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Price: Rs 130
Where: Landmark, InOrbit Mall, Vashi
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Money clip
For the man in your life who shoves banknotes into his back pocket.
Price: Rs 310
Where: Adamis and Sons everywhere
Contact lens compact
Two vials for solution, a teeny case and rubber-capped tweezers. If we could fold in a toothbrush, this would be the ultimate over-night case.
Price: Rs 85
Where: GKB opticians, City Centre mall, Vashi, Navi Mumbai
70's style smuggler's chair
He won’t get rid of the tattered computer chair; it doesn’t go with your antique furniture. What ever are you going to do? Buy him a chair to plot in (Abhi hum ko yaad aya ki whiskey mein maza kyu nahin aa raha. Hum aayce dalna bhul gaya tha). Accessories should include a brocade dressing gown with his initials embroidered on the pocket and a pipe.
Price: Rs 5,000 (After furbishing. Rs 3,500 before)
Where: Karodia and sons, Purana Furniture Market, Oshiwara bridge, Mumbai
The Motorola L6i
The phone has the same form factor as the super-slim (when first launched) L7 candybar. This lite version leaves out the memory card slot but adds an FM radio. The screen is smaller than it appears, and is of low resolution. This particular India-specific package has a Google icon in the menu to take you straight to search. It’s quick, simple to use and pretty nice looking. Beats many other low-end handsets for similar prices.
Price: Rs 3,800
Where: Your neighbourhood phone shop
Contributed by Tushar Burman
Crazy dancing lighter
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Indulge in your bad habits with the flair of a truck driver.
Price: Rs 15
Where: Paan stalls, Colaba Causeway, Mumbai
Delicate glass hookah
Fill a bit of water in and stick a cigarette into one end. Flicking ash is a problem, and towards the end of the fag, it starts tasting funny. Also available in natural, green and light blue
Price: Rs 40
Where: Janpath, New Delhi
Nikon D40X
This camera is a follow-up to the nearly identical D40, with a bump from 6 megapixels to 10.2 and some minor refinements. For a DSLR, it is very light. Response time is instant, low-light capability very good, and user interface simple and quick. An ideal starter digital SLR which is built to produce great hand-held shots. The included kit lens is an 18-55 F3.5-5.6, which is an ideal mix of wide and portrait lengths, and is quite good. With a few menu settings, you can put this camera on programmed-auto (P) mode and never bother with anything else.
Kit includes body, Nikkor 18-55 AF-S G lens, battery, charger, USB cable, neck strap, software CD, manual
Price: Rs 28,000
Where: Anywhere on DN Road, Fort, Mumbai
Contributed by Tushar Burman
Sports towel
This small (1.5ft x 6 inches) super absorbent towel is handy to take to the pool, on a trip or to even slip into your bag during rains. It comes in its own plastic can that protects your other belongings from moisture. When dry, it takes on a cardboard-like texture. Also available in orange and pink
Where: Reebok outlets
Price: Rs 299
Harley Davidson fountain pen
Waterman makes these nifty pens — rollerball, clutch pencil and fountain nibbed — and packages them exact replicas of the bike’s fuel tank or headlight. Give one to the biker in your life and make him promise to write to you.
Price: Rs 550 to 600
Where: Manoj Pen Mart, Fountain
Photograph by Manas Parekh