Sunday, May 26, 2013

6:59 PM

Mumbai’s cultural spaces just got more inclusive


Mumbai’s cultural spaces just got more inclusive

Now, the differently abled can make the most of museums, heritage walks and nature trails




    Earlier this year, when an exhibition unravelling the mysteries of ancient Egypt was on display at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, every Wednesday was set aside for visitors with special needs. One group of almost 60 youngsters came from the Helen Keller Institute. Some of them had both visual and hearing impairments. In order to help them understand the content, the museum staff created miniature models of the different exhibits, handed out Braille booklets on ancient Egypt and even printed cards with embossed hieroglyphs and the corresponding Braille alphabet. When the tour guide spoke, the teachers would explain using tactile sign language. “The teacher would start signing,” recalled CSMVS education officer Bilwa Kulkarni. “One person would be holding her hand and perceiving the signs. He would be holding another person’s hand and passing on the signs. It was like Chinese Whispers.”
    Several of the CSMVS’s visually challenged visitors find it difficult to wrap their heads around the fact that they are able to visit a museum and “see” an exhibition. In the future, though, the experience might not be so novel. Already there are ways in which the differently abled can engage with Mumbai’s history, culture and natural heritage from city walks to nature treks to museum visits.
    The Bombay Natural History Society’s Conservation Education Centre, for instance, has conducted short treks for special children during which they listen to bird calls and touch the trees they are learning about. Kille Vasai Mohim, a trekking and fort conservation group, organizes historical walks for the differently abled and CSMVS regularly welcomes these individuals.
    In spite of these strides, Mumbai is still a long way from becoming an inclusive city. In June, architectural designer Pallavi Shrivastava will host a walk from Juhu Beach to Bandra’s Carter Road promenade. The walk is part of the Jane Jacobs Walks movement, named after an urbanist who championed humancentric urban design. Shrivastava has invited people on wheelchairs to attend in order to demonstrate the vital need for disabled friendly infrastructure like ramps and sound-enabled assistance at signal crossings.
    The apathy and insensitivity of urban planners, though, hasn’t stopped tour companies from ferrying tourists on wheelchairs and crutches to Chor Bazaar and Dharavi. When asked how differently abled guests navigate these busy localities, Deepa Krishnan, who runs a city tour firm, said, “It is those who are ‘able’ that need a mindset change.”
    Krishnan estimates that between 3% and 5% of her Mumbai clients have mobility issues but all of them manage her basic city tour. On the itinerary are monuments such as the Gateway of India, well-paved stretches such as Marine Drive and open spaces such as Oval Maidan. “They can do a lot actually,” said Krishnan. “We take a slower pace, that’s all. Loo breaks are always a problem, so we have to plan the route such that we can get to a mall or a five-star.” Krishnan plans to share this itinerary on a Facebook page so that tourists with disabilities can better explore Mumbai’s attractions.
    Such a page, might even be useful for locals. Arun Sawant, a retired clerk from Sion Hospital, for instance, visited CSMVS for the first time with the Paraplegic Foundation. Initially, he was worried about navigating the building on his tricycle but was surprised to find that he could easily access almost all the galleries. Another paraplegic visitor, Rajendra Manjrekar, was fascinated by the stuffed bird specimens in the natural history section. “I used to get to see a lot of birds in my village as a child,” said Manjrekar. “So visiting the museum brought back memories of my childhood.”
    Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, the CSMVS’s main counterpart in the city, is accessible to people on wheelchairs and will soon have an audio tour. However, they have no special programming for physically challenged individuals. According to honorary director and managing trustee, Tasneem Mehta, this is because of a lack of space and funding. Each time a differently abled group visits CSMVS, the staff studies the disability and carefully plans the visit. Before welcoming a visually challenged group, for instance, they were taught certain techniques by visually impaired teachers. “To make them understand how long a mummy is, we make them stand at one end of the coffin and step towards the other end,” said Kulkarni.
    All the hard work eventually pays off. The CSMVS’s staff has seen the impact of their programmes firsthand when these groups create clay models of the various things they have learned or touched at the museum. “One of them did this rhinoceros model and I think that guy had only 30 per cent vision but you would think that a normal person with proper vision has done this,” recalled Kulkarni. “It was so beautiful.”

