Piyas in pixels
It’ll be a wedding of technology and tradition. Wives from the tricity, separated from their hubbies by the seven seas or state borders this Karva Chauth, will break their fast by viewing them on webcams
In October last year, celebrity bahu Aishwarya Rai Bachchan left a juicy Hollywood project to be with hubby Abhishek on her first Karva Chauth. As we know, it’s a day devoted to fasting (you can’t have even water), dressing up, spending time together and waiting for the never-seem-to-be-rising moon. Karva Chauth, some may call it regressive or sexist, reaffirms the deep bond between the couple. The very essence of this traditional Hindu festival is togetherness. But what happens when the love of your life is far away                Photo: Pradeep Tewari
on this big day? We find out from city folks to know how hard it is to celebrate this Spouse’s Day sans the partner.

Mundhra’s moderates
Shoot On Sight is the voice of moderate Muslims making a fervent plea for an end to the Islamophobia plaguing the West
As Asians over the world face an atmosphere of hate in the West in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack and the 2005 London bombings, a number of film makers are reflecting through their cinematic ventures the growing Islamophobia across the Western world and its impact on moderate Asians and Muslims settled there.

Naseeruddin Shah with Greta Scacchi in Shoot on Sight

Positively happy
There is much more to Urmila Matondkar than her sex appeal. It is hard to believe that she begun her career as a boy. She has proved herself as an actor of substance time and again. Now, Urmila has two films lined up for release - one, the remake of Karz with Himesh Reshammiya and EMI with Sanjay Dutt. We talk to the original glamour girl of the industry to know about her films. On her new releases

Urmila Matondkar

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Wannabe Nusrat 
Some time ago, when Himesh Reshammiya was blasted for his nasal singing, he had countered that even Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and R. D. Burman sang that way. Asha Bhosle took offence to that remark and Himesh had to apologise.

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Voices from valley
Three young RJs from Srinagar come calling to the city for a training programme
Suno sunao life banao is what you hear every time you tune in to Big FM. But taking the punchline a little further are Wafa Vakil, Farah Khan and Yusra Hussian, radio jockeys from its Srinagar station.

(L-R) Yusra Hussain, Wafa Vakil and Farah Khan. Photo: Manoj Mahajan

City girl in Indian Idol 4
Reality show. Contestants. Competition. Judges. Again, what's new? Talent from Chandigarh. Absolutely nothing new. But we love it. Any news of city people making it big, and we love to blow our trumpet. This time it's city girl Purnima…who's made it to the 30 final contestants who'll now sweat it out on Indian Idol 4. On the eve of the telecast of the episode featuring piano round of the shortlisted particpants, we get talking to her father.

             Purnima