On April 20th Mr Govindarajan launched a competition inviting people to submit designs for a prototype of the house.

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Contenders submit designs within seven days.

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Under the project title "500 Wants You, " the hitherto inward-looking manufacturer invited ordinary people to submit ideas for designs on its Web site.

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