links for 9th April 07

• Farm suicides are a rise in India as a result of "free market" reforms
• Reality TV hunt for students - A reality TV show is to give Indian students a chance to compete for five scholarships to British universities, worth up to £45,000 each, with the winners taking up their places this autumn.
• India to host Formula 1 in 2009?
• Business Week cover story on The Mittals
• Coins from the Mughal era found in Rajasthan – "These items of historical value were then handed over to the archaeological department, which brought them to Jaipur for detailed study. According to experts, the coins were in circulation during 12th to 15th century AD. "These coins are dotted with Arabic script. They will undergo chemical treatment after which the inscriptions on the coins would be easily visible," an archaeology department official said"
• Asian women flying to Pakistan for discount plastic surgery – "A growing number of well-educated, British-born Asian women in their 20s are combining annual visits to relatives in Pakistan with cut-price, nip-and-tuck operations. Ambarina Hasan, the health and beauty editor of Asian Woman and Asian Bride magazines, said the growth could be linked to a career-oriented lifestyle in which Asian women had higher levels of disposable income and were getting married later. Bollywood actresses, the icons of beauty on the sub-continent, are becoming more like sex symbols in the West, she said"