hospitals in the state with the expertise     days are mostly spent navigating the          villages.
to even diagnose that ailment. He was         long lines of patients at the overcrowded        The biggest problem plaguing India’s
forced to bring his brother all the way       AIIMS.                                        healthcare sector is the misdistribution
to New Delhi’s premier All India Institute                                                  of hospitals and doctors. While majority
of Medical Sciences. For a poor man like                      l    l    l                   of the population resides in villages, most
                                                                                            of the hospitals and doctors are based in
                                                                                            the cities. It is not just advanced care
                                                                                            that poses a problem. Even good basic
                                                                                            care is inaccessible to the vast majority
                                                                                            of people. Thousands of primary medical
                                                                                            centers exist in rural areas, but these
                                                                                            establishments are perpetually short of
                                                                                            personnel and medicines. Due to the lack
                                                                                            of proper facilities poor people are often
                                                                                            forced to depend on local quacks.
                                                                                               India’s healthcare statistics paint a
                                                                                            particularly dismal picture. According to
                                                                                            the National Family Health Survey, 46%
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                                                                                            of all Indian children are malnourished.
                                                                                            The infant mortality rate, though
                                                                                            improving, is still high and much worse
                                                                                            than that in other developing countries.
                                                                                            This is complicated by the fact that less
                                                                                            than half of all Indian women receive
                                                                                            care after childbirth and only 40% give
                                                                                            birth in hospitals or medical centers. It
Many rural folks                            case, as vast majorities of the infected
                                                                         people reside in villages and belong to
                             do not seek timely                          the low-income level backgrounds, it is
                             medical help because                        impossible for them to gain access to
                                                                         advanced medical techniques, like the
                             of their disbeliefs,                        anti-retroviral therapy that has been
                             superstitions and lack                      found very effective in combating AIDS.
                                                                           In rural areas, healthcare is mostly
                             of health education.                        provided through government-operated

                             The result of the                           PHCs (Public Health Clinic), at village and
                                                                         town levels. But like every government
                             complete failure of                         department in India, these PHCs operate

                             the health machinery                        in a very inefficient and callous manner.
                                                                         These under-funded clinics are plagued
                             in the rural areas                          by non-availability of infrastructure,
                                                                         including advanced medical equipment
                             is that the diseases                        and consumables. The poorly paid
                             neither get diagnosed                       doctors based at the rural PHCs don’t
                                                                         think too highly of their job and they lack
                             in the early stages,                        the motivation to do their work well.            be enacted in order to rejuvenate the

                             nor are they treated.                         In absence of proper hygiene and
                                                                         sanitation, the clinics turn into a breeding
                                                                                                                          healthcare sector. While it might not
                                                                                                                          be feasible to turn healthcare into an
                                                                         ground for communicable diseases,                entirely private affair, a slow and steady
                                                                                                instead of being a        process towards privatization has to
                                                                                                place of cure.            be made. Even a whiff of privatization
                                                                                                   But it is also a       has the potential to usher in a regime
                                                                                                fact that many            of transparency and efficiency. The
                                                                                                rural folks do not        hospitals and clinics will become more
                                                                                                seek timely medical       accountable and the poor people won’t
                                                                                                help because of           have to run from pillar to post in order
                                                                                                their       disbeliefs,   to get treated. But private healthcare is
                                                                                                superstitions and         going to cost lots of money, which the
                                                                                                lack     of     health    majority of the poor in the country will
                                                                                                education.        The     not be able to afford.
                                                                                                result      of     the      To take care of that problem we can
                                                                                                complete       failure    have a system of health insurance, where
                                                                                                of     the      health    those who have the capacity to pay can
                                                                                                machinery           in    pay their premiums, while those who
                                                                                                the rural areas is        are classified as poor, about 60 per cent
                                                                                                that the diseases         in India, will have their premiums paid
                             is scandalous that in country that touts    neither get diagnosed in the early               by the government. More importantly,
                             itself as an emerging superpower, an        stages, nor are they treated. Only when          healthcare will have to be proclaimed
                             easily curable disease like childhood       the disease reaches an advanced stage,           a fundamental right through an Act of
                             diarrhea remains the major killer of        and the patients are completely unable           Parliament. For the above to become
                             Indian children.                            to bear the suffering caused by it, that         a reality, people will have to rise and
                                When it comes to transmittable           they travel to the urban areas in order          organize a campaign to build consensus
                             diseases like Hepatitis B and AIDS the      to seek treatment, increasing the load           on a right to health care.
                             situation becomes murkier. According        on city hospitals. It is such a terrible           Only when the majority of Indians are
                             to one survey done by IHR (India Health     and unnecessary predicament, when                given basic healthcare facilities, can we
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                             Report) in year 2000 about 3.86 million     treatable diseases are made to linger till       call India a true superpower. n
                             Indians were infected with the HIV virus.   they become serious complications.
                             But the actual number of HIV positive
                             might be much higher as many people         What can be done?
                             prefer not to visit the doctor. Due to
                             the stigma attached to the disease, they      For a country like India that still
                             prefer to die a slow and lingering death    faces healthcare crisis of unimaginable
                             in the secrecy of their homes. In any       proportions, radical reforms need to
Why Women are

ANNOYED                        by Average Guys
         I have a question for you… What do you really want
         when it comes to the area of your life called “Women
         and Dating?” Could you explain it to me if I called you
         up on the phone in 5 minutes and asked you? In other
         words, do you really, really know just what it is that
         you’re looking for?

            If you’re like most guys that I talk to, you probably couldn’t tell me. Or if you did
         tell me, it would be clear that you hadn’t taken any real time to think about it before
         I asked you. Now, before I tell you why this is a problem, I have to confess something
         to you…
            It wasn’t very long ago that I used to be in exactly the same boat. I had no idea what
         I was looking for. It was only after a lot of trial and error, dating crazy women that
         made my life impossible, and chasing my tail that I finally figured out what it was that
         I really wanted.
            And once I figured it out, I realize that I wasn’t alone.
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            As it turns out, I think that most guys want what I want when it comes to “women
         and dating“, but they just haven’t thought about it long enough to be able to say it. It
         is quite obvious that majority of the men in this world crave for a lasting relationship
         with a great woman.

         What do I mean when I use the term “Great Woman“?
          I mean a woman who is naturally beautiful, who takes care of herself physically,
         who is emotionally and financially stable… who doesn’t “need” you, but “wants” you,
who can take care of herself in every
                             way.
                                But guess what? Women like this are
                             very rare. I mean like one in a thousand
                             or so. And they are never at a loss for a
                             date. I digress…but I’ll come back to this
                             later.
                                Earlier I mentioned that it is a problem
                             that men don’t know what they want.
                             Now I want to talk about why it’s such a
                             big problem.
                             There are two main reasons:
                             1. Not knowing what you want lowers
                             the chances of getting what you want.
                             2. In this particular situation, when
                             it comes to this type of woman, not
                             understanding what you want makes
                             your chances of getting her almost zero.

                             Let’s talk about these two issues.

                             Not Knowing What You Want
                             Lowers Your Chances Of Getting
                             It
                               If you’ve read any “self help” books
                             at all, then you know that it’s important
                             to set goals in your life. Why? Because
                             setting goals makes your mind work on
                             getting them.
                               When you are clear about your goals,
                             then it is so much easier for you to find
                             ways to achieve them. If you don’t know
                             what I’m talking about, go read Think
                             And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

                             Not Understanding This
                             Particular Type Of Woman                       A beautiful, successful, intelligent woman
                             Makes Your Chances Of Getting
                             Her Almost Zero                                is approached by men an average of 5 or
                                This is the big issue here. This is the     10 times a day. To put it another way, if
                             one that most guys just don’t get… and
                             the one that, by itself, really leads to       you meet a really interesting, exceptional
                             failure.
                                The fact is that most guys would really
                                                                            woman, you can bet that she has been
                             like to meet a great girl. The times in my     approached between 150 to 300 times in
                             life when I’ve had an amazing woman as
                             my girlfriend have been fantastic. There
                                                                            the past month alone.
                             is nothing quite like having a stunning,
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                             intelligent, well-dressed, interesting
                             woman in your life. Nothing.                     “The kind of woman that I want to find    In fact, I spent so much time thinking this
                                Now, I get a lot of guys who write to me    would not respond to the things you         way and getting horrible results, that I
                             and say things like:                           teach… she would see me for the person      am probably the world’s leading expert
                                “David, I don’t want to have to learn any   that I am…”                                 on it.
                             of the things you teach. I want a woman          …and a million other things.                 I just wanted a woman to “see me for
                             to like me for who I am…”                        I can identify with this stuff. I spent   who I was” and who saw past all of my
                                …and…                                       many years of my life thinking this way.    flaws and wanted to be with me for me. I
hated the idea of trying to change myself.      If you’re a man who hasn’t made it
But here’s the deal: an exceptional          a goal to attract one of these women,
woman has options.                           who doesn’t understand this particular
   The kind of woman that I described        fact, and who doesn’t understand how
is approached by men all the time. My        to get past this initial “test”, then your
estimate is that a beautiful, successful,    chances of attracting one of these
intelligent woman is approached by men       women is as close to zero as anything
an average of 5 or 10 times a day. To        is in the world.
put it another way, if you meet a really        The reality of this situation is that
interesting, exceptional woman, you          you are not the only guy in the world
can bet that she has been approached         who wants a woman like this. Every
between 150 and 300 times in the past        guy would like to meet her. There are
month alone.                                 a lot of guys out there that are willing
   Think about that. Imagine what it must    to call her more, spend more money
be like to be a woman who is approached      on her, do more things for her, and
so often. Even if she wanted to spend time   pay her more attention than you… You
with many of the men who approach her,       can’t get a girl like this one by doing
there would be no way to do it. It’s just    the “normal” things.
not practical. So what’s a girl to do? The      And here’s the kicker
only thing that an exceptional girl can do      The next girl you date probably isn’t
is use time management principals. She       going to be this girl. In fact, you’re
has to decide almost instantly if a guy is   probably going to need to go out with
“worth” spending more time with. And         many women before you’re going to
she has to make her decision based on        run into one of these rare women.
very little information. And she can’t          But as they say, “Every cloud has a
make the mistake of being “too friendly”     silver lining”. And this cloud does too.
and giving a guy the “wrong idea“…              The fact is that spending time dating
because if she does, he’ll probably call     other women is exactly what will
her 100 times over the next month.           teach you how to attract one of these
   Unusually      attractive,  exceptional   exceptional women. You have to do it.
women become very good at eliminating        So let’s wrap this up.
men based on very little information.           First, take some time and figure out
                                             what it is that you want. Write it down,      Unusually
                                             and make a list. What are the physical,       attractive,
                                             intellectual, and emotional qualities that
                                             you’re looking for? Be specific, and get a    exceptional
                                             clear picture in your mind.
                                                Next, become the guy that she’ll feel
                                                                                           women become
                                             attraction for when you meet her. There       very good at
                                             are two parts to this one. The first part
                                             is preparing yourself to date many
                                                                                           eliminating men
                                             women to find her…and then getting out        based on very little
                                             there and doing it. The second and most
                                             important part, is to learn what you need     information.
                                             to do in order to be the guy that she’ll be
                                             attracted to. It’s not luck. n

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                                             out www.pualife.net
Pondicherry
                              in Focus
                             A photogrAphIC odyssey by MAyur ChAnnAgere




                             P
                                        ondicherry - with grand boulevards and quiet promenades, its well-laid,
                                        wide streets that still carry quaint sounding French names, its vista of
                                        neatly cut fields lush with greenery, historical monuments that narrate
                                        marvelous stories from a bygone era - is a photographers delight. The
                             city was the capital of French colonies in India and it came back to the Indian union
                             only in 1954.
                                The drive from Bangalore, where I live, to Pondicherry is about 280 Kilometers,
                             and the road is quite decent but not without the omnipresent potholes India is
                             known for. I found Pondicherry an exceedingly peaceful, easygoing city; it makes
                             you yearn to focus your camera and capture the essence of every passing moment.
                             The food, fashion, and scenery make this city worth visiting for photographers and
                             non-photographers alike.
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Clean, pollution-free streets are a major
draw for visitors.
A farmer lost in contemplating the vista of
                                          his greenery.

