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Life in Letters
Over the past half century or so, Sham Lal has remained unequalled in literary criticism. ZIYA US SALAM speaks to the grand old author whose book, "Indian Realities: Bits and Pieces" was released in New Delhi the other day.
Lifestyle

Wanna drape Madonna
DESIGNER CLOTHES add a dash of shimmer and style to the personae of a young lady. But it is believed that designer garments cater to a niche segment and are beyond the reach of masses. Leading fashion designer Ritu Beri launched her signature ...
Arts & Crafts

About art, seriously
The launch of "Indian Art, An Overview", edited by Gayatri Sinha, in New Delhi this past week, saw the city's art fraternity discussing trends in art coverage. RANA SIDDIQUI reports.
Personality

Vote for Anil Bhai...
Anil Bhai is in the news. You may not have heard of him but ask Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Or Sonia Gandhi. The chances are most of their cut-outs, photos and other election material would have been supplied by this unassuming man from Sadar Bazaar, say s SANJAY AUSTA.


Just Mahima
FROM THAT Sanjana of the Pepsi ad to filmdom through Subhash Ghai's "Pardes", Mahima Choudhury has come a long way. Though at present with just three films, she nevertheless has given Bollywood a few convincing and interesting roles. At ...
Outspoken Hiro
"Bush doesn't understand the outside world. He thinks in slogans".
For better with verse
VERSE, WE are taught, rules your pen in particular state of affairs. Either you are in too elated a mood or in extreme pain. But with such a mindset, meeting British poet-novelist Bernadine Evaristo is edification. "To tell any story, you need ...
Fashion

For that special look
WEDDING MAY be a marriage of souls but if the souls are not properly packaged on the day of the deal, it can literally turn into a D-Day. With the majority of designers concentrating on the bride, it is the groom, who invariably finds a lack of ...
Cinema

Opening tomorrow... Kal Ho Naa Ho
KING KHAN may not be fully fit but the industry is banking on him to deliver in this famished second half, where apart from a "Baghban" here or a "Tere Naam" there nothing has flourished. Shot in New York city, Yash Johar's "Kal Ho Naa Ho" ...
Eating Out

Food? Not at bay for Brande
"People are surprised when I tell them that I am actually a home-bug and I just love cooking."
Paranthas and more
EATING PARANTHAS sitting on a jute chair ogling at the film posters stuck to electricity poles. At times cycles, occasionally ancient lanterns and every now and then antique doors and windows contend for your fleeting attention spared from the ...
Simply Good
POPULAR AS the successful host of Zee TV's "Khana Khazana", Sanjeev Kapoor brings his inimitable style to cooking and cuisine, specially Indian. He applies his winning formula of tradition, common sense, passion and zest for life to his newly ...
Food for fun
ASK THE question `hungry kya' and Domino's is probably the first thing that comes to mind. However after the advertisement campaign became a synonym for pizza, Domino's hopes to answer the question in more ways than one. Following the "huge ...
Land & People

Winter rhapsody
THERE'S A nip in the air. And a song in my heart. At the onset of winter, Delhi pulls out all its stops of languorous inactivity that had bottled up its dormant potential to entertain. It is like a can of beer opened by an anaari, yet the ...
Events

A liberal's yarn
In Delhi this week to launch his latest book, "The Last Liberal and Other Essays", Bangalore-based Ramachandra Guha tells SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY that though he calls himself the last liberal he also wishes that he is not the very last.
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