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In
sync with time
Purva Grover
 IF
the fact that all your aunts, uncles, parents’ friends and neighbours
are engineers or doctors (a generation born to solve algebra or perform
surgeries) has troubled you enough, then here’s a point to ponder. How
come all actors of their times played unemployed art lovers, dedicated
policemen, incorrigible lawyers or tyrant businessmen cum fathers? Confused? Well, if the career graph of the real people was restricted in those times, so was that of the reel. However, the good news is both have evolved. And, if you are slogging to bell the cat, so is our hero (remember, Saif and Preity in KHNH) and if you are dying to make it to a reality show, then so is our heroine (Shabana Azmi in Loins of Punjab) And, what’s more, the fact that your school teachers are more pals and less dictators or men are on a mission to invade the kitchen, too is coming true on silver screen. Don’t believe us? Well, read on.
Two’s company
Meet our Parsi community, who has blended into the city’s culture & yet managed to keep their own traditions alive
Parbina Rashid
DID you know that Persian history in India is rooted in assimilation? When Iran’s Parsi community was asked to either embrace Islam or leave, this particular group reached Gujarat’s shores and their priest sent a message to the king of Gujarat seeking refuge. The king, to judge their intellect, sent a jug of milk with no explanation. The Parsi priest tasted the milk, added some sugar to it and sent it back.
Photo by Manoj Mahajan
Wall of fame
Inexpensive, easily available and without the signature of the artist, posters continue to rule
 Purva
Grover
A wall coated with textured paints in pastel colours. An artistic ornamental play with POP to lend it a classy touch. And inimitable works of art by renowned artists as adornments. That’s how a perfect room with a perfect wall is defined today. Now, what if we were to spray glue all over or leave cellotape marks on your designer walls, and call it art? It would surely leave you fuming.
On their walls: Neeraj’s travel mania— Photo
by Pradeep Tiwari
Gem of a place
Aneesha Sareen
FOR those who love to gorge on South Indian delicacies, here is an added bonanza. Newly opened Ratnam at Hotel Classic-35, offers 120 South Indian delicacies in a fine dining setting.
The special touch in the food comes from 32 authentic Indian herbs and is prepared by a team brought from the South, who have the experience of working with South Indian chains of national and international
repute.
Photo
by P arvesh Chauhan
youth speak
Way to go
Saurabh Gupta
Indian tourism has got a great impetus lately. It is a fast-growing industry, second only to the IT industry in terms of job opportunities. The tourism sector is projected to generate worldwide employment for over two crore people in the coming years. It is a lucrative career with a host of job
avenues.
Paris in a charity mood
Socialite Paris Hilton is so hell-bent on visiting Rwanda, that she has arranged her trip to the country for next year.
A thing of the past
 Archana K.
Sudheer
Scene 1: A wedding taking place some 10 years ago. The mandap is decked with flowers, dominated by the colour yellow. It is our familiar marigold that rules the picture. The bride and groom garland each other. Again, the same colour pervades the happy portrait.
Marigolds give away to chic orchids & liliums at the mandap
Have voice, will sing
Aneesha Sareen
YET another talent hunt show, but this one promises to be different. The winner gets a chance to perform with singer Jazzy B in London and also cut an album. Most of the aspirants are from rural areas of the state and this is unique point of the
show. The team for Coca Cola Voice of Punjab was here on Thursday for an audition. With music director Tejwant Kittu and Punjabi singer Feroz Khan as judges, it evoked good
response.
Photo by Parvgesh
Chauhan
SIDELANES
The Pygmalion Complex
Joyshri Lobo
 GLORY be! India is finally shining. The number of increasing poor is immaterial because they live in rural areas – bonded or otherwise – and can be hidden behind the swaying crops and furrows. Their more fortunate brethren shift en masse to the cities and live behind rising walls — sans toilets, running water, bijli, kapra and upna makaan. When the building is complete, they move to the next site to build doosre ka makaan, still sans everything.
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