Gingi Fort, located about 60 kms from
Pondicherry, subsumes a zeitgeist
drenched in glory days of Indian kings.
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 This is a lighthouse rising like a finger
against the backdrop of a painted sky.
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The Kailash Beach Resort appears
sublime as it basks under the glow of
lights.
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                             Vysyal Street, one of the oldest surviving
                             streets, is well known for its French
                             architecture influence.
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With remarkably low smog, sunsets in
Pondicherry are a war of colors.
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                             Contemporary
                             Furniture
                                 F    rom Ferraris to furniture, Italians have a way of adding
                                      style to everything. This bedroom set from Contemporary
                               Furniture conjures a feeling of sophistication. You are literally
                               spoilt for choices, as there are 10 leather colors that you can
                               choose from. Even the bedroom cases can be ordered in a choice of
                               flat or high gloss lacquer or even dark wenge oak. The bed comes
                               with a standard recliner mechanism for those times you wish to
                               read or watch TV in bed. With a price range starting from $2,949
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                               (Rs. 1.15 lakhs + import fees) this bedroom set isn’t cheap, nor is
                               it extravagantly expensive. Dresser and nightstands come at an
                               additional cost.

                               www.contemporaryfurniture.com
Thor
                                               Leather Recliner
                                                                    A   re you looking for a chair with supreme aesthetics
                                                                        that can add charm to any living environment, and
                                                                    such ergonomic values that will keep you comfortable
                                                                    every time you sit or recline in it? Then you have to
                                                                    give the Thor Leather Recliner from Contemporary
                                                                    Furniture a try. These recliners come with an
                                                                    adjustable headrest and a folding ottoman that is
                                                                    concealed under the chair. And if you want to use the
                                                                    recliner as a chair, all you have to do is tighten the
                                                                    knob and you will have full back support.

                                                                    Price - $1,839
                                                                    www.contemporaryfurniture.com




   Tantra Chair
B    eing comfortable is just a minor attribute of the
     Tantra Chair; the most crucial attribute of this
finely crafted chair is to guide and change your pelvic
                                                          The chair’s distinctive arcs provide perfect angles
                                                          for comfortable and enhanced oral sex. Sorry, but
                                                          the woman does not come with the chair.
angles during lovemaking and in the process give
rise to an array of amazing new sensations leading        Price - $999
to an unparalleled sensual fulfillment. The chair’s       www.tantrachair.com
unique design incorporates the sexual zeitgeist of
the love-positions described in the Kama Sutra.
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Girls
                                  of
                             MySpace
                             MySpace is a cultural phenomenon that
                             continues to grow at a feverish pace. It
                             attracts about 230,000 new registrations
                             per day and the number of people that
                             have already signed up stands at a mind
                             boggling 300 million. When we registered
                             we couldn’t help but make friends with
                             beautiful models and actresses from
                             around the world. When we approached
                             five beauties they were more than
                             delighted to pose for us. From online to
                             print, these hotties shine no matter what
                             the medium.
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Rebecca Turner
                   Believe it or not, this 23-year-old
                   stunner from the UK thinks she
                   has a shoe fetish and owns over
                   100 pairs of shoes. But can there
                   ever be any doubt that her pretty
                   feet deserve to be pampered in
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                   every way possible. She has just
                   completed the final year of her Law
                   degree but instead of applying
                   to law firms she is pursuing her
                   lifelong dream of modeling. Bad
                   for justice, but good for us!

                   www.myspace.com/rebeccaturner1
Photos by Ed Fox
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                             Rebecca Turner
                                              a Victoria’s
                                              I want to be

                                              Secret Model.
Aisha David’s natural
              beauty and confidence
              oozes from each of
              her photographs. You
              can’t fail to notice in
              her stunning features,
Aisha David
              a delicious blend of
              Indian and American
              heritages. Born in India,
              she is currently working
              towards a nursing
              degree in Maryland,
              USA. One of her favorite
              quotes is, “Play like
              an all star, dance like
              a superstar, party like
              a rock star, and make
              love like a porn star. ”
              Brilliant!


              www.myspace.com/
              grace_david




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Danish model, Kira
                             Eggers, has over 7,800
                             friends on MySpace!
                             A testimony to her
                             popularity are the
                             countless magazines
                             and music videos she’s
                             graced. Currently, she
                             resides in Los Angeles,
                             CA where taking over the
                             entertainment industry is
                             the next logical step for
                             someone who has already
                             done so much.

                             www.myspace.com/
                             kiraeggers
                                   Kira Eggers
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Toni Leigh




                             Chinese model Toni Leigh
                             is one busy girl. When
                             she’s not modeling she
                             works at an investment
                             firm as a realtor/
                             consultant, and is in the
                             process of getting her
                             MBA. She loves wearing
                             high heels, stockings, and
                             miniskirts. Perfect match
                             because we love girls who
                             only wear that.


                             http://www.myspace.com/
                             tonileigh
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Taylor Wane
As an adult actress
and model, Taylor
Wane has been
contributing her mite
to stimulating sexual
appetite in both
men and women.
Three years ago she
launched her own
adult film company
called Taylor Wane
Entertainment and
many of her films have
been nominated for
awards. This month
she released Deviant
Desires, and next
month she is planning
to release Voluptuous
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Vixens Trilogy.
Looks like we have
to schedule a movie
night.

http://www.myspace.
com/taylorwane
Your love questions answered by our very own relationship expert Dr. Pyar
                             Dr. Pyar, I recently started working for a    I’m too controlling. She even suggested       on her friend or somebody she hates. If
                             Multinational company, where my boss          that she won’t mind if I started going        she pleads to get back together, say no.
                             is a female who seems to be attracted to      out with other women.                         She should have never cheated on you in
                             me, though I don’t know that for sure.                                  - Nitesh, Chennai   the first place. If she was unhappy with
                             On few occasions there has been intense       Dear Confused,                                your performance she should have come
                             eye contact between us and many times         Don’t worry, she’s the one that’s more        to you first.
                             I have caught her staring at me. Though       confused than ever. On one hand she
                             she is few years older than me, I find        says she wants commitment but then
                             her good looking and I look forward to        she goes on a date with another guy.          On my girlfriend’s birthday, I made
                             having a real relationship with her. Now      Ignore her words because she’s lying.         the mistake of gifting her a dildo. At
                             I have started wondering if I should          Her actions clearly show the truth. I         first it was fun watching her use it on
                             give her a smile, wink, or flirtatious        hate to bring the bad news, but you’re        herself, but things went out of hand
                             touch. But as she is my boss, I don’t feel    not satisfying her. In this scenario you      when she started preferring the stupid
                             comfortable initiating a relationship.        only have 2 options. One, drop her like       thing to me. Her sex drive with me has
                                                     - Harish, Hyderabad   a bad habit and move on or sit back and       gone down and to make matters worse
                             Dear Ogled,                                   let her come to you. Don ‘t let her walk      sometimes she pulls out the dildo when
                             I can understand that you and your            all over you, because girls don ‘t respect    we’re making out. Is it possible that at
                             lady boss have been ogling each other         doormats.                                     some future date, women may no longer
                             for quite sometime, but neither of you                                                      need men?
                             has the confidence to speak out. That’s                                                                             - Harpreet S., Delhi
                             just too bad. Maybe she is sensitive to       Dr. Pyar, I have been dating a girl for       Dear Bad Gift Giver,
                             rejection. But what about you? I have         the past 2 years, and I had already           Women will always need men and men
                             to tell you that it is primarily a guy’s      started considering her to be my wife.        will always need women. In this situation
                             job to approach a woman. She might be         But suddenly I have found that about          you should buy a blow up doll and the
                             sending the signal that she is open to        six months ago she had an affair with         next time she wants to have sex tell her
                             any move that you make. Now it is time        my colleague. When I confronted her           you prefer the doll instead. Just kidding.
                             decide what you value more - your job         with the evidence, she told me quite          Sex toys might be fun for the first few
                             or a relationship. If your priority is work   bluntly that, she found me horrible with      weeks, but after that the charm begins
                             then sit tight and wait till she makes a      sex, romance and foreplay. That is why        to wane. In any case, the relationship
                             move. If your job doesn’t matter then be      she had to find another man to satisfy        between men and women is not about
                             bold and go for the gold.                     her desires. Her blunt response has           sex only; it is also about the bonding of
                                                                           made my confidence level plummet to           love and respect that two individuals
                                                                           absolute zero. I feel as if I am doomed.      have for each other. It is only a question
                             Dear Doc, I’m so confused. Let me             What should I do?                             of time before your girlfriend realizes
                             elaborate. I recently started hooking                                  - Arjun S., Mumbai   that a dildo cannot give her a passionate
                             up with a friend of mine. She loves           Dear Doomed,                                  kiss, it cannot speak sweet things into
                             spending time with me, just as I enjoy        The worst thing you can do is give up.        her ear and it cannot look at her with
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                             spending time with her, the chemistry         You need to boost your confidence by          warm understanding. Don’t worry, she
                             between us is quite good. She also            doing whatever it takes. Go to the gym        will come back to you.
                             told me that she is looking forward to        and tone your muscles, buy new clothes,
                             settling down and having kids which is        change your look, etc. Next, buy a book
                             what I want too. It came as a shock to        on the finer ways of pleasing a woman.        Indian girls are weird. Any advice.
                             me when I found out she went on a date        First start with romance, then foreplay,                                      -R.S., Pune
                             with another guy. When I confronted           and eventually sex. Get sweet revenge by      Ask your mom.
                             her about it she lashed out at me saying      using all your new found Casanova skills
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            hen it comes to turning
            today’s runaway trends into
            tomorrow’s fashion chic, H&M
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more than 1,500 shops in 28 countries,
had a small beginning in 1947 when the
H&M founder Erling Persson opened
a dress shop in Stockholm. The secret
behind H&M’s phenomenal success lies
in its remarkable ability to dictate trends
and offer designer clothes at affordable
prices.
   When it comes to women’s wear H&M
answers all sorts of dress dilemmas: from
a knock ‘em dead sharp black strapless
cocktail number and an easy-cool crisp
cotton shirting sundress, to a softly
sophisticated voluminous frock where
excess fabric cleverly collapses around
the body. In menswear, the choice is
limitless. A medley of forms, from baggy
chinos, over-sized hoodies and generous
parkas to suits and trousers done in
figure-tracing, knife-sharp tailoring.
   The designers at H&M love to break the
taboos; they will play with opposites, and
come up with such signature styles that
are in many ways an antidote to reality. It
has to be the sheer style of the creations
that inspires the queen diva of pop,
Madonna to endorse the H&M brand.
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gadgets
                                        If	you	believe	your	phone	should	be	a	
                                        fashion	statement	then	the	sleek	Nokia	

