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Nothing Lasts Forever
The news of the death of Sidney
Sheldon, easily one of the greatest storytellers, has jolted many a
die-hard Sidney fan in City Beautiful, reports Parbina
Rashid
AS I had always compared Abdullah
Hall of Aligarh Muslim University to a women’s jail, I could easily
identify myself with If Tomorrow Comes heroine Tracy Whitney, who had to
languish in a women’s jail for no fault of hers. At that time I felt it
was a grave injustice to me when my father had put me in a women’s
college where we were allowed to venture out of the campus only
twice a week. I could single out our head girl as Big Bertha who
enjoyed the closest rapport with the hostel warden and hence enjoyed
a few privileges that we lesser mortals were denied.
Memories of yesterday: Sidney Sheldon with wife Alexandra Kostoff |
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Slice of
Orange
If green is not your colour of dreams, shall we try cheery hues of orange
this week before it gets too bright and sunny outside? If you’ve warmed
to the thought of using tangerines in your home, you’ll love the variety
of looks citrus can bring into your home. Rust-ish orange merges well with
brown, gold, and red to create a warm color palette.
If you have a reasonably sized dining area, then how about painting all
the walls in burnt amber, paint the door and windows either pearl white or
polish then in natural teak shade. Keep ceiling and cornice white and
flooring pale for fresh appeal. Use maple for contemporary, oak for rustic
or walnut for classic interiors but don’t forget to put a colossal
orange and yellow flower arrangement on your dining table.
KOFFEE WITH
KARAN
Over a cup of Koffee
What’s is common about Kabhi
Khushi Kabhi Gam, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and the latest Kabhi Alvida Na
Kehna, (yes, besides the fact that all these were emotionally charged
melodramas), well it’s the man behind them, the leader of a new, young
and ‘hip n happening’ brigade of directors, Karan Johar.
Feeling his
way through light and shade
When Art Folio had organised
a group show of a few Kolkata-based artists in the city last year, it was
Subuddha Ghosh’s ‘Doorways’ series that eclipsed the others. His
works were a complete sell out, as it was difficult for an art lover to
resist the beautiful interplay of light and shade, which he had captured
sometime through a jharokha and sometime through an open door.
SIDE LANES
 A Woman to reckon with
Children. If one word, one group, one goal has to
epitomise Sharda Dutt, it is this sacred word. She loves, nurtures, guides
and fights for them, no matter where or who they are. She has been the
perfect teacher and care-giver for the past sixty years. Sharda’s
journey as a teacher began when she started home-teaching for her
daughters six decades ago. She was so keen to give them a proper education
that she wheedled out ideas from friends and books with her customary
curiosity and passionately plunged into a daunting task.
FILM & FASHION
Hilary runs ruckus
Hilary Duff, who otherwise had maintained a rather
impeccable reputation till date, recently made a drunken scene at
Hollywood hotspot, Hyde recently. The 19-year-old popstar and her sister 21-year-old Haylie
showed up at Hyde before midnight. They were apparently on a double date,
even though sources claimed “a huge entourage” escorted them.
 Mere angan ki
kahani
Some moments need to be recorded, even if it takes as much
time in rewinding them, as the words are far more precious than time
itself. This I realise flipping through the pages of my diary, dated March
3, 2004, the day I met the best storyteller of our times Kamleshwar. The
power of his words, the wisdom of his criticism in his deep-throated
voice, all stare at my face from the pages.
Lage Raho
Hirani Bhai
 When Munnabhai MBBS
hit the screen in 2002 the Indian audiences were dazzled by its impressive
show of cinematic technique. Very few know that before its release the
film was struggling to find buyers. But Munnabhai MBBS managed to
weave a spell over audiences with its direction, editing, good story and
screenplay. The film gave director Raj Kumar Hirani his major commercial
success. Hirani’s second movie Lage Raho Munnabhai, the message
film that made Gandhigiri popular recently bagged six of the nine
categories, in which this film had been nominated.
 NEW RELEASES
Signaling change
This
week the stage is set for another hard-hitting film Traffic
Signal produced by Percept Picture Company. This Rs 4 crore budget
film belonging to a different genre and subject will be released today at
Nirman, Chandigarh and Fun Republic Manimajra. Madhur Bhandarkar directs
Traffic Signal. After Satta, Chandni Bar, Page 3 and Corporate,
Madhur once again is ready to take center stage with his much-awaited film
that stars Kalyug fame Kunal Khemu. Others in the cast are Neetu
Chandra, Ranvir Shorei, Upandra Limaye and filmmaker Sudhir Mishra.
Cross-country
music
The glory of Indian music arts and Yoga had engendered an
aesthetic affinity among the art lovers the world over which seemingly had
blurred the geopolitical barriers,” says Gurdev Singh Seera, a musician
based in Woolich, London. Thanks to the great classical music icons like
Pandit Ravi Shanker, Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar, Zakir Hussain and others for
their pioneering efforts in introducing and propagating the Indian
classical music to the West that today many humble exponents of classical
stream and its sub-genres like ghazal, thumri, dadra are duly
respected in the alien lands.
YOUTH SPEAK
 Beauty in being
Beauty of life is often arrested in being beautiful on the
outside as beauty may at once appeal to the senses. In age of competition,
awareness, speed and curiosity, every one wants to look attractive and
build a body only to be adored by others. Every day we come across
countless beautiful faces but most of the times we feel envious. We try to
change ourselves and build a striking personality. Some can also be
preoccupied in complexes that most of the times hampers our success and
growth.
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