THINKING CAPS: Visually challenged kids try on Egyptian headdresses at the museum
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6:58 PM

Rishi Dev-Meet BEST’s very own Mr Bean


Comic relief: Meet BEST’s very own Mr Bean

His 3-minute video gags aim to entertain bus passengers



    It takes a secure man to pull his pants down inside a full BEST bus but then Rishi Dev has always liked an audience. Recently, when the 20-year-old took a seat on the commode and prepared for his morning ablutions, entire busloads of unsuspecting Mumbaikars were invited to the show. On the flatscreen television inside their respective buses, they saw this curious young man accompanying every bowel movement with a severe facial expression, drumming his toilet seat and later suffering the consequences of using the nearby butt spray for a mike.
    Unleashing a torrent of distrubing bathroom habits, however, is just one of the things Dev is willing to do if it means a cheap laugh. For over two months now, this young man’s three-minute long sketches have been airing on BEST TV. Here, he pops up on screen in between recipe shows and advertisements to manifest cotton candy from his mouth, wield a stalk of sugarcane like a gun, climb a park ladder with the grit of a soldier and indulge in other antics that he likes to call “comedy of errors”.
    These overly dramatic sketches do not really bear the endearing awkwardness of Mr Bean or the sepia charm of Charlie Chaplin but the intentions of this Jalandhar lad, who came down to Mumbai a year ago to pursue a career in acting, are noble. “The working Mumbaikar’s day is full of tension. I want to soothe his nerves through my act,” says the 20-year-old actor, seated in an air-conditioned dressing room on the set of his TV show for a general entertainment channel. Here, he plays the lead’s jovial friend. Sporting a hairstyle that hides his forehead and dressed in a colourful kurta and jeans, this Punjabi lad looks like a cross between one of the Jonas brothers and Shahid Kapoor. For BEST TV, though, he sheds all make-up. “I want to look like the common man,” he says.
    Dev’s BEST journey began a few months ago when his father, Rajesh Sharma, who runs a production house in Jalandhar, approached Yunus Siddiqui, vice president,
sales, at BEST with the idea of developing content. “Over 50 lakh Mumbaikars travel by bus everyday. We wanted to give them something that they’d enjoy during travel,” says Sharma, adding that it was important that the show could be consumed by everyone across communities. Siddiqui liked the idea of silent comedy and asked the duo to go ahead with it.
    Soon, the father-son duo racked their brains to create videos inspired by everyday happenings such as a visit to the beach or how Indians react in front of a news camera. “We even caught some reactions on a hidden camera,” says Dev, referring to the video in a children’s park where Dev’s attempt to climb up to the top of a slide is punctuated by the reactions of a wideeyed toddler nearby.
    He admits the exaggerated silliness of his videos wherein things like sticking a hot iron to your cheek is entertainment and defends it vehemently. “They have to be slightly over the top in order to grab the attention of distracted passengers,” says the 20-year-old comedian. “I observe people everywhere I go,” adds the actor, who even contemplates modelling his next video on the “spot dada” when he brings in the promised chai half an hour late.
    Once a week, Dev’s team sends a new video to the BEST office where the creative team inspects it. This is then aired at least 32 times a day in the 2,159 BEST buses that boast flatscreen TVs, including air-conditioned buses. “Though the videos are silent gags, we add music as AC buses tend to be quieter,” says Dev, who edits the videos himself. The process of coming up with each sketch costs in the region of Rs 15,000. While both Sharma and Siddiqui are unwilling to disclose details about the funding received from BEST, “you can say that we make at least 15% more than we invest,” says Sharma.
    So far, Dev has come out with 15 such gags that are leaving the audience both bemused and a bit confused. “I thought these videos were adveretisements,” says a commuter. Sharma, though, assures the number of takers is growing. “We are now getting sponsors.”
    “People have started responding to me like they once did to Shaktiman,” says Dev, adding that strangers in resturants have recognized him from his BEST appearance. The best compliment, though, came in the form of an insult. A man requested him to stop churning out such gags. “He was so engrossed in watching my gag that he missed a job interview,” says Dev.

KILLER JOKE: Rishi Dev has made 15 gags for BEST TV so far




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6:57 PM

Triveni’s home in the narrow lanes of the slum colony of Sundar Nagri. “Kaun? Woh RTI-wali?

How they slayed the food mafia

A few slum women took on a powerful PDS cartel, armed just with resolve and RTI. The fight was hard. Goons even tried to kill one of them. But they persisted. And won.