                             Nokia      8800	sapphire	Arte	is	perfect	for	you.	
                                        the	phone	comes	with	an	exclusive	
                             8800       video	track	and	soundtrack	composed	
                                        by	Kruder	&	Dorfmeister	with	visuals	by	
                             Sapphire   Fritz	Fitzke.	Anti-fingerprint	coating	on	

                             Arte
                                        its	glass	and	metal	body	ensures	that	
                                          your	phone	remains	shiny	and	scratch	
                                             free	forever.	Amazing!		
                                             And	you	don’t	have	to	look	for	
                                              buttons	when	you	want	to	quiet	
                                             your	phone.	With	sapphire	Arte	you	
                                            just	turn	it	over,	and	a	“turn-to-
                                           mute-feature”	ensures	that	your	                      Motorola
                                          phone	goes	silent.	other	features	
                                        include	a	2-inch	QVGA	oLeD	screen,	
                                                                                                 H710
                                        3.2MP	camera,	1GB	integrated	memory,	
                                        and	a	MicroUsB	all-in-one	connector.	
                                                                                                 Bluetooth
                                        Price: Rs. 65,000
                                                                                                 Headset
                                                                                                 the	Motorola	H710	comes	with	a	state	of	the	art	chip	
                                                                                                 set	that	can	cancel	out	background	noise	or	echo	
                                                                                                 and	pour	crystal	clear	sound	into	your	ear.	Featured	
                                                                                                 almost	entirely	in	a	sexy	dark	color,	this	headset	is	
                                                                                                 all	geared	to	add	to	your	mysterious	appeal.	It	also	
                                                                                                 has	an	easy	to	see	indicator	light	to	show	calling	
                                                                                                 status.	

                                                                                                 Price: Rs. 3,200




                                                                             Sony
                                                                             Cybershot
                                                                             DSC-T200
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                                                                             If	you	yearn	for	effortless	photo	mastery	then	you	got	to	depend	
                                                                             on	sony’s	technological	wizardry.	the	sony	Cybershot	DsC-t200	
                                                                             boasts	of	an	8.1-megapixel	super	HAD	CCD	powerful	enough	
                                                                             to	capture	enough	detail	for	photo-quality	16	x	22-inch	print.	A	
                                                                             Carl	Zeiss	5x	optical	zoom	lens,	a	3.5-inch	widescreen	and	an	
                                                                             innovative	face	Detection	technology	allow	even	an	amateur	to	
                                                                             take	professional	quality	photos.	

                                                                             Price: Rs. 15,000
gadgets
Sony LBT ZX6
Mini Hi-Fi
Here	is	a	perfect	party	system	for	space-challenged	rooms.	the	sony	LBt-ZX6	is	really	small	in	size,	
it	checks	in	at	a	mere	14.25	x	17.2	x	18.3	inches.	And	yet	it	is	capable	of	splitting	560	watts	of	power	
between	two	channels,	letting	you	have	perfect	music	through	its	pair	of	three-way	bass-reflex	
speakers,	each	of	which	includes	a	6.75-inch	woofer,	6.75-inch	mid-range,	and	1-inch	horn	tweeter.	
What	makes	the	deal	even	better	is	the	fact	that	the	main	unit	comes	with	enticing	components	such	
as	a	five	disc	CD	changer,	a	dual	cassette	deck,	a	five	band	spectrum	analyzer,	and	an	AM/FM	tuner.

Price: Rs. 19,500




                                                                   Philips amBX
                                                                   The	Philips	amBX	comes	as	a	dream	come	true	for	all	gaming	aficionados.	The	technology	in	
                                                                   amBX	makes	the	aspects	of	light,	color,	sound,	vibration	and	air,	feel	so	realistic	that	you	start	
                                                                   living	in	the	gaming	environment	instead	of	playing	it	from	outside.	
                                                                   Your	senses	are	on	hyper-drive	as	enemy	space	ships	fire	at	you,	you	feel	wind	against	your	
                                                                   skin	as	you	steer	around	a	hairpin	turn	at	breakneck	speed,	and	you	feel	the	vibrations	as	
                                                                                               deadly	mutants	chase	you.	In	fact,	the	amBX	makes	it	possible	
                                                                                                         for	you	to	choose	the	effects	you	wish	to	experience,	
                                                                                                                     according	the	nature	of	the	game	you	are	
                                                                                                                         playing.

                                                                                                                              Price: Rs. 15,600
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gadgets                                                                                               Motorola’s
                                                                                                      Moto Q
                                                                                                      9h
                                                                                                      Gadget	aficionados,	your	appetite	for	mobile	magic	will	
                                                                                                      be	fully	satiated	with	the	new	Moto	Q	9h	from	Motorola.	

                              Sony                                                                    With	its	sleek	trendy	design,	faultless	functionality	
                                                                                                      and	impressive	power,	this	mobile	phone	is	an	epitome	

                              Walkman                                                                 of	power	and	personality.	Behold	the	power	of	quick	
                                                                                                      downloads,	at	speeds	ranging	up	to	3.6MB	per	second.	

                              Video                                                                   typing	those	emails,	sMs	and	notes	is	an	absolute	
                                                                                                      breeze	with	a	clear	320x240	display	and	a	full-blown,	

                              MP3                                                                     optimized	QWeRtY	keyboard.	An	added	plus	is	the	ample	
                                                                                                      storage	space,	the	superlative	music	player,	and	the	
                              Player                                                                  2-megapixel	camera.	

                              sony’s	slim	and	stylish	Walkman	Video	MP3	player	                       Price: Rs. 12,500
                              packs	just	about	everything	that	you	may	need	to	take	your	favorite	
                              entertainment	with	you.	It	has	a	powerful	digital	music	player	and	a	
                              spectacular	1.8”	LCD	screen	that	promises	hours	of	nonstop	viewing	
                              pleasure.	Its	8	GB	drive	can	store	up	to	5000	songs	and	8	hours	of	
                              video.	An	added	plus	is	the	Walkman’s	versatile	FM	tuner	that	can	be	
                              preset	for	up	to	30	channels.

                              Price: Rs. 8,000




                               Dell XPS
                               M1710
                               Notebook
                               Here	is	a	notebook	that	won’t	merely	put	you	in	the	game;	
                               it	makes	it	possible	for	you	to	dominate	it.	Powered	by	Intel	
                               dual	core	processor,	fast	mobile	memory,	innovative	storage	
                               solutions	and	a	graphics	card	that	is	probably	the	most	
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                               advanced	on	the	face	of	the	earth,	the	XPs	M1710	packs	enough	
                               horsepower	to	offer	an	adrenalin	pumping	performance.	Burning	
                               through	the	latest	3D	games	and	entertainment	applications	is	
                               going	to	be	a	breeze	with	this	notebook.	An	added	plus	is	the	
                               XPs	M1710’s	capability	to	play	Blu-ray	Discs.	truly	a	notebook	
                               for	the	hard	core	gamer.	

                               Price: Rs. 1 Lakh +
gadgets
Dell 37” HDTV LCD TV
              the	new	37	inch	LCD	tV	from	Dell	
              incorporates	state	of	the	art	technology	
              to	deliver	crisp,	sharp	pictures.	though	
              it	is	mainly	optimized	for	use	at	hotels,	
              restaurants,	offices	and	airports,	you	
              can	also	use	it	at	home	to	enjoy	theatre	
              like	quality	while	viewing	films.	The	
              installation	options	are	remarkably	
              flexible;	you	can	mount	the	TV	on	
              tabletops	or	on	walls.	the	tV	comes	with	
              a	high-quality	audio	system	consisting	of	
              two	15-watt	speakers	that	are	wall	or	tV	
              mountable.		

              Price: Rs. 90,000




                 Sony
                 Vaio LT
                 HD PC/
                 TV
                 The	striking	new	high-definition	PC/TV	from	
                 the	ensemble	of	sony	is	meant	to	take	care	of	
                 all	your	entertainment	needs.	equipped	with	
                 a	state	of	the	art	Blu-ray	Disc	optical	drive,	
                 the	Vaio	makes	it	possible	for	you	watch	
                 and	record,	premium	class	high-definition	
                 movies.	An	Intel	Core	2	Duo	processor,	2GB	of	
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                 RAM	and	a	new	graphics	card,	pack	enough	
                 power	to	enable	the	PC	to	run	many	programs	
                 simultaneously.	Its	22-inch	widescreen	LCD	
                 monitor	is	perfect	for	showcasing	images	in	
                 razor-sharp	detail.

