This story is from October 16, 2002

Celebrating people

<I>Bangalore Times </i>has always zoomed in on the trends, the moods, the fashion statements...always seeking out the very best in a city whose very ethos holds promise of becoming the finest City in Asia in the years to come.
Celebrating people
<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Raising hell.<br />Milton''s `Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained.''<br />``The mind is its own place, and in itself/ Can make a heav''n of hell, a hell of heav''n.''''<br />Satan screaming, ``Better to reign in hell than serve in heav''n''''.<br />In yet another context, Emily Dickinson declaring , ``Parting is all we know of heaven,/ and all we need of hell.''''<br />Shelley, of course, put hell in an urban context, ``Hell is a city much like London -/a populous and a smoky city.''''<br />Bangalore ain''t no hell.
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The hand of god seems to hover over it.<br />Lots of greenery. Wonderful climate. Great people.<br />This is what <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bangalore Times </span>celebrates on its fifth anniversary at the Taj West End on Saturday night.<br />YOU. The movers, the shakers, the achievers.<br />Those who go beyond the call of duty.<br />Those who walk that extra mile.<br />Those who do not retreat in the face of opposition.<br />Poking fun at the obvious, the boring, the cliched.<br />Picking the theme of the seven deadly sins and turning the moral concept upside down, inside out.<br />Nothing need be what it seems on the surface.<br />Beneath the skin, in the rhythm of the heartbeat, in the joie de vivre of companionship.<br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bangalore Times </span>has always zoomed in on the trends, the moods, the fashion statements...always seeking out the very best in a city whose very ethos holds promise of becoming the finest City in Asia in the years to come.<br />In its soul, Bangalore bubbles with the aspirations of six lakh people, from the humble vegetable vendor struggling to make both ends meet to the powerful CEO making a global impact.<br />On Saturday, we''ll join hands with our guests and make merry.<br />For in doing so, we experience a slice of heaven.</div> </div>
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