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Peak beneath his feet
Saurabh Malik
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city-based gemologist-cum-mountaineer Soli Sethi about his adventures while scaling new heights of glory by successfully climbing the Umasi peak in Jammu and Kashmir, and this is what his lofty reaction is to the entire episode lasting over 11 days, and 100 km.
Well guys, the height is not much. In fact, it’s 17, 500 feet. Nothing compared to the stature some others have achieved by mastering the Everest again and again. But then, the peak is practically unexplored, the terrain deceitful.
City-guy Soli Sethi successfully scales the Umasi Peak, unconquered for 16 years
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Fun intended
Purva Grover
THE performance of the Indian cricket team in the World Cup was shameful. The melodrama surrounding the ‘wedding of the year’, that of Abhi and Ash, was hyped. The saas-bahu soaps should be banned. Complaints to the Municipal Corporation often fall on deaf ears. These were some of the issues bothering Akhil Verma, the 28-year-old MD of SJ Edutech, an Internet service-providing group.
“I needed a platform to make my voice heard or merely to vent out my annoyance against the system and people.”
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Here’s a lil’ treat for the aesthetic minds as well as the pocket
Mirroring Art
Anandita Gupta
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HE feeling was great. I was down on my knees, fully aware that my jeans were getting dirty…but then, it was simply worth it. The delicious display on the floor was tempting me to check it out, promising a double whammy for the taste buds as well as the pocket…Well, that statement might leave you thinking about rich, creamy scoops of ice cream, dribbling down a cone, or some take-away snack, but this is no ordinary food that I’m talking about. It was, well, as they say, food for the aesthetic sense. |
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 youth speak
Aman Minhas
Scaling newer heights: Are we?
Sixty
years of independence and probably the murkiest of all presidential polls is what has taken India to get its first women President. Even so, we must congratulate the women fraternity for this feat, as now, it is us who are heading the predominantly male dominated field— the Indian Army.
Small Wonder
The song of life
Parbina Rashid
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HE may have seen only 12 springs in her life, but Riya Madan has lived each moment to the fullest, exploring the joys and the sorrows that life has to offer. And the countless pleasures and sorrows she’s experienced during her journey, find an expression in her poem — Life Is A Journey, which has won her the Grand Prize at the international contest— ‘New Voices 2007’— organised by EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection).
Photo by Parvesh
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Madonna’s fury
AS an unlucky crewmember recently found out, you don’t pass a remark about Madonna’s kids and get away with it.
Wrapped in style
Anandita Gupta
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WHEN
was the last time you wrapped a present for a loved one? Rushing to the nearby stationery store, grabbing a gaudy-looking sheet, quickly sealing its ends together, slapping a ribbon bow on it, and then sloppily reversing your visiting card on the pack to scribble a hurried message. Chances are, quite long ago. For, we’ve moved over haphazardly wrapping gifts on our own.
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 Bebo, Maddy cutest vegetarians
It’s official now. They are the celebs with passion and compassion. Film stars Kareena Kapoor and R. Madhavan have been crowned winners in the first-ever Cutest Vegetarian online poll.
Conducted by petaDishoom, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) India’s youth division, it was a close race with stiff challenges mounted by a bevy of hottie runners-up, including Mallika Sherawat, Mahima Chaudhary, Shahid Kapur and Rajneesh Duggal. But one look into Bollywood beauty Kareena Kapoor’s radiant hazel eyes and there’s no doubt that cute and vegetarian are one and the same.
Little Interview
Packed with Punjabiat
This music director’s Channa Ve was among the league of the super hit albums released by Universal Music. As Kunal Ganjawala crooned Channa ve ghar aaja ve, the song’s melody almost wove a spell over the listeners. And this was how this song’s Ganganagar-born music director, Santokh Singh, embarked on his successful musical journey. His albums Sanwaria and Nanna created ripples in the musical circuit as well. Now, Singh is back with his new album Nakhra Punjaban Da, for which he’s composed eight beautiful tracks for debutant singer Nikki Mehndi, wife of famous Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi. Santokh Singh has also penned the lyrics for this album. We chat up the young director, in town for the promotion of Nakhra Punjaban Da. Excerpts.
Stone rush
Diamonds find some glittering company
Saurabh Malik
STAND-alone
diamonds are no more dazzling the crowd! The glam brigade is adding a touch of brightness to their immaculate existence by picking up jewellery with shine of both diamonds and coloured stones.
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SIDELANES
Onions under my skin
Joyshri Lobo
I was a handful at the tender age of eight. I climbed trees, played professional pithoo, jung palang and marbles, stole fruit from others’ gardens, climbed the gurdwara wall, fell into the hands of irate sevadars, and fed an aunt and uncle cotton wool pakoras. They barely survived choking to death. |
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Lohan replaced
Lindsay Lohan has been replaced by actor Rob Schneider in NBC’s long-running late-night talk and variety program, the Tonight Show.
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