                 Price: Rs. 1,13,100
Jokes
                             Long Conversations                           Singh searching high and low all around      possibly get me another blanket.”
                               Mrs. Banta Singh was in the habit          his living room. Jasmeet, “What are you      The man leans out and with a glint in his
                             of having long conversations on the          searching for?”                              eye says, “I’ve got a better idea...just for
                             telephone, sometimes talking for as long     Santa replies, “Hidden cameras!”             tonight, let’s pretend we’re married.”
                             as an hour. One day she hung up after        “And what makes you think that there         The woman thinks for a moment. “Why
                             25 minutes. “What’s the matter today?”       are hidden cameras here?”                    not,” she giggles.
                             asked her husband. “Today you had less       “That guy on TV knows exactly what I am      “Great,” he replies, “Get your own damn
                             than half an hour conversation on the        doing. Why every few minutes he keeps        blanket!”
                             phone.”                                      saying, You are watching the Star World
                             “I dialed a wrong number,” replied Mrs.      channel. How does he know that?”             Salesman
                             Singh.                                                                                    Teacher: Is your father working still?
                                                                                                                       Raju: Yes Sir, he is selling furniture.
                             Computers are Female                                                                      Teacher : Is he selling well?
                             The top six reasons computers must be                                                     Raju : Yes sir, we have only a bed left in
                             female:                                                                                   our home.
                             6. As soon as you have one, a better
                             one is just around the corner.                                                            Lost Hikers
                             5. No one but the creator                                                                 A group of hikers were being led through
                             understands the internal logic.                                                             the wilderness by a guide. On the third
                             4. Even your smallest mistakes                                                               day, the hikers noticed that they had
                             are immediately committed to                                                                  been traveling in circles.
                             memory for future reference.                                                                  ‘’We’re lost!’’ One of the hikers
                             3. The native language used                                                                    complained.
                             to communicate with other                                                                      ‘’And you said you were the best
                             computers is incomprehensible to                                                               guide in the United States.’’
                             everyone else.                                                                                ‘’I am,’’ the guide answered, ‘’ but
                             2. The message “Bad Command or                                                            I think we may have wandered into
                             File Name” is about as informative as        Drunk Man                                    Canada.’’
                             “If you don’t know why I’m mad at you,       A man walks out of a bar totally
                             then I’m certainly not going to tell you”.   hammered, only to be greeted by a            Breakfast
                             And the number 1 reason computers are        snobby woman. She takes one look at          Santa Singh is arriving late at his home
                             female:                                      him.                                         again and there is alcohol on his breath
                                  As soon as you make a commitment        “You, sir, are drunk!”                       and lipstick on his collar. Naturally his
                             to one, you find yourself spending half of   He replies, “And you ma’am, are ugly. But    wife is furious.
                             your paycheck on accessories for it.         when I wake up, I will be sober!”            “I assume,” she snarls, “that there is a very
                                                                                                                       good reason for you to come waltzing in
                             Sick Sardarji                                Married for a Day                            here at six o’clock in the morning?”
                             Sardarji : Doctor, I have a problem.         A man and a woman who have never             “There is,” Santa replies. “Breakfast.”
                             Doctor : What’s your problem?                met before find themselves in the same
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                             Sardarji : I keep forgetting things.         sleeping carriage of a train.                Stress
                             Doctor : Since when do you have this         After the initial embarrassment they         What’s the difference between stress,
                             problem?                                     both go to sleep, the woman on the top       tension and panic?
                             Sardarji : What problem?                     bunk, the man on the lower.                  Stress is when wife is pregnant.
                                                                          In the middle of the night the woman         Tension is when girlfriend is pregnant.
                             Sardar and the Hidden                        leans over, wakes the man and says,          And panic is when both are pregnant.
                             Cameras                                      “I’’m sorry to bother you, but I’m awfully
                             Jasmeet caught her husband Santa             cold and I was wondering if you could
006 Royal February March 2008
9                              ways
                                                             to Conquer
                                                             the Stock Market
                                                                       was asked about his favorite investment     determine the success, or failure, of your
                                                                       strategy, the legendary investor replied    investments.
                            By Asit Amrevy                             quite laconically, “Buy good stocks and
                                                                                                                   2. Respect the sensibilities



                            D
                                                                       hold forever.” While most of us may not
                                        espite the Sensex and Nifty    have the patience or the resources to let   of the market
                                        making new highs during the    our investments remain locked forever,         If you want to make money in any
                                        last few years, many retail    investing for a period of one to three      market, you need to mirror what the
                                        investors are seeing their     years is also a sound strategy.             market is doing. If the market is going
                            investment dreams end in a sea of red.       Here are 9 tips to improve your trading   down and you take a bet on the stocks
                            Losing money in the stock markets can      and investing skills:                       going up in price, the market is right and
                            be as simple an exercise as earning sack                                               you are wrong. If the stock market is
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                            loads of it. People who get negative       1. Buy low and sell high                    going up and you are short, the market
                            returns are generally the ones who           As simple as this concept appears to      is right and you are wrong. Other things
                            invest in stocks with weak fundamentals    be, the vast majority of investors do the   being equal, the longer you stay in
                            or enter the markets when the bull run     exact opposite. Of course, no one can       tandem with the stock market, the more
                            has already reached its crest.             time the market exactly, but you should     money you will make. The longer you
                              Those who make money are usually         always avoid entering the market when       stay out of sync with the stock market,
                            the ones who invest for long term in       they are at their peak. Your ability to     the more money you will lose.
                            top-notch stocks. When Warren Buffet       consistently buy low and sell high, will
3. Volatility in the markets
is a norm rather than an
exception
   As long as the markets are open
for trade, traders and investors keep
making new bids and the price of
individual stocks keep moving up and
down, based on factors like - political
situation, corporate news flow and the
amount of liquidity that is available for
trade. The more extreme the move up or
down, the more extreme the movement
in the opposite direction once the trend
changes. So if you are holding a stock
that has appreciated sharply, then it
is likely that at some point in future it
might depreciate as sharply.

4. Markets are driven not
just by logic and reason
but also by emotion and a                    6. Markets always follow a                    8. Dependence on
herd mentality                               trend                                         armchair analysts
  So the judgment of the markets cannot        For maximum benefit you have to                You must avoid giving too much
always be trusted. At times stocks get       learn to diagnose the influences of the       credence to investment experts, market
priced much higher than what they are        trend that is guiding your market. Since      commentators,       financial analysts,
worth and at times they get hammered         the trend is the basis of all profit, every   brokers, newsletter publishers, trading
much below their true price. If you are      investor needs to master the art of           authors, etc, who come on TV or in
looking for “reasons” that stocks or         diagnosing long-term trends to make a         newspapers and dispense free investment
markets make large directional moves,        sizable profit. You have to develop the       advice. You should ask yourself, if
you will probably never know for certain.    ability to get aboard a trend and stick       their investment advice is really worth
Investors make a big mistake when they       with it for a long period of time in order    something why are they giving it for
start assuming that the stock markets        to maximize profits. Contrary to the          free? You have to keep in mind that
are completely rational. To make a           short-term perspective of most investors      these so called financial experts and
profit, it is only necessary to know about   today, all the big money is made by           financial firms make money by selling
the direction in which the markets are       catching large market moves - not by day      you something - not instilling wisdom in
moving – and not why they are moving.        trading or short term stock investing.        you. You should make your own trading
                                                                                           decisions based on a rational analysis of
5. Do not procrastinate too 7. Trading in an                                               all the facts.
long before investing       overpriced market
   Stock    markets    generally   move         If you feel that the markets are           9. Keep your portfolio fully
in advance of news or supportive             peaking then do not think twice before        diversified
fundamentals - sometimes months in           getting rid off those stocks that have run      If you run into losses in one sector,
advance. If you wait to invest until it      up higher than what their fundamentals        you can still make money through
is totally clear to you why a stock or a     permit. There is no point in holding on       profits from sectors that are doing well.
market is moving, you have to assume         to overpriced stocks only to let your         The worst thing an investor can do is
that others have done the same thing         investments get mired in a sea of red. It     keep himself fully invested in one sector
and you may be too late. You need to get     needs a certain trading discipline for you    that takes a huge beating, wiping off
positioned before the largest directional    to keep selling stocks that are getting       much of his share capital. For maximum
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trend takes place. The market reaction to    overpriced and buying ones that are           benefit, you should pick up at least 10
good or bad news in a bull market will       available at cheaper rates. If you do not     high growth sectors and diversify your
be positive more often than not. And the     practice highly disciplined trading, you      investments into all 10 of them. You can
market reaction to good or bad news in a     will not make money over the long term.       invest more money in sectors that you
bear market will be negative more often      Each one of us has to come up with his        expect will do exceptionally well and
than not.                                    own disciplined system of trading based       smaller amounts in low growth sectors.
                                             on our individual investment needs and        n
                                             risk taking appetite.
Ground Rules for Investing
                            in Mutual Funds
                                                                         mutual funds have caught the fancy of          of mutual funds available in the market,
                                                                         the middle class, with majority of small       most of them can be broadly classified
                            By Asit Amrevy                               investors preferring this route to bite        into the following categories:
                                                                         into the stock market pie. It is not too
                                                                                                                        equity Funds/ Growth


