Village Beat
February - March 2014
CONTENTS 2 JAMBO Plenty of good things in store for the year ahead 5 Village News
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6 Five minutes with Isha Saini, Interior Design Consultant
Cover picture courtesy of: Accessorize - Village Market
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New VillagerS Salvatore Di Francisca Seacret Bossini Accessorize
12 PROFILER Damar Padwa: ‘Our business in life is to help each other’
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15 Bookworm 16 Festive promotion Wins for loyal shoppers in festive promotion 22 VILLAGE SCENE 24 Kaya Spa I hereby resolve to simplify my life…
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25 Well Being A Soothing way to go shopping 26 Escape Dream of Zanzibar Resort 29 A-Z of Village Market 31 Essential contacts 32 Village diary
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