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2009: A year for pink chaddis and women power
The year threw up quite a few surprises -- some pleasant, some not so much.

• The hottest fashion trends of 2009
• Best and worst of personal finance in 2009
• 2009: Top 10 gadgets that clicked
• 2009: A year for Fashion Week overkill
• India's top 10 travel destinations of 2009
• 2009's top 10 international destinations
• Hottie Neha Dhupia presents hottest gadgets '09!

The best of the year

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'I don't know why all Indian women don't work'
Shweta Jalan, director, Advent India, shares success mantras and offers advice to young grads aspiring to make a career in private equity.

• He was worth $40 million at 18
• Dr Abdul Kalam on success and entrepreneurship
• Meet the teen who scaled Everest
• Supermodel sizzles in lingerie shoot
• Couture Week: Salman gets half of Bollywood on the ramp
• CAT 2009 fiasco: 'Test cancelled, I want an apology'
• Remembering MJ's iconic sense of style
• Racial attacks in Oz: 'Adopt their culture'
• Poll: Who's the sexiest vegetarian celeb?
• 'The rules of marriage are changing in India'
• Special coverage: Lakme Fashion Week 2009
• Young India speaks: 'I aspire to make a difference'
• Three years to live? 'I'll lecture Raj in Hindi!'
• Poll: Which celeb looks sexiest in a sari?
• Yummy lunch recipes
• 'Money doesn't open doors. Hard work does'
• Poll: Hottest moms in showbiz!
• Young, single women who live home alone & are proud of it
• Poll: Hottest IPL crciketer
• The hottest, highest-paid models in the world
• Poll: Celebs looking better with age
• Is age a relationship factor? Not to these celeb couples!
• 10 hottest women of 2009
• Layoff Tales: 'Never think bad times won't visit you'

 Your Tarot forecast for 2010
 Make martinis this festive season
 4 fab looks for your New Year's bash
 Indian kids today are confused: Shobhaa De
 Inside Mumbai's first ice bar
 A water-powered auto rickshaw
 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sehwag walk the ramp
 Sabya shines at Fashion Week
 Manish Malhotra's spellbinding bridal collection

Have your say

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• Share your most bizarre New Year's Eve moments!
• Celeb you would like to date on New Year's?
• Tips to avoid the worst New Year's ever!
• Is the little black dress losing its appeal?

2010: Looking to the year ahead

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12 money mantras for 2010
Here are some smart tips that can go a long way in making you financially fit. All you need is will power & determination to follow them.

• Smart New Year resolutions for college students
• 12 relationships resolutions for 2010
• Seven financial don'ts for 2010
• 12 fashion resolutions for 2010
• Top luxury destinations for 2010
• 12 New Year resolutions for your good health
• 10 New Year's resolutions for job seekers
• Insurance planning lessons for 2010
• 6 financial resolutions for 2010
• Investment planning tips for 2010
• Best tax saving investment options for 2010-11