                            I
                                                                         difficult to see why. During the period of
                                  n the course of a typical 24 hour      last five years many equity-based mutual       Funds
                                  day an Indian professional spends      funds in India have given returns of as          These are the funds that generally
                                  8 hours sleeping, about the same       high as 50% per annum.                         invest in equities listed in the stock
                                  number of hours at work and the           But it is not as if every mutual fund has   exchanges. Due to the sustained bull
                            rest of the day is spent eating, finishing   been a phenomenal success. There are           run of the last 5 years the equity funds
                            household chores, exercising, commuting      quite a few dud ones, where instead of         have given phenomenal return to their
                            or entertaining. So where is the time        making a profit, investors have lost their     investors.
                            left for you to dabble in mutual funds?      money. To keep your investments secure
                            Rushing through the day from one task        it is imperative that you have some            Debt Funds
                            to another, you hardly have a moment to      preliminary knowledge about the nature            These funds are best suited for those
                            spare for researching the ups and downs      of mutual funds and how they work. In          who are extremely risk averse and
                            of the capricious financial markets.         Western countries mutual funds have            seek capital preservation. The debt
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                              But even if you are too busy to do         been around since 1880, but in India the       funds invest predominantly in highly
                            the research work you can make your          first mutual fund came into being only in      rated fixed-income-bearing instruments
                            investments grow. That is if you invest      1963, when the UTI was created by an           like bonds, debentures, government
                            through mutual funds. Based on the           Act of Parliament. Private Mutual Funds        securities, commercial paper and other
                            idea of pooling money together for           entered the market only after 1993             money market instruments. They
                            investment purposes, mutual funds offer      giving the Indian investors a wide choice      provide regular income and safety to the
                            ease of use, high liquidity, and unique      of fund families.                              investor.
                            diversification capabilities. In India,         While there are many different types
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  • 5. CoNteNts february / march 2008 10 Bad Health of Hospitals Growing numbers of foreign patients, including uninsured Americans, are flocking to India for medical treatment, but what about India’s rural poor. They are forced to struggle with a public healthcare system that is virtually nonexistent in villages. Royal investigates why hospitals have become as rare in the rural areas as an oasis in a desert. 08 Capsule Inn Akihabara 13 Why Women are Annoyed by Average Guys 16 Pondicherry in Focus 28of MySpace 26 Home Needs Girls MySpace is the 6th most frequented site in the world. Last time we logged on to the site, five gorgeous models caught our attention. Check out their pictorials and get swept off your feet by an alluring display of flawless skin, scintillating 70 style and ripe features. It is a feast for the eyes as our camera captures the most stunning moments of these self described happy go lucky girls. 36 Q & A with Dr.Pyar 37 Featured Designer: H&M 42 Gadgets 52 Wheels The task of seducing your dream girl becomes a lot easier if you are equipped with the right set of wheels. You’re all set to score if you can get your hands on one of these 10 Ways four exclusive vehicles - the jaw-dropping Confederate Renovatio Concept Motorcycle, ultra-luxurious BMW to Get Over Neiman Marcus M6 Edition, super cool Honda Accord Coupe HF-S Concept, and the limited edition Triumph Your Ex Daytona 675.
  • 6. CoNteNts 46 Jokes 48 9 Ways to Conquer the stock Market 50 Ground Rules for Investing in Mutual Funds 54 Valentine’s Day special 56 Fashion - Grooming 57 Office Politics - Myth Vs. Reality 66 How to be a Porn star in Bed 68 Movies - New Releases 73 Gaming 78 Monte Carlo Resort & Casino Make a tryst with a proverbial gamblers paradise; one that epitomizes a fusion of European refinement and American dazzle! Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, located in Sin City, offers a wide variety of dining, entertainment, gaming, and shopping. 60 Priya Rai What sort of fireworks can you expect when the world’s glamour girl starts turning naughty? That is what Priya Rai is about to tell you in a revealing interview and 82 Poker Animals pictorial. If the interview doesn’t get your hurt pumping 84 top 10 Poker tells then the pictures surely will. 86 The World Nakheel, the developers of The Palm, have outdone themselves with a project that is truly extravagant. A development of epic proportions, The World, will turn a patch of barren sea into the world’s most coveted destination. Once the project is complete, about 300 man-made islands will be skirting Dubai’s famed sun kissed beaches.
  • 8. Capsule Inn Akihabara T he reason why you to stay in capsule hotels, Indian cities like which maximize space with Delhi and Bombay innovative foldaway features. feel so crowded In addition to looking good, could have much to do with they also conjure a feeling of our atrocious system of simplistic living and neatness. managing infrastructure. All Guest spaces are made out our residential and public of really small cubes carved buildings are plagued by from innovative materials wastage and misdistribution like modular plastic or 08 Feb / march ’08 royal of living space, as well as of fiberglass. utilities like electricity, water, The fad of capsule hotels is etc. It is scandalous that even after spending so much on now expanding beyond the shores of Japan, with many cities in upkeep of basic infrastructure our citizens and tourists can’t Europe and US offering different variants of the concept. Even live with any semblance of comfort and hygiene. Hollywood is not untouched by this nifty idea. In the sci-fi flick, The fact is that even small spaces and minor resources, The Fifth Element, the living and sleeping area of the main if properly utilized, can make you revel in comfort. The character, played by Bruce Willis, is inspired by the capsule Japanese have perfected that art. In Tokyo, it is possible for concept.
  • 9. Capsule Inn Akihabara The famous Capsule Inn Akihabara, located in the digi-center of Tokyo, provides a comfortable place to stay for many travelers to Japan’s capital city. This hotel has 169 rooms, out of these, 140 rooms are men’s only and 29 rooms are reserved for women. But the surprise factor lies in the fact that each room unit size is only 1m x 1m x 2m. Don’t worry you will be able to fit into the room quite easily, unless you are built like Godzilla, which isn’t likely. At the Capsule Inn Akihabara, each guest is provided with a separate capsule unit. No, male guests can’t share their room with their female friend, one room is meant for one person only. For female guests the Capsule Inn Akihabara has a system of rooms that can be shared. In these rooms up to four capsules open into a larger room where there are tables and chairs provided for lounging or meetings. For complete privacy, each room comes with blinds that can be drawn. Plus there are amenities galore - TV, radio, alarm clock and adjustable lighting. You can tinker with these devices even while you are sleeping, almost as if you were in an aircraft, or a submarine. All the guests Main Attractions of Capsule Inn enjoy access to a common lounge where there is excellent sitting facility and The main attraction has to be the novel experience. if you have never stayed in a capsule hotel before, then you have to experience this unique way of wireless internet connectivity. living in a minimalist environment that promises comfort and convenience. But it is also a fact that you save a lot of money. The tariffs offered by Capsule Capsule Inn Mannerisms inn Akihabara is about half that of conventional hotels. Since the Capsule Inn Akihabara is The hotel is open day and night, so you can walk in and out whenever you feel not quite like a conventional hotel, like. Plus it offers an excellent storage facility to put your luggage while you slightly different sorts of mannerisms are sightseeing Tokyo or attending a business meeting. are expected from its guests. The first point of difference lies in the key to your room and to your locker. After You can also place your small luggage you can also watch TV or listen to the you have finished registering yourself in the locker, but if your luggage is too radio, if you are looking forward to pass at the registration desk you are given a large to fit in there, then you can request some time before you take a nap. wristband to wear. The number of your for a luggage storage service at the front For the women guests, the mannerisms room and the floor on which it is located desk. are about the same as that for men. But is indicated on the wristband. If the When you need to take a bath, you the difference lies in the fact that the number is 615, it means your capsule is can avail of the facilities at the men’s female rooms are located on the 8th, royal Feb / march’08 09 15 on the 6th floor. washing area located on 2nd floor. And 9th and 10th floors. The 10th floor also Before you go to your room, you have what do you do with the time that you has a shower area and a lounge that is to visit your locker, where you will find spend in your capsule home. Well, there exclusively reserved for women. n the items that will make your stay in the is nothing much to do, expect what you hotel comfortable. You locker number is are really here for – to relax and have a For more pictures and information go same as your room number and when good sleep. Each capsule is scientifically to www.capsuleinn.com you open it, you will find 2 towels, a designed to make their guests sleep well Yukata-like robe and 2 toothbrushes. and wake up feeling rejuvenated. But,
  • 10. The Bad Health of our Hospitals hospital threw up their hands saying working barefoot and a splinter of wood by Anoop VerMA that the case was too complicated for pierced her left foot. She applied some them to handle. Puralia’s husband had herbs to the wound, but by next day her no choice, but to rush her to a private left foot was swollen and she found it O n September 3, 2006, Puralia hospital, where she gave birth to a impossible to walk or even stand on her Devi (name changed), a stillborn child. To meet the expenses at feet. Her husband took her to the local resident of Narkatiaganj the private hospital Rambha, who works village hospital, but the staff there was village in Bihar, was in as a daily wage laborer, had to avail a completely insensitive to her plight. They advanced labor when her husband loan of rupees 7,000, which the family made her wait for hours in the corridor. 10 Feb / march ’08 royal Rambha brought her to the local now finds very difficult to pay back. When she got the chance to see the government hospital. Like most hospitals doctor, he took a perfunctory look at of this area, this hospital was unhygienic l l l her wound and declared that the foot and was plagued by an utter lack of had become poisoned and it had to be modern medical facilities and medicines. Janki Devi is a resident of an idyllic surgically removed. As soon as Janki Two hours after being admitted, Puralia’s village near Indore. She and her husband heard this, she fled from the hospital condition started deteriorating. work as farm laborers. Her troubles with her husband in tow. At home they The doctors and the nurses at the began on a routine day when she was continued with the herb treatment and
  • 11. According to the National Family Health Survey, 46% of all Indian children are malnourished. The infant mortality rate, though improving, is still high and much worse than that in other developing countries. within a week her foot became normal, allowing her to walk and work properly. She shudders with horror, as she Iqbali traveling to Delhi was fraught with reminisces her tryst with the doctor who many problems. India’s unhealthy was planning to chop off her leg. He had to give up his job as a security landscape guard in Bihar. The treatment at AIIMS l l l is free, but to pay for the tests, he was Puralia Devi, Janki Devi and Iqbali forced to borrow 15,000 rupees at a Singh are just three names, out of millions When Iqbali Singh’s elder brother fell crippling interest of nearly 50 percent a of economically weak Indians, who are ill with a severe nerve ailment in a remote year. Now he and his brother are in a grip forced to struggle with India’s healthcare village in the eastern state of Bihar, of severe financial crisis, as they have no system that remains overburdened in he found that there were hardly any time left to earn their livelihood. Their cities and is virtually nonexistent in hospitals in the state with the expertise days are mostly spent navigating the villages. to even diagnose that ailment. He was long lines of patients at the overcrowded The biggest problem plaguing India’s forced to bring his brother all the way AIIMS. healthcare sector is the misdistribution to New Delhi’s premier All India Institute of hospitals and doctors. While majority of Medical Sciences. For a poor man like l l l of the population resides in villages, most of the hospitals and doctors are based in the cities. It is not just advanced care that poses a problem. Even good basic care is inaccessible to the vast majority of people. Thousands of primary medical centers exist in rural areas, but these establishments are perpetually short of personnel and medicines. Due to the lack of proper facilities poor people are often forced to depend on local quacks. India’s healthcare statistics paint a particularly dismal picture. According to the National Family Health Survey, 46% royal Feb / march’08 11 of all Indian children are malnourished. The infant mortality rate, though improving, is still high and much worse than that in other developing countries. This is complicated by the fact that less than half of all Indian women receive care after childbirth and only 40% give birth in hospitals or medical centers. It
