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...rope bed, and arrives at a brick tomb that has survived for 450 years. Hidden away in this unlikely domestic setting, it's a splendid archeological curiosity?one of the first tombs to fuse Persian and Mughal styles in a way that prefigured the design of the Taj Mahal a century later. But as Thakur steps inside, she is assaulted by a stench that reveals the mausoleum's current function: it has become a toilet. "Heritage in India is endless," says Thakur, head of New Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture and widely regarded as India's leading conservationist...
...just obscure treasures like the mausoleum-lavatory that are under threat. Even the Taj Mahal, India's (and Islam's) most famous building, may be endangered. UNESCO has warned that sulfurous pollution from the city of Agra is eating away at the building's exquisite inlaid marble and that sewage water is seeping into the foundations; the organization has also asked for a report to address claims that the 350-year-old tomb is tilting by 19 cm, leading to fears that it might eventually collapse. Meanwhile, India's foremost Hindu site, the southern city of Hampi, has appeared...
...doesn't seem to mind. Twenty-some twenty-somethings are sitting around the edges of the room when the spiky-haired British R&B star finally enters, causing more than one girl to lean forward. Sean is miked and seated in front of an MTV logo reminiscent of the Taj Mahal. The camera rolls, and the interview begins. Sean talks about being a kid and starting a band in England with his cousin, recording their first demo tape in his bedroom and being swooned over. He also talks about listening to bhangra music, choosing singing over medicine as a career...
Over tea at the elegant Taj Mahal Hotel, a fast-talking broker rhapsodized about a new Swiss-based hedge fund that he's hawking to foreigners. "The upside potential is huge. The downside risk is minimal," he assured me. Foreign investors are so receptive to India, that kind of giddily unrealistic pitch might just work. Indeed, a director at a Bombay brokerage house told me he has been startled by recent encounters with foreign investment firms. Their attitude, he says, is "'Let's just get invested quickly. It's going to boom for the next 20 years...
...Over tea at Bombay's Taj Mahal Hotel, a broker waxed rhapsodic to me about a new Swiss-based hedge fund that he's hawking to foreigners. "The upside potential is huge, the downside risk is minimal," he said, explaining cryptically: "There's a strategy which will be key to our success." Foreign investors are now so gung-ho about India that this kind of giddy pitch might just work. Indeed, a director at a Bombay brokerage says he's been startled by his recent encounters with foreign investment firms. Their attitude, he says, is: "'Let's just get invested...