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LIFE-SIZE LIFESTYLE Malavika shows the way to shop

Step in to see stalls brimming over with every product imaginable and get set to grab some thrilling offers. Canon invites you to pick up their latest gizmo to freeze life’s memorable moments. Samsung, in their Dream Home theme has flat TV’s, DVD players, home theatre systems, LCD TV’s, air-conditioners, microwave ovens and refrigerators. World Space Satellite Radio next door is wooing subscribers to get hooked to the radio, with speakers thrown in free with a subscription.

There are whole lot of fitness and health equipment too. i Rest Body Care Equipments’ hand and leg massagers and a host of complete body massagers costing over a lakh are quite a draw. Their car seat massager is a superhit. Mumbai-based Star Health Products’ accu roller will also get you a hand roller free! Their Massage Pillow that can be used at home or on a drive, has vibrators that can be set off with your touch. “We equip you completely for fitness at home, with free personal training,” promises Fitness Onewhile Stay Fit exercise machines are a package of figure twisters, exercise bikes and treadmills.

The North India Top Company (NITC) stall is attracting many with the “Talking Pedometer” which can be fitted to a belt. Your walking time, number of steps taken, distance travelled and the calories burnt are played back.

All the stalls from Thailand — Lialan Décor Intertrade, Vassa Chol, NSJ Exports, Scwantip Handicrafts, Dollaya Handicrafts, JK Factory, and Sell — have something eco-friendly. From dry palm leaf flowers, ceramic card holders hand-painted in non-toxic paints to micro tea sets, every stall has something to offer. The ‘Sa’ paper (from mulberry tree) books and bags uses only the bark taken from the branches of the mature tree. Don’t miss the umpteen stalls stocking jute products. That’s MetroPlus Lifestyle Show, showing more ways to go green!

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