  • 12. Many rural folks case, as vast majorities of the infected people reside in villages and belong to do not seek timely the low-income level backgrounds, it is medical help because impossible for them to gain access to advanced medical techniques, like the of their disbeliefs, anti-retroviral therapy that has been superstitions and lack found very effective in combating AIDS. In rural areas, healthcare is mostly of health education. provided through government-operated The result of the PHCs (Public Health Clinic), at village and town levels. But like every government complete failure of department in India, these PHCs operate the health machinery in a very inefficient and callous manner. These under-funded clinics are plagued in the rural areas by non-availability of infrastructure, including advanced medical equipment is that the diseases and consumables. The poorly paid neither get diagnosed doctors based at the rural PHCs don’t think too highly of their job and they lack in the early stages, the motivation to do their work well. be enacted in order to rejuvenate the nor are they treated. In absence of proper hygiene and sanitation, the clinics turn into a breeding healthcare sector. While it might not be feasible to turn healthcare into an ground for communicable diseases, entirely private affair, a slow and steady instead of being a process towards privatization has to place of cure. be made. Even a whiff of privatization But it is also a has the potential to usher in a regime fact that many of transparency and efficiency. The rural folks do not hospitals and clinics will become more seek timely medical accountable and the poor people won’t help because of have to run from pillar to post in order their disbeliefs, to get treated. But private healthcare is superstitions and going to cost lots of money, which the lack of health majority of the poor in the country will education. The not be able to afford. result of the To take care of that problem we can complete failure have a system of health insurance, where of the health those who have the capacity to pay can machinery in pay their premiums, while those who the rural areas is are classified as poor, about 60 per cent that the diseases in India, will have their premiums paid is scandalous that in country that touts neither get diagnosed in the early by the government. More importantly, itself as an emerging superpower, an stages, nor are they treated. Only when healthcare will have to be proclaimed easily curable disease like childhood the disease reaches an advanced stage, a fundamental right through an Act of diarrhea remains the major killer of and the patients are completely unable Parliament. For the above to become Indian children. to bear the suffering caused by it, that a reality, people will have to rise and When it comes to transmittable they travel to the urban areas in order organize a campaign to build consensus diseases like Hepatitis B and AIDS the to seek treatment, increasing the load on a right to health care. situation becomes murkier. According on city hospitals. It is such a terrible Only when the majority of Indians are to one survey done by IHR (India Health and unnecessary predicament, when given basic healthcare facilities, can we 12 Feb / march’08 royal Report) in year 2000 about 3.86 million treatable diseases are made to linger till call India a true superpower. n Indians were infected with the HIV virus. they become serious complications. But the actual number of HIV positive might be much higher as many people What can be done? prefer not to visit the doctor. Due to the stigma attached to the disease, they For a country like India that still prefer to die a slow and lingering death faces healthcare crisis of unimaginable in the secrecy of their homes. In any proportions, radical reforms need to
  • 13. Why Women are ANNOYED by Average Guys I have a question for you… What do you really want when it comes to the area of your life called “Women and Dating?” Could you explain it to me if I called you up on the phone in 5 minutes and asked you? In other words, do you really, really know just what it is that you’re looking for? If you’re like most guys that I talk to, you probably couldn’t tell me. Or if you did tell me, it would be clear that you hadn’t taken any real time to think about it before I asked you. Now, before I tell you why this is a problem, I have to confess something to you… It wasn’t very long ago that I used to be in exactly the same boat. I had no idea what I was looking for. It was only after a lot of trial and error, dating crazy women that made my life impossible, and chasing my tail that I finally figured out what it was that I really wanted. And once I figured it out, I realize that I wasn’t alone. royal Feb / march’08 13 As it turns out, I think that most guys want what I want when it comes to “women and dating“, but they just haven’t thought about it long enough to be able to say it. It is quite obvious that majority of the men in this world crave for a lasting relationship with a great woman. What do I mean when I use the term “Great Woman“? I mean a woman who is naturally beautiful, who takes care of herself physically, who is emotionally and financially stable… who doesn’t “need” you, but “wants” you,
  • 14. who can take care of herself in every way. But guess what? Women like this are very rare. I mean like one in a thousand or so. And they are never at a loss for a date. I digress…but I’ll come back to this later. Earlier I mentioned that it is a problem that men don’t know what they want. Now I want to talk about why it’s such a big problem. There are two main reasons: 1. Not knowing what you want lowers the chances of getting what you want. 2. In this particular situation, when it comes to this type of woman, not understanding what you want makes your chances of getting her almost zero. Let’s talk about these two issues. Not Knowing What You Want Lowers Your Chances Of Getting It If you’ve read any “self help” books at all, then you know that it’s important to set goals in your life. Why? Because setting goals makes your mind work on getting them. When you are clear about your goals, then it is so much easier for you to find ways to achieve them. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go read Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Not Understanding This Particular Type Of Woman A beautiful, successful, intelligent woman Makes Your Chances Of Getting Her Almost Zero is approached by men an average of 5 or This is the big issue here. This is the 10 times a day. To put it another way, if one that most guys just don’t get… and the one that, by itself, really leads to you meet a really interesting, exceptional failure. The fact is that most guys would really woman, you can bet that she has been like to meet a great girl. The times in my approached between 150 to 300 times in life when I’ve had an amazing woman as my girlfriend have been fantastic. There the past month alone. is nothing quite like having a stunning, 14 Feb / march’08 royal intelligent, well-dressed, interesting woman in your life. Nothing. “The kind of woman that I want to find In fact, I spent so much time thinking this Now, I get a lot of guys who write to me would not respond to the things you way and getting horrible results, that I and say things like: teach… she would see me for the person am probably the world’s leading expert “David, I don’t want to have to learn any that I am…” on it. of the things you teach. I want a woman …and a million other things. I just wanted a woman to “see me for to like me for who I am…” I can identify with this stuff. I spent who I was” and who saw past all of my …and… many years of my life thinking this way. flaws and wanted to be with me for me. I
  • 15. hated the idea of trying to change myself. If you’re a man who hasn’t made it But here’s the deal: an exceptional a goal to attract one of these women, woman has options. who doesn’t understand this particular The kind of woman that I described fact, and who doesn’t understand how is approached by men all the time. My to get past this initial “test”, then your estimate is that a beautiful, successful, chances of attracting one of these intelligent woman is approached by men women is as close to zero as anything an average of 5 or 10 times a day. To is in the world. put it another way, if you meet a really The reality of this situation is that interesting, exceptional woman, you you are not the only guy in the world can bet that she has been approached who wants a woman like this. Every between 150 and 300 times in the past guy would like to meet her. There are month alone. a lot of guys out there that are willing Think about that. Imagine what it must to call her more, spend more money be like to be a woman who is approached on her, do more things for her, and so often. Even if she wanted to spend time pay her more attention than you… You with many of the men who approach her, can’t get a girl like this one by doing there would be no way to do it. It’s just the “normal” things. not practical. So what’s a girl to do? The And here’s the kicker only thing that an exceptional girl can do The next girl you date probably isn’t is use time management principals. She going to be this girl. In fact, you’re has to decide almost instantly if a guy is probably going to need to go out with “worth” spending more time with. And many women before you’re going to she has to make her decision based on run into one of these rare women. very little information. And she can’t But as they say, “Every cloud has a make the mistake of being “too friendly” silver lining”. And this cloud does too. and giving a guy the “wrong idea“… The fact is that spending time dating because if she does, he’ll probably call other women is exactly what will her 100 times over the next month. teach you how to attract one of these Unusually attractive, exceptional exceptional women. You have to do it. women become very good at eliminating So let’s wrap this up. men based on very little information. First, take some time and figure out what it is that you want. Write it down, Unusually and make a list. What are the physical, attractive, intellectual, and emotional qualities that you’re looking for? Be specific, and get a exceptional clear picture in your mind. Next, become the guy that she’ll feel women become attraction for when you meet her. There very good at are two parts to this one. The first part is preparing yourself to date many eliminating men women to find her…and then getting out based on very little there and doing it. The second and most important part, is to learn what you need information. to do in order to be the guy that she’ll be attracted to. It’s not luck. n To learn more about attracting royal Feb / march’08 15 Feb / march’08 royal women and changing your life check out www.pualife.net
  • 16. Pondicherry in Focus A photogrAphIC odyssey by MAyur ChAnnAgere P ondicherry - with grand boulevards and quiet promenades, its well-laid, wide streets that still carry quaint sounding French names, its vista of neatly cut fields lush with greenery, historical monuments that narrate marvelous stories from a bygone era - is a photographers delight. The city was the capital of French colonies in India and it came back to the Indian union only in 1954. The drive from Bangalore, where I live, to Pondicherry is about 280 Kilometers, and the road is quite decent but not without the omnipresent potholes India is known for. I found Pondicherry an exceedingly peaceful, easygoing city; it makes you yearn to focus your camera and capture the essence of every passing moment. The food, fashion, and scenery make this city worth visiting for photographers and non-photographers alike. 16 Feb / march’08 royal
  • 17. royal Feb / march’08 17 Clean, pollution-free streets are a major draw for visitors.
  • 18. A farmer lost in contemplating the vista of his greenery. Gingi Fort, located about 60 kms from Pondicherry, subsumes a zeitgeist drenched in glory days of Indian kings.
  • 19. royal Feb / march’08 19 This is a lighthouse rising like a finger against the backdrop of a painted sky.
  • 21. royal Feb / march’08 21 The Kailash Beach Resort appears sublime as it basks under the glow of lights.
  • 22. 22 Feb / march’08 royal Vysyal Street, one of the oldest surviving streets, is well known for its French architecture influence.
  • 25. royal Feb / march’08 25 With remarkably low smog, sunsets in Pondicherry are a war of colors.
  • 26. HOME Contemporary Furniture F rom Ferraris to furniture, Italians have a way of adding style to everything. This bedroom set from Contemporary Furniture conjures a feeling of sophistication. You are literally spoilt for choices, as there are 10 leather colors that you can choose from. Even the bedroom cases can be ordered in a choice of flat or high gloss lacquer or even dark wenge oak. The bed comes with a standard recliner mechanism for those times you wish to read or watch TV in bed. With a price range starting from $2,949 26 Feb / march’08 royal (Rs. 1.15 lakhs + import fees) this bedroom set isn’t cheap, nor is it extravagantly expensive. Dresser and nightstands come at an additional cost. www.contemporaryfurniture.com