    It’s easy to locate Triveni’s home in the narrow lanes of the slum colony of Sundar Nagri. “Kaun? Woh RTI-wali?” says a youngster who offers to lead us through a maze of gullies flanked by open drains till we reach a house that sits cheek-by-jowl with other similar haphazardly built structures. Its occupant, though, is a picture of quiet resilience.
    In 2002, Triveni became the first woman in the locality to file an RTI application and take on the powerful PDS (public distribution system) mafia in the area. “The ration shops in our locality opened whenever they felt like and never gave us what was our due. Instead of 22 litres of kerosene which we were entitled to, we would sometimes get 5 litres, sometimes none,” says the mother of two.
    Through the RTI application, Triveni and other women in the area found out how much ration they were entitled to. They also found that the shops had definite timings which they had to adhere to. They also had to prominently display details of the stock. None of this was happening. Armed with this information, the women confronted the shop owners. Santosh, a spunky 27-year-old who filed another RTI application soon after Triveni, says the backlash from the rationwallahs was intense. “At first, they threatened to cancel our ration cards. After we filed complaints with the food supplies office, their henchmen started heckling us.”
    As the RTI campaign picked up in the area, the attacks increased. In December 2004, says Santosh, there was an attempt on her life as a few men tried to slit her throat. The women, though, persisted with their fight. “After more people became aware how they were being swindled by the ration shops, there was widespread anger. Quite a few times, the people themselves took over the ration shops and distributed the ration,” says Triveni. The message finally percolated to the ration shop owners that they could not take people for granted. Today, says Santosh, who now works with Arvind Kejriwal’s NGO Parivartan, households in the area are getting their full quota of ration. “It’s funny how the people who used to heckle us earlier now treat us as VIPs. They even call us to inform when our ration is due to arrive.”
USING RTI Write an application specifying particulars of information sought
Submit evidence of payment of application fee along with application. Fee is usually Rs 10. A further fee is levied later as cost of providing the information
Send application to concerned public information officer, giving address where reply is to be sent

TRIVENI’S TRIUMPH
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6:57 PM

Vineet Kumar started young. At 16 he floated a company called National Anti-Hacking Group.

Cyber cowboy of Red land

    Vineet Kumar started young. At 16 he floated a company called National Anti-Hacking Group. At 22 he is chief officer in the special branch of the Jharkhand police
What is your role as a ‘government employee’? I was giving suggestions to the Jharkhand police on cyber security since 2008. But in 2011, my proposal to form the Cyber Defence Research Cell was approved by the state cabinet. It created as many as 12 posts headed by a chief technical officer (CTO). As CTO, I supervise the cyber security of government sites, conduct raids and check phishing and leakages. Cyber crimes can range from compromising websites, ATM clones, Facebook profile hacking to retrieval of soft information to help the police investigate cases. Our role in tracking the origin of terror threat mails has been important.
Are you satisfied with the work you started as a youngster? Yes, but a lot needs to be done. Though we have cyber security agencies at the national level, awareness is low and even big groups often fall prey to hackers. We cannot leave experts to solely handle this crisis. Everyone using internet and web space should be alert, aware and be ready to adopt security as it evolves.
You got a gold medal at the UN Youth Assembly in 2008. How did it feel?
Though I could not receive the medal in person because of financial constraints, I was proud of becoming the world’s youngest Microsoft-certified systems engineer when I was in Class IX. The record has now been broken by an 11-year-old girl from Pakistan.
What is your family
background? My father, V K Roy, is a GM with HEC Ltd. I was inspired by him to learn and research on the computer. He gifted me a second-hand computer on my seventh birthday and this changed my life. I used to surf the net for 20 hours at a stretch when the connection came through the STD line from Kolkata and I learnt ethical hacking.

