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In winning mode
From quiz shows to reality TV, Siddhartha Basu has come a long way, notes SHAILAJA TRIPATHI
Columns

My five - Shyam V. Krishnamurthy

A virtual gem from the Talking Timbuktu record and further popularised through the movie “Unfaithful”, this is a song typical of Toure’s distinctive sound. A down-tempo, slow rhythm blues number with trademark guitar and ...


CAMPUS HANGOUT -- IFRAN AHMAD
Idyll for the idle
What’s to love: The IILM campus is beautiful, serene and placid. The campus is replete with greenery. Students spend their free time at the foyer having animated discussions over the subjects related to their studies and life in ...
CAUGHT SNAPPING
WIN A PRIZE

Readers are encouraged to send in their sightings: bloopers, UFOs or anything out of the ordinary they have snapped. Send your photographs to delhimetroplus@gmail.com titled CaughtSnapping along ...


THE FOODFILE -- FINE WINE
All that is gold does not glitter
In a recent article in Sommelier India titled ‘Are Wine Competitions Any Good?’, Rosemary George concedes that tasting is an “inexact science” and that “personal taste and preference still come ...
Food Bytes
Phil Lees grew up in rural Australia. At university in Melbourne, he supported himself “by doing the sort of food jobs that weren’t sexy until Anthony Bourdain wrote about them”.

His colourful career as a food writer ...


Healthy, wealthy, wise
Rashmi Bansal’s “Stay Hungry Stay Foolish” now in Hindi
TECHNOSTREET
Slide n' Show
With a digital photo frame, every picture tells a different story
6 BEST FOR… THE COMPULSIVE PHOTOGRAPHER   

Viewsonic’s 8-inch kicker promises to chugalong faithfully through all your manicpicture-clicking sprees. Boasting of a 800x480pixel screen, 2GB of storage, and a 7-in-1memory card reader, it can help you build ahumungous photo archive ...


3 BEST FOR…THE ALL_IN_ONE SEEKER

We have to give it to VU for churning out ahomemaker’s dream frame. At 8-inch, it may notexactly be the biggest display in here, but it playsmusic, it’s compatible with all kinds of photoformats and can be hooked to the LCD for ...


2. BEST FOR…COUCH POTATOES

Don’t doubt your friend’s IQ if he/she mistakesthis for a traditional frame. Transcend’s 7-incherindeed looks the part despite the natty set offeatures it hides within. A high-resolution(800x600), photo-friendly 4:3 screen, ...


5 BEST FOR…THE SIMPLISTIC

Picture this: a 7-incher with a resolution of800x480 pixels, supports multi-photo formatsand modes, weighs less than a bottle of water, ismulti-lingual and smart enough to turn theframe off when you command. The 16MB fl ashmemory is a ...


4 BEST FOR…THE SWANKER

Love to fl aunt? Then the DPF V900 is your thing.At 9 inches, it packs in all the goodies to giveyour memories a timeless feel: auto touch-up, amemory cache worth 1000 pictures and HDMIport that ensures you can replay yourhoneymoon in hi-def, ...
Beauty And Wellness

FITNESS FORUM
Sleep deep, breathe easy
Medical experts recommend 10 per cent as the weight loss needed to improve sleep apnea, reports AMANDA GARDNER


TRAINING ROOM
Two-arm high pulley curl
Another workout for impressive biceps
Sweet dreams are made of these
Here are some tips to help you get your beauty sleep
Food

A pinch of blue
Blue Ginger begins its Delhi chapter at Taj Palace
THE FOODFILE -- CHEF'S CORNER - RAVISAXENA
Such a perfect company
Prawns and coconut seek each other out
SIGNATURE DISH
Kashmiri Roganjosh
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The mutton roganjosh is quite a historic delicacy. Festivities and occasions are incomplete if rogan josh does not make it to ...
Events

YOURWEEK
Mohiniattam Recital

Mohiniattam dance by Gopika Varma and group as part of Ananya Dance Festival.

Venue: Purana Qila

Date: October 4

Timings: 7 ...


Spiritual Music

‘Peace To The World’, Ethno-Mass by Lorenz Maierhofer. The choral music blends rhythm and melody and binds it with spiritual messages.

Venue: Epicentre, Gurgaon

Date: October 6

Timings: 7.30 ...


Group Show

Of paintings titled, ‘A Frame of Life’. Artists include Divya Suri, Jyoti Kalra, Kiran Dangi, Rajkumar Aggarwal and others.

Venue: AIFACS, Rafi Marg

Date: Till October 7

Timings: 11 a.m. to 7 ...


Dance Recital

‘Bhakti Sandhya-II’ by Rashika Ojha, disciple of Saroja Vaidyanathan.

Venue: MP Hall, Powergrid Township, Gurgaon, Sector-43

Date: October 5

Timings: 7.30 ...


Egyptian Film

Director Youssef Chahine’s film Le Destin, as part of the Egyptian Film Festival.

Venue: Habitat Centre

Date: October 3

Timings: 7 ...


Book Launch

‘How Deep Are The Roots Of Indian Civilization? Archaeology Answers’ by Prof. Dr. B.B. Lal, former DG Archaeological Survey of India and former Director Indian Institute of Advanced Studies Shimla.

Venue: Habitat ...


NOW SHOWING
DO KNOT DISTURB

The hit pair of Govinda and David Dhawan is back and this time they relying on their favourite themes – a married man trying to hide his extramarital affair. The medley cast includes Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Reitesh Deshmukh and Sohail ...


TUBE WATCH
Kurkure Desi Beats

This week the contestants are in for a whole new theme -- Bhangra! After the contestants had a tough fight last week, the rockers will work even harder this week to make their own tickets on the show permanent. With a guest judge like Mika, ...
People

The mystery of pottery
Anju Kumar’s creations are inspired by Buddha


Quintessential Queenie
Queenie Dhody launches ‘Jewels by Queenie’ at Notandas. SHALINI SHAH gives details



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