  • 27. Thor Leather Recliner A re you looking for a chair with supreme aesthetics that can add charm to any living environment, and such ergonomic values that will keep you comfortable every time you sit or recline in it? Then you have to give the Thor Leather Recliner from Contemporary Furniture a try. These recliners come with an adjustable headrest and a folding ottoman that is concealed under the chair. And if you want to use the recliner as a chair, all you have to do is tighten the knob and you will have full back support. Price - $1,839 www.contemporaryfurniture.com Tantra Chair B eing comfortable is just a minor attribute of the Tantra Chair; the most crucial attribute of this finely crafted chair is to guide and change your pelvic The chair’s distinctive arcs provide perfect angles for comfortable and enhanced oral sex. Sorry, but the woman does not come with the chair. angles during lovemaking and in the process give rise to an array of amazing new sensations leading Price - $999 to an unparalleled sensual fulfillment. The chair’s www.tantrachair.com unique design incorporates the sexual zeitgeist of the love-positions described in the Kama Sutra. royal Feb / march’08 27
  • 28. Girls of MySpace MySpace is a cultural phenomenon that continues to grow at a feverish pace. It attracts about 230,000 new registrations per day and the number of people that have already signed up stands at a mind boggling 300 million. When we registered we couldn’t help but make friends with beautiful models and actresses from around the world. When we approached five beauties they were more than delighted to pose for us. From online to print, these hotties shine no matter what the medium. 28 Feb / march’08 royal
  • 29. Rebecca Turner Believe it or not, this 23-year-old stunner from the UK thinks she has a shoe fetish and owns over 100 pairs of shoes. But can there ever be any doubt that her pretty feet deserve to be pampered in royal Feb / march’08 29 every way possible. She has just completed the final year of her Law degree but instead of applying to law firms she is pursuing her lifelong dream of modeling. Bad for justice, but good for us! www.myspace.com/rebeccaturner1 Photos by Ed Fox
  • 30. 30 Feb / march’08 royal Rebecca Turner a Victoria’s I want to be Secret Model.
  • 31. Aisha David’s natural beauty and confidence oozes from each of her photographs. You can’t fail to notice in her stunning features, Aisha David a delicious blend of Indian and American heritages. Born in India, she is currently working towards a nursing degree in Maryland, USA. One of her favorite quotes is, “Play like an all star, dance like a superstar, party like a rock star, and make love like a porn star. ” Brilliant! www.myspace.com/ grace_david royal Feb / march’08 31
  • 32. Danish model, Kira Eggers, has over 7,800 friends on MySpace! A testimony to her popularity are the countless magazines and music videos she’s graced. Currently, she resides in Los Angeles, CA where taking over the entertainment industry is the next logical step for someone who has already done so much. www.myspace.com/ kiraeggers Kira Eggers 32 Feb / march’08 royal
  • 34. Toni Leigh Chinese model Toni Leigh is one busy girl. When she’s not modeling she works at an investment firm as a realtor/ consultant, and is in the process of getting her MBA. She loves wearing high heels, stockings, and miniskirts. Perfect match because we love girls who only wear that. http://www.myspace.com/ tonileigh 34 Feb / march’08 royal
  • 35. Taylor Wane As an adult actress and model, Taylor Wane has been contributing her mite to stimulating sexual appetite in both men and women. Three years ago she launched her own adult film company called Taylor Wane Entertainment and many of her films have been nominated for awards. This month she released Deviant Desires, and next month she is planning to release Voluptuous royal Feb / march’08 35 Vixens Trilogy. Looks like we have to schedule a movie night. http://www.myspace. com/taylorwane
  • 36. Your love questions answered by our very own relationship expert Dr. Pyar Dr. Pyar, I recently started working for a I’m too controlling. She even suggested on her friend or somebody she hates. If Multinational company, where my boss that she won’t mind if I started going she pleads to get back together, say no. is a female who seems to be attracted to out with other women. She should have never cheated on you in me, though I don’t know that for sure. - Nitesh, Chennai the first place. If she was unhappy with On few occasions there has been intense Dear Confused, your performance she should have come eye contact between us and many times Don’t worry, she’s the one that’s more to you first. I have caught her staring at me. Though confused than ever. On one hand she she is few years older than me, I find says she wants commitment but then her good looking and I look forward to she goes on a date with another guy. On my girlfriend’s birthday, I made having a real relationship with her. Now Ignore her words because she’s lying. the mistake of gifting her a dildo. At I have started wondering if I should Her actions clearly show the truth. I first it was fun watching her use it on give her a smile, wink, or flirtatious hate to bring the bad news, but you’re herself, but things went out of hand touch. But as she is my boss, I don’t feel not satisfying her. In this scenario you when she started preferring the stupid comfortable initiating a relationship. only have 2 options. One, drop her like thing to me. Her sex drive with me has - Harish, Hyderabad a bad habit and move on or sit back and gone down and to make matters worse Dear Ogled, let her come to you. Don ‘t let her walk sometimes she pulls out the dildo when I can understand that you and your all over you, because girls don ‘t respect we’re making out. Is it possible that at lady boss have been ogling each other doormats. some future date, women may no longer for quite sometime, but neither of you need men? has the confidence to speak out. That’s - Harpreet S., Delhi just too bad. Maybe she is sensitive to Dr. Pyar, I have been dating a girl for Dear Bad Gift Giver, rejection. But what about you? I have the past 2 years, and I had already Women will always need men and men to tell you that it is primarily a guy’s started considering her to be my wife. will always need women. In this situation job to approach a woman. She might be But suddenly I have found that about you should buy a blow up doll and the sending the signal that she is open to six months ago she had an affair with next time she wants to have sex tell her any move that you make. Now it is time my colleague. When I confronted her you prefer the doll instead. Just kidding. decide what you value more - your job with the evidence, she told me quite Sex toys might be fun for the first few or a relationship. If your priority is work bluntly that, she found me horrible with weeks, but after that the charm begins then sit tight and wait till she makes a sex, romance and foreplay. That is why to wane. In any case, the relationship move. If your job doesn’t matter then be she had to find another man to satisfy between men and women is not about bold and go for the gold. her desires. Her blunt response has sex only; it is also about the bonding of made my confidence level plummet to love and respect that two individuals absolute zero. I feel as if I am doomed. have for each other. It is only a question Dear Doc, I’m so confused. Let me What should I do? of time before your girlfriend realizes elaborate. I recently started hooking - Arjun S., Mumbai that a dildo cannot give her a passionate up with a friend of mine. She loves Dear Doomed, kiss, it cannot speak sweet things into spending time with me, just as I enjoy The worst thing you can do is give up. her ear and it cannot look at her with 36 Feb / march’08 royal spending time with her, the chemistry You need to boost your confidence by warm understanding. Don’t worry, she between us is quite good. She also doing whatever it takes. Go to the gym will come back to you. told me that she is looking forward to and tone your muscles, buy new clothes, settling down and having kids which is change your look, etc. Next, buy a book what I want too. It came as a shock to on the finer ways of pleasing a woman. Indian girls are weird. Any advice. me when I found out she went on a date First start with romance, then foreplay, -R.S., Pune with another guy. When I confronted and eventually sex. Get sweet revenge by Ask your mom. her about it she lashed out at me saying using all your new found Casanova skills
  • 37. Featured H DESIGNER W hen it comes to turning today’s runaway trends into tomorrow’s fashion chic, H&M (Hennes &Mauritz AB) is the master of the game. The retail chain that now boasts of M more than 1,500 shops in 28 countries, had a small beginning in 1947 when the H&M founder Erling Persson opened a dress shop in Stockholm. The secret behind H&M’s phenomenal success lies in its remarkable ability to dictate trends and offer designer clothes at affordable prices. When it comes to women’s wear H&M answers all sorts of dress dilemmas: from a knock ‘em dead sharp black strapless cocktail number and an easy-cool crisp cotton shirting sundress, to a softly sophisticated voluminous frock where excess fabric cleverly collapses around the body. In menswear, the choice is limitless. A medley of forms, from baggy chinos, over-sized hoodies and generous parkas to suits and trousers done in figure-tracing, knife-sharp tailoring. The designers at H&M love to break the taboos; they will play with opposites, and come up with such signature styles that are in many ways an antidote to reality. It has to be the sheer style of the creations that inspires the queen diva of pop, Madonna to endorse the H&M brand. royal Feb / march’08 37
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  • 42. gadgets If you believe your phone should be a fashion statement then the sleek Nokia Nokia 8800 sapphire Arte is perfect for you. the phone comes with an exclusive 8800 video track and soundtrack composed by Kruder & Dorfmeister with visuals by Sapphire Fritz Fitzke. Anti-fingerprint coating on Arte its glass and metal body ensures that your phone remains shiny and scratch free forever. Amazing! And you don’t have to look for buttons when you want to quiet your phone. With sapphire Arte you just turn it over, and a “turn-to- mute-feature” ensures that your Motorola phone goes silent. other features include a 2-inch QVGA oLeD screen, H710 3.2MP camera, 1GB integrated memory, and a MicroUsB all-in-one connector. Bluetooth Price: Rs. 65,000 Headset the Motorola H710 comes with a state of the art chip set that can cancel out background noise or echo and pour crystal clear sound into your ear. Featured almost entirely in a sexy dark color, this headset is all geared to add to your mysterious appeal. It also has an easy to see indicator light to show calling status. Price: Rs. 3,200 Sony Cybershot DSC-T200 42 Feb / march’08 royal If you yearn for effortless photo mastery then you got to depend on sony’s technological wizardry. the sony Cybershot DsC-t200 boasts of an 8.1-megapixel super HAD CCD powerful enough to capture enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch print. A Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens, a 3.5-inch widescreen and an innovative face Detection technology allow even an amateur to take professional quality photos. Price: Rs. 15,000
  • 43. gadgets Sony LBT ZX6 Mini Hi-Fi Here is a perfect party system for space-challenged rooms. the sony LBt-ZX6 is really small in size, it checks in at a mere 14.25 x 17.2 x 18.3 inches. And yet it is capable of splitting 560 watts of power between two channels, letting you have perfect music through its pair of three-way bass-reflex speakers, each of which includes a 6.75-inch woofer, 6.75-inch mid-range, and 1-inch horn tweeter. What makes the deal even better is the fact that the main unit comes with enticing components such as a five disc CD changer, a dual cassette deck, a five band spectrum analyzer, and an AM/FM tuner. Price: Rs. 19,500 Philips amBX The Philips amBX comes as a dream come true for all gaming aficionados. The technology in amBX makes the aspects of light, color, sound, vibration and air, feel so realistic that you start living in the gaming environment instead of playing it from outside. Your senses are on hyper-drive as enemy space ships fire at you, you feel wind against your skin as you steer around a hairpin turn at breakneck speed, and you feel the vibrations as deadly mutants chase you. In fact, the amBX makes it possible for you to choose the effects you wish to experience, according the nature of the game you are playing. Price: Rs. 15,600 royal Feb / march’08 43
  • 44. gadgets Motorola’s Moto Q 9h Gadget aficionados, your appetite for mobile magic will be fully satiated with the new Moto Q 9h from Motorola. Sony With its sleek trendy design, faultless functionality and impressive power, this mobile phone is an epitome Walkman of power and personality. Behold the power of quick downloads, at speeds ranging up to 3.6MB per second. Video typing those emails, sMs and notes is an absolute breeze with a clear 320x240 display and a full-blown, MP3 optimized QWeRtY keyboard. An added plus is the ample storage space, the superlative music player, and the Player 2-megapixel camera. sony’s slim and stylish Walkman Video MP3 player Price: Rs. 12,500 packs just about everything that you may need to take your favorite entertainment with you. It has a powerful digital music player and a spectacular 1.8” LCD screen that promises hours of nonstop viewing pleasure. Its 8 GB drive can store up to 5000 songs and 8 hours of video. An added plus is the Walkman’s versatile FM tuner that can be preset for up to 30 channels. Price: Rs. 8,000 Dell XPS M1710 Notebook Here is a notebook that won’t merely put you in the game; it makes it possible for you to dominate it. Powered by Intel dual core processor, fast mobile memory, innovative storage solutions and a graphics card that is probably the most 44 Feb / march’08 royal advanced on the face of the earth, the XPs M1710 packs enough horsepower to offer an adrenalin pumping performance. Burning through the latest 3D games and entertainment applications is going to be a breeze with this notebook. An added plus is the XPs M1710’s capability to play Blu-ray Discs. truly a notebook for the hard core gamer. Price: Rs. 1 Lakh +