E-DEFENDER OF JHARKHAND
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6:56 PM

Palak Muchhal was 7 when she sang for Kargil heroes. She’s still singing — now for kids with cardiac problems

Song in her head is for the heart

Palak Muchhal was 7 when she sang for Kargil heroes. She’s still singing — now for kids with cardiac problems


    She was seven years old when the Kargil war broke out in 1999. Blessed with a sweet voice, Palak Muchhal would sing her heart out at Indore’s shops. She raised Rs 25,000 for the martyrs’ families. Now 21, she’s still on song, touching hearts in more ways than one.
    These days also doing playback for Hindi films, Palak sings in 17 different languages — all with one unshakable resolve: to raise funds for poor children with heart ailments. Her charity shows for ‘Save Little Hearts’ have helped 572 children so far. And there are 621 more on her immediate waiting list. Those close to her say she has spent over Rs 2.5 crore for the treatment of these kids.
    What set her off on this path? “While passing through a busy road one day, I saw a group of poor kids loitering aimlessly. That’s when the idea of helping them flashed in my mind,” says Palak. Opportunity knocked three years ago when teachers of a local school approached her for a charity show to raise funds for a poor
student, Lokesh Puril, who was suffering from a congenital heart defect. Palak agreed. She performed in the busy Rajwada area of Indore, on a stage made of trolleys. “I collected Rs 55,000, enough for Lokesh’s treatment.”
    Just then, Bangalore-based cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty agreed to do the operation for free. With the money in her kitty, Palak soon put out a newspaper ad offering help to any child with cardiac complications. There was no looking back after that. “The moment a doctor comes out of an operation theatre and tells me a child can be saved, I feel that’s the
only motivation I need,” says Palak, who has just finished her BCom (final) exams.
    District child welfare & women development officer Vishal Nadkarni, who’s also nodal officer for heart operations in government hospitals, says Palak has indeed “happily sponsored” some operations set up by them.
    Palak also works as a bridge for an NGO run by film actor Salman Khan who, incidentally, has family roots in Indore, and has facilitated surgeries. An Indore-based cardiac surgeon, Dr Manish Porwal, says Palak’s contribution has been significant. “It’s due to her efforts that many poor kids could be treated at some of the big hospitals of the country.”
    Along the way she’s earned the gratitude of parents such as Nazma, mother of Moinuddin, 6. “I lost all hope when a local hospital refused to treat my son who had four holes in his heart. Palak entered my life as an angel when she came forward to bear the costs through the NGO.”
    Noted activist Dr Anil Bhandari says, “Palak’s heart truly beats for poor children. She has set an example. Being young is no bar when it comes to working for a good cause.”

HOPE FLOATS: Palak with a team of doctors after a successful surgery
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Monday, May 13, 2013

8:59 PM

Scrip’s Result Updates

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

6:01 PM

ANDROID STARTER KIT


ANDROID STARTER KIT


    MOST Android phones come with some basic apps: Twitter, Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, Dropbox, Chrome, etc. If you don’t have these installed, go to the Play Store and get them. But there are a few more essential apps that you must download on your shiny new handset… 
 
UTILITIES 

Avast: Better safe than sorry, which is why we suggest you get Avast. This antivirus will guard your phone against malware and viruses. And you can also install Avast Anti Theft – an app that will lock, locate, and wipe your handset in case it falls into the wrong hands. 

SwiftKey Keyboard: If you find it hard to type using the touchscreen, download SwiftKey Keyboard – one of the best virtual keyboards on Android; complete with fantastic auto-correction and predictive-word algorithms. This is the only app in this list that you will have to pay for, though you have the option to try it for a month before you buy a licence. 

File Explorer (by Amey Sakhadeo): One great feature of Android is its open file system that lets you look for files, copy, delete, or move them between different folders. File Explorer is a simple, goodlooking app that lets you do all of this easily. 

Pixlr Express: Powerful and easy to use, Pixlr Express allows for photoediting tasks like adjustments in contrast, colours and brightness in your pictures – and you can even apply filters, remove red-eye, add borders and crop images. Best of all, it allows you to save your edited images in their original resolution, and it even reduces noise and grain to make your pictures look smooth. 

Eye In Sky Weather: Do you know your phone can serve as a weatherman? EISW is a basic app that gives you weather forecasts depending or your location data. And if you have travel plans, you can also manually set the place for which you require weather information. EISW will pull up data for the next 15 days. 

Tiny Flashlight+ LED: You won’t miss this app till you actually need it; Tiny Flashlight uses the camera’s LED flash to turn your handset into a torch, even allowing you to adjust the intensity of the light. And if your phone does not have a flash, this app illuminates your screen to its brightest point to show you the way in the dark. 

    RunKeeper: If you’re the sort that never misses your morning jog, then download RunKeeper. The app uses the GPS feature on your phone to measure the distance you cover, calculate the calories you’ve burnt, and even keep a tab on your jogging speed. And all of this data can be saved on your phone to help you chart your fitness regimen. 
 
