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Congratulations, it’s a girl!
The girl child becomes not just acceptable but
desirable, at least when it comes to adoption
Anandita Gupta
| WE live in a country where sex determination and sex selective abortions (despite being illegal) are deeply rooted in the social fabric. Our women become their husbands’ property post marriage, losing the right to contribute financially or otherwise, to their parental household. Men hold control in rituals and customs, be it lighting the parents’ funeral pyre or the family puja emphasising on the patrilineal descent. Forget India, our region recently revealed itself as the nucleus for female foeticide and skewed sex ratio.
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Malkit Singh |
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Stars Shine Down
The caste of Kaash Mere Hote flew in on Friday. Ludhiana-boy Kumar Sahil and
Ash look-alike Sneha Ullal on acting, forthcoming films, Sallu and more…
Aman Minhas
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white swanky limousine with neatly kept glasses waiting to be sipped, numerous bouquets, security guards on a high alert, photographers waiting to flash at the first glimpse, journalists revising their questions and even some anxious fans – we can’t say too many – waiting for probably a chance of a lifetime.
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Parvesh Chauhan |
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Made in India
From Miss India to SRK’s stylist in
Om Shanti Om...
Archana K. Sudheer
| Glamour’s fav destination, City Beautiful, had yet another pretty woman walking down it’s streets (or the exhibition Desire, to be more precise). The lady in question is Femina Miss India Athlete 2005, Gwen Athaide, who stole the show at this city expo with her warm attitude. With looks complimenting her confident nature, this young model was all praise for the city. “It’s my first visit to the city and is a sure respite from the hustle and bustle of Mumbai,” Gwen says. “Moreover, everything is so organised here; it’s just amazing.”
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Clicked collectables
After paintings, will photographs be the next big thing?
Parbina Rashid finds out
Parbina Rashid
| WHEN homegrown photo-artist Diwan Manna got an invitation last year to visit Firminy in France and shoot Le Corbusier’s buildings for an exhibition called Regardef Croises Franco-inbiens (Indo-France Glances) at St Etienne, we, the Press, rejoiced at his achievements and hailed him as the hero who had done us proud.
Flight of fancy:
Dr Sandeep Chhatwal |
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Ashley to star
in ‘Helen’
Never
say die
Anandita Gupta
 HER words instantly transport us to Pirates of the Carribean-3 —a cutter snow ship piercing through a frozen ocean, shivering men jumping off the ship to play hockey (we bring in a lil’ Chak De in our imagination here), sun playing a peak-a-boo through the clouds just for four minutes… and just one women (among 23 men) going through it all. And well, no film or tele serial this, but the real-life experience of city-based Dr Kanwal Vilku. High on the adventure adrenaline since childhood (and a Discovery buff), this 50 plus lady always wanted to feel ‘the Antartic air, clouds and sun,’ as she puts it. No wonder, when destiny knocked, she eagerly grabbed the glacier-big chance to be a part of India’s 19th Antarctic Expedition and setting up the Maitri Station on Antarctica — the world’s seventh continent and yes, five times the size of India.
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touch bohemian, a little international, & simply eco-friendly... let
cane raise the chic-quotient of your place
Anandita Gupta
WHAT would you do if we told you that the local streetwala cane furniture is the new hip interior shopping address to be at? Roll your eyeballs in disbelief or simply scoff at the suggestion? Well, you mustn’t really, for cane indeed has climbed up the chic interiors ladder and crawled into style-savvy homemakers’ lists of must-buys. And not for your verandah and gardens, mind you (remember the moodas and hanging jhoolas you picked up from the highway), but for your living rooms, dining areas, home bars and master bedrooms.
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Titillate your taste buds with these absolutely scrumptious European starters
Saurabh Malik
THE French savour them as horsd’oeuvres, Italians call them Antipasto and the Germans refer to them as Vorspeise. For the Danish, they are forret. And the Spanish equivalent is tapas. You can simply call them starters and appetisers.
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Brilliance Unmatched
Archana K. Sudheer
High-security is what greeted me at the grand ballroom of The Taj. I wondered what the hype was all about. After all, it was just another jewellery exhibition, I mused as I collected my entry card.
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Photo by Manoj
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 Keira remembers old pals
Actor Keira Knightley keeps her feet on the ground by keeping in touch with pals who knew her when she was not a famous movie star. The 22-year-old actor reveals that she likes to spend time with her old buddies. “They don’t give advice. They’re more likely to take me out for a glass of wine and a cigarette and hope for the best,” she added.
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Beauty Studio
Pammy Kaul
Be your own hairdresser
Getting the perfect saloon-like blow dry is possible with the right products
Perfect blow dry can be a real blow out, but you can never really achieve the salon look on your own at home. Good blow dry not only keeps hair in shape for days but also lends it body, and a sleek glossy look. Believe me blow drying is no rocket science; with just a few facts observed you could be your own hairdresser.
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