  • 45. gadgets Dell 37” HDTV LCD TV the new 37 inch LCD tV from Dell incorporates state of the art technology to deliver crisp, sharp pictures. though it is mainly optimized for use at hotels, restaurants, offices and airports, you can also use it at home to enjoy theatre like quality while viewing films. The installation options are remarkably flexible; you can mount the TV on tabletops or on walls. the tV comes with a high-quality audio system consisting of two 15-watt speakers that are wall or tV mountable. Price: Rs. 90,000 Sony Vaio LT HD PC/ TV The striking new high-definition PC/TV from the ensemble of sony is meant to take care of all your entertainment needs. equipped with a state of the art Blu-ray Disc optical drive, the Vaio makes it possible for you watch and record, premium class high-definition movies. An Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of royal Feb / march’08 45 RAM and a new graphics card, pack enough power to enable the PC to run many programs simultaneously. Its 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor is perfect for showcasing images in razor-sharp detail. Price: Rs. 1,13,100
  • 46. Jokes Long Conversations Singh searching high and low all around possibly get me another blanket.” Mrs. Banta Singh was in the habit his living room. Jasmeet, “What are you The man leans out and with a glint in his of having long conversations on the searching for?” eye says, “I’ve got a better idea...just for telephone, sometimes talking for as long Santa replies, “Hidden cameras!” tonight, let’s pretend we’re married.” as an hour. One day she hung up after “And what makes you think that there The woman thinks for a moment. “Why 25 minutes. “What’s the matter today?” are hidden cameras here?” not,” she giggles. asked her husband. “Today you had less “That guy on TV knows exactly what I am “Great,” he replies, “Get your own damn than half an hour conversation on the doing. Why every few minutes he keeps blanket!” phone.” saying, You are watching the Star World “I dialed a wrong number,” replied Mrs. channel. How does he know that?” Salesman Singh. Teacher: Is your father working still? Raju: Yes Sir, he is selling furniture. Computers are Female Teacher : Is he selling well? The top six reasons computers must be Raju : Yes sir, we have only a bed left in female: our home. 6. As soon as you have one, a better one is just around the corner. Lost Hikers 5. No one but the creator A group of hikers were being led through understands the internal logic. the wilderness by a guide. On the third 4. Even your smallest mistakes day, the hikers noticed that they had are immediately committed to been traveling in circles. memory for future reference. ‘’We’re lost!’’ One of the hikers 3. The native language used complained. to communicate with other ‘’And you said you were the best computers is incomprehensible to guide in the United States.’’ everyone else. ‘’I am,’’ the guide answered, ‘’ but 2. The message “Bad Command or I think we may have wandered into File Name” is about as informative as Drunk Man Canada.’’ “If you don’t know why I’m mad at you, A man walks out of a bar totally then I’m certainly not going to tell you”. hammered, only to be greeted by a Breakfast And the number 1 reason computers are snobby woman. She takes one look at Santa Singh is arriving late at his home female: him. again and there is alcohol on his breath As soon as you make a commitment “You, sir, are drunk!” and lipstick on his collar. Naturally his to one, you find yourself spending half of He replies, “And you ma’am, are ugly. But wife is furious. your paycheck on accessories for it. when I wake up, I will be sober!” “I assume,” she snarls, “that there is a very good reason for you to come waltzing in Sick Sardarji Married for a Day here at six o’clock in the morning?” Sardarji : Doctor, I have a problem. A man and a woman who have never “There is,” Santa replies. “Breakfast.” Doctor : What’s your problem? met before find themselves in the same 46 Feb / march’08 royal Sardarji : I keep forgetting things. sleeping carriage of a train. Stress Doctor : Since when do you have this After the initial embarrassment they What’s the difference between stress, problem? both go to sleep, the woman on the top tension and panic? Sardarji : What problem? bunk, the man on the lower. Stress is when wife is pregnant. In the middle of the night the woman Tension is when girlfriend is pregnant. Sardar and the Hidden leans over, wakes the man and says, And panic is when both are pregnant. Cameras “I’’m sorry to bother you, but I’m awfully Jasmeet caught her husband Santa cold and I was wondering if you could
  • 48. 9 ways to Conquer the Stock Market was asked about his favorite investment determine the success, or failure, of your strategy, the legendary investor replied investments. By Asit Amrevy quite laconically, “Buy good stocks and 2. Respect the sensibilities D hold forever.” While most of us may not espite the Sensex and Nifty have the patience or the resources to let of the market making new highs during the our investments remain locked forever, If you want to make money in any last few years, many retail investing for a period of one to three market, you need to mirror what the investors are seeing their years is also a sound strategy. market is doing. If the market is going investment dreams end in a sea of red. Here are 9 tips to improve your trading down and you take a bet on the stocks Losing money in the stock markets can and investing skills: going up in price, the market is right and be as simple an exercise as earning sack you are wrong. If the stock market is 48 feb / march’08 royal loads of it. People who get negative 1. Buy low and sell high going up and you are short, the market returns are generally the ones who As simple as this concept appears to is right and you are wrong. Other things invest in stocks with weak fundamentals be, the vast majority of investors do the being equal, the longer you stay in or enter the markets when the bull run exact opposite. Of course, no one can tandem with the stock market, the more has already reached its crest. time the market exactly, but you should money you will make. The longer you Those who make money are usually always avoid entering the market when stay out of sync with the stock market, the ones who invest for long term in they are at their peak. Your ability to the more money you will lose. top-notch stocks. When Warren Buffet consistently buy low and sell high, will
  • 49. 3. Volatility in the markets is a norm rather than an exception As long as the markets are open for trade, traders and investors keep making new bids and the price of individual stocks keep moving up and down, based on factors like - political situation, corporate news flow and the amount of liquidity that is available for trade. The more extreme the move up or down, the more extreme the movement in the opposite direction once the trend changes. So if you are holding a stock that has appreciated sharply, then it is likely that at some point in future it might depreciate as sharply. 4. Markets are driven not just by logic and reason but also by emotion and a 6. Markets always follow a 8. Dependence on herd mentality trend armchair analysts So the judgment of the markets cannot For maximum benefit you have to You must avoid giving too much always be trusted. At times stocks get learn to diagnose the influences of the credence to investment experts, market priced much higher than what they are trend that is guiding your market. Since commentators, financial analysts, worth and at times they get hammered the trend is the basis of all profit, every brokers, newsletter publishers, trading much below their true price. If you are investor needs to master the art of authors, etc, who come on TV or in looking for “reasons” that stocks or diagnosing long-term trends to make a newspapers and dispense free investment markets make large directional moves, sizable profit. You have to develop the advice. You should ask yourself, if you will probably never know for certain. ability to get aboard a trend and stick their investment advice is really worth Investors make a big mistake when they with it for a long period of time in order something why are they giving it for start assuming that the stock markets to maximize profits. Contrary to the free? You have to keep in mind that are completely rational. To make a short-term perspective of most investors these so called financial experts and profit, it is only necessary to know about today, all the big money is made by financial firms make money by selling the direction in which the markets are catching large market moves - not by day you something - not instilling wisdom in moving – and not why they are moving. trading or short term stock investing. you. You should make your own trading decisions based on a rational analysis of 5. Do not procrastinate too 7. Trading in an all the facts. long before investing overpriced market Stock markets generally move If you feel that the markets are 9. Keep your portfolio fully in advance of news or supportive peaking then do not think twice before diversified fundamentals - sometimes months in getting rid off those stocks that have run If you run into losses in one sector, advance. If you wait to invest until it up higher than what their fundamentals you can still make money through is totally clear to you why a stock or a permit. There is no point in holding on profits from sectors that are doing well. market is moving, you have to assume to overpriced stocks only to let your The worst thing an investor can do is that others have done the same thing investments get mired in a sea of red. It keep himself fully invested in one sector and you may be too late. You need to get needs a certain trading discipline for you that takes a huge beating, wiping off positioned before the largest directional to keep selling stocks that are getting much of his share capital. For maximum royal feb / march’08 49 trend takes place. The market reaction to overpriced and buying ones that are benefit, you should pick up at least 10 good or bad news in a bull market will available at cheaper rates. If you do not high growth sectors and diversify your be positive more often than not. And the practice highly disciplined trading, you investments into all 10 of them. You can market reaction to good or bad news in a will not make money over the long term. invest more money in sectors that you bear market will be negative more often Each one of us has to come up with his expect will do exceptionally well and than not. own disciplined system of trading based smaller amounts in low growth sectors. on our individual investment needs and n risk taking appetite.
  • 50. Ground Rules for Investing in Mutual Funds mutual funds have caught the fancy of of mutual funds available in the market, the middle class, with majority of small most of them can be broadly classified By Asit Amrevy investors preferring this route to bite into the following categories: into the stock market pie. It is not too equity Funds/ Growth I difficult to see why. During the period of n the course of a typical 24 hour last five years many equity-based mutual Funds day an Indian professional spends funds in India have given returns of as These are the funds that generally 8 hours sleeping, about the same high as 50% per annum. invest in equities listed in the stock number of hours at work and the But it is not as if every mutual fund has exchanges. Due to the sustained bull rest of the day is spent eating, finishing been a phenomenal success. There are run of the last 5 years the equity funds household chores, exercising, commuting quite a few dud ones, where instead of have given phenomenal return to their or entertaining. So where is the time making a profit, investors have lost their investors. left for you to dabble in mutual funds? money. To keep your investments secure Rushing through the day from one task it is imperative that you have some Debt Funds to another, you hardly have a moment to preliminary knowledge about the nature These funds are best suited for those spare for researching the ups and downs of mutual funds and how they work. In who are extremely risk averse and of the capricious financial markets. Western countries mutual funds have seek capital preservation. The debt 50 feb / march’08 royal But even if you are too busy to do been around since 1880, but in India the funds invest predominantly in highly the research work you can make your first mutual fund came into being only in rated fixed-income-bearing instruments investments grow. That is if you invest 1963, when the UTI was created by an like bonds, debentures, government through mutual funds. Based on the Act of Parliament. Private Mutual Funds securities, commercial paper and other idea of pooling money together for entered the market only after 1993 money market instruments. They investment purposes, mutual funds offer giving the Indian investors a wide choice provide regular income and safety to the ease of use, high liquidity, and unique of fund families. investor. diversification capabilities. In India, While there are many different types