ENTERTAINMENT 

    MX Player: The video player bundled with Android still faces problems with formats such as AVI and FLV, depending on the codec used. To play such files, your best bet is MX Player. The app allows you to zoom in and out by pinching and swiping across the screen; and it even supports a ‘kids lock’ plugin that will keep your children entertained without you having to worry about them making calls or touching other apps. 

    Gaana: Gaana is a personalised radio station, that allows you to stream songs in 21 regional languages – including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and Marathi – using your phone’s data connection. You can search for songs, create your own playlists and even share your favourites with friends on Facebook and Twitter. The app also feeds you with smart recommendations depending on the type of songs and artists you like. 

    TuneIn Radio: So you’ve got access to over a million songs with Gaana, but what if you’re in the mood for something more than just music? TuneIn provides access to 70,000 radio stations, two million podcasts and shows on your phone, all for free. So whether it’s music, news, sports, or comedy you crave, this app promises to meet all your listening needs. 
 
    SoundHound: You’ve just heard this track you like, but you have no way of finding out what it’s called or who the artist is. Well, with SoundHound, you can get all this information and more. Just hum the tune to the app, and it sifts through its database to give you the details. Besides you also get free information on new artists through SoundHound Headlines, and you can even see lyrics move in time with the music with its LiveLyrics feature. 
 
COMMUNICATION 

GO SMS Pro: You may find the SMS app in your new phone a little bland. Go SMS Pro is a replacement that looks cooler and comes with greater functionality, including support for themes and hundred of smileys. You can share files with contacts; schedule SMSes (set a message to go out automatically at the right time); and you also get a private box for messages meant only for your eyes. 

Viber: Want to make calls to the US using Wi-Fi? Try Viber. The app allows free calls between two Viber accounts (data charges apply). When you install the app, you will have to add your number to Viber’s database. After that, the app scans your phone and searches for other Viber users among your contacts. So the next time you make a call, you have the option to use a regular cellular connection or the Viber app. 

Facebook Messenger: Google Talk comes with your phone, but what if most of your friends are on Facebook? Well, get Facebook Messenger. The latest version of the app displays your Facebook messages – whenever you get one – in a floating window on top of any other app that you may have open. You can then click on this floating window to read the message and send a reply. Or you can long press the window and drag it to the bottom of the screen to dismiss it. 
 
PRODUCTIVITY 

Kingsoft Office 5.3.4: There’s no Microsoft Office on Android. But that doesn’t mean you can’t read Excel reports or check PowerPoint presentations on your phone. Kingsoft Office Suite is a free app – with support for common formats like .doc, .xls and .ppt – that allows you to edit and create text documents as well as check spreadsheets and presentation files. As a bonus, it can also read PDFs. 

Any.Do: This free app allows you to create minimalistic to-do lists (with reminders) for all your tasks. It lets you organise your jobs based on due dates, whether they have to be completed by Today, Tomorrow, or Someday (in the near future). Plus, you can also split tasks between your Work and Personal folders. And if the tasks at hand seem overwhelming, you can use Any.Do’s Plan feature to sort tasks according to priority.

    Evernote: The granddaddy of all notetaking apps, Evernote lets you record voice messages, jot down thoughts, annotate images and even save web pages. The latest version supports voice-to-text functionality so you can dictate your musings. And when you shoot photos and store them on Evernote, it automatically saves metadata like GPS location, which you can use to search for the image. Of course, you can attach searchable tags to everything you save into your account. The app is cloud-based so you always have access to your data regardless of the device you’re using; very powerful and very handy. 

    Feedly: If you are fond of reading news and articles on your phone, download Feedly. This app is an aggregator of content that lets you pick and choose the sites you want to follow across different categories like news, DIY, tech, business, design, photography, gaming, sports, cinema, etc. If the websites you follow are not on Feedly’s list, you can add those by searching from within the app. And it’s all presented to you in a very snazzy layout; even allowing for easy sharing with friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Of course, you also have the option to save for later. 

    Pocket: Pocket, formerly known as Read It Later, is a bookmarking app that lets you save anything for later viewing, whether it’s a web page, a video or even a tweet. Just hit the Share button and add it to Pocket. The app also formats text for a better reading experience on your mobile screen, and is accessible across platforms as well as the web.

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

9:14 PM

ABB India, Union Bank of India, Corporation Bank, South Indian Bank' results update

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Friday, May 10, 2013

11:52 PM

MAKE YOUR HOME LOOK STUNNING WITH SOMETHING BEYOND THE REGULAR STORE-BOUGHT OPTIONS


MAKE YOUR HOME LOOK STUNNING WITH SOMETHING BEYOND THE REGULAR STORE-BOUGHT OPTIONS

    Acouple of months ago, when Lotika and Vikram Talwar wanted to re-furnish their house, they explored many options in the market. But, they were disappointed with the regular storebought options. It is then that they consulted home accessory designer, Ruchit Kapoor, who lent his ideas to create customised accessories for their home.
    With a little bit of imagination, you too can add a unique and creative touch to your home to brighten up any corner or wall. Here are a few options.
CUSHIONS AND CURTAINS A few colourful cushions can make a house look vibrant. Options are plenty — embroidered and patterned cushions in silk, velvette and cotton for starters. Curtains, blinds and bedspreads too create resplendency and add to a cheerful atmosphere to the house.
    “Cushions and curtains in different hues and textures definitely add quirkiness to an otherwise dull space,” says Meenakshi Kapoor, Spazio Designs.
CRAFTED CANDLES “Customized home accessories can give your house a feel of home,” says Amrita Kukreja, Aarna Designs, who makes exclusive hand-crafted candles, tissue-boxes, table-covers and bedspreads. Her collection of home accessories is only on silks ranges between Rs 650 to Rs 6,000.
    Expensive fabrics such as leather and jamevar prints are used to decorate the candlesand give them a distinctive look.
RECYCLE YOUR REFRIGERATOR Have an old refrigerator in your home? Get creative. “Don’t discard your old refrigerator, it can be used as a coffee table,” says architect Arjun Rathi. The surface of the coffee table is made from the door of the refrigerator, while the supports are made frommild steel scrap and recycled refrigerator evaporator coils. The table surface is restored to its original colour using the same shade of duco paint with a coat of lacquer.
    “It makes a great indoor or outdoor centre-piece. The lacquered surface is water-resistant and can be cleaned easily,” adds Rathi.
GET ARTSY, GET QUIRKY Out-of-the-box artifacts such as a pair of sun-glasses can be converted into a photo-frame or a metal mug can serve as a planter and aluminium tea-kettles as chandeliers.“Such quirky ideas can make great artifacts and are economical too,” says Shagun Doshi, Sobo Store.
COLOURFUL CABINETS If your décor is brown polished wooden furniture, try adding a bright, hand-painted art furniture piece. For instance, a side cabinet. “This will break the monotony and add cheer to your home,”says Shibani Jain, Baaya Design.
DO-ITYOURSELF CUSHIONS > Take an18x18 cotton or silk fabric.
> Trace a figure or design of your choice with the help of a tracing paper.
> Paint with fabric paints.
> Highlight them with 3D outliners.
> Add finishing touches to the cushion by adding brocade or velvette at the back, piping or tassles or stich in some sequins and beads to add the bling.
> Your cushion is ready to adorn your house!









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11:41 PM

HONDA BRIO UPDATED WITH NEW FEATURES

HONDA BRIO UPDATED WITH NEW FEATURES

    After the launch of the Brio-based sub-4-metre Amaze sedan last month, Honda has introduced new variants of the Brio with additional features like a driver seat height adjuster and rear windshield defogger. According to the Japanese giant, these features were found to be among the most desirable on the Brio based on customer feedback. Also read: Honda Brio Road Test
    Speaking about the new additions, Jnaneswar Sen, Senior VP, Marketing & Sales, Honda Cars India Ltd said, "Brio is a significant model for Honda in India as the car added more than 32,000 happy customers in the last fiscal year. It is our constant endeavour to study customers' needs and aspirations and introduce features that enhance the overall ownership experience."
    The complete range of Brio comprises six variants including EMT, EXMT, SMT, VMT, VXMT and VXAT. But the new features will be available only in the SMT, VMT, VXMT and VXAT variants with the SMT priced at Rs 4.60 lakh (exshowroom Delhi). The Brio is powered by a 1.2-litre, i-VTEC mill producing 88PS @ 6000 rpm and torque of 109Nm @ 4500 rpm while boasting a fuel efficiency figure of 19.4kmpl (company figure).

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