Afternoon ragaz 
Whoever said that even if a star sneezes, it makes for news was darned right. So, when a Bollywood veteran into a neighbourhood crafts festival breezes, it's news, stirred and shaken. Checking out the Rajasthan Arts and Craft festival in the tricity on this lazy Tuesday afternoon morphed from a virtual sideshow into the event of the day when the Grand Dame of Hindi cinema Shabana Azmi sauntered into the venue unannounced. She's in town for the shooting of an English film A Decent Arrangement. — Photos by Parvesh Chauhan

ESorry bhai: Resplendent in a turquoise and cream suit, that's what Shabana Azmi seems to be saying for having created quite a commotion at the Rajasthan Arts and Craft Festival on Tuesday FSabse bada kaun: kala ki kalakaar! Shabana gets a taste of Rajasthani crafts

Classical glory
Celebrated tabla wizard, Pt Shanker Lal Ghosh, and Kathak queen of yesteryear, Guru Sanayana Hazrilal, to get Koser award this year
The Indian classical musical arts are reigning supreme in their invincible glory because of those great artists whose dedication has sustained this rich heritage, " maintains Kathak Guru Shobha Koser. "It is as such imperative to appreciate their credible contribution by encouraging them with befitting honours and the Pracheen Kala Kendra feels privileged to announce the fifth Koser awards to be presented on February 20 at the Punjab Kala Bhavan auditorium," she disclosed at Kendra complex on Tuesday.

Bhag dhanno bhag
Dream girl, Hema Malini, gets an unexpected tribute in the form of a maverick three-wheeler
Decades after she won rave reviews playing Basanti, the chatterbox village belle with unparalleled skill in driving her horse cart, Bollywood icon Hema Malini has received an unexpected tribute. It comes in the form of a similar cart that has just started service in Sunsari district in the Terai plains along the India-Nepal border that has been named after her film persona. “Basanti, the tongawali of Sholay, is still on much as people’s lips today as she was in the past,” Nepal’s leading daily published in a report.

Hema Malini

 Unlucky 13!
The 13B crew had strange experience while shooting for the movie
Actor R. Madhavan says he had some strange experiences while shooting forthcoming horror flick 13B but insists he isn’t superstitious about the number 13 being inauspicious.“I’m not particularly superstitious. But I have to tell you it has been really strange. Every 13th day of the film’s shoot there would be some disaster and we’d have to cancel shooting. And on the 13th of every month, the weather would create havoc with our plans. 

R. Madhavan

Show time
Dilli-6 premieres in West Asia on Thursday, a day in advance to Indian release
After peaking curiosity of audiences at the Dubai International Film festival in December last year with its promos and trailers, the much awaited Abhishek Bachchan - Sonam Kapoor-starrer Dilli-6 is all set to win hearts of cinegoers in West Asia where it premieres tomorrow, a day ahead of its release in the region. Produced by the UTV Motion Pictures in collaboration with BAFTA-nominated director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Dilli-6 will have a star-studded premiere at Dubai, attended by the film’s cast, including Abhishek, Sonam and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, sources in UTV said. 

Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan 

Awards and accolades
Preity Zinta nominated for Canada’s Genie Awards
Bollywood actor Preity Zinta has been nominated for the Genie Awards for her performance in Heaven on Earth, directed by Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. The actor has been nominated in the Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role category. Preity will be vying with Hollywood actresses like Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn who have been nominated for Emotional Arithmetic and The Stone Angel respectively. The awards will be announced on April 4 at Ottawa in Canada. —IANS

Preity Zinta

Turn over to internships
Compulsory or not, practical training seems to be a hit with students. However, recession seems to have hit it ‘in turn’ 
Ignore the chronology but festivals, semesters, elections, geris, lectures, admission, placement, bunks, convocation; anything left? Something that helps make the transition between classroom to boardroom suave, smooth and let's be honest, less bumpy. It's not for nothing, internships are an indispensable part of curriculum in many a departments.

All set for Euphoria
Want some mantras on good health, ask the doctor. Need a second opinion on your anatomy, consult the doctor. Want to have a good time, fun being the word, well, join the doctors. Yeah, it is fest again, but the festivities have shifted to GMCH-32. Organising their eleventh annual extravaganza, Euphoria the students of medicine are ready with their prescription of masti. — Photos by Parvesh Chauhan

Mane made Bollywood actor Salman Khan in his new hairstyle and look for the shooting of his film Veer in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Facebook forever
Social-networking giant Facebook revised its user Terms of Service (TOS) without much noise on February 4, according to the Consumerist blog. It was revealed that the free-access website could now use its members' photos, scribbling and status updates if it wanted to promote itself or create or sell advertisements - even after their accounts had been deleted.

Get a room! 
Brit passengers have been asked to follow the 'No Kissing' sign recently uncovered at a railway station to lighten traffic and lessen delays. Virgin Rail chiefs at Warrington Bank Quay station in Warrington, Cheshire, decided to put up the sign just at the passenger drop-off point, and suggested travellers to use the short-stay car park if they wished to be with their loved ones for some more time.

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City through its people
Rajkumar and Madan Lal throw some interesting light on Corbusier's creation 

We have already written about how this Corbusier's baby has inspired numerous artists and photographers alike, not just homegrown ones but those from foreign shores too.

Launch PAD
Clear vision
Sony has introduced the high performance BRAVIA Z450A, the world’s first LCD TV with Motionflow™ 200Hz technology in India. A technology that has gained enthusiastic support from owners worldwide for its ultra-smooth picture enhancement capability, the BRAVIA Z450A brings home entertainment to the next level. 

Going places

Black riding hood  Why should boys have all the fun? These two dames prove their zest for biking at Sector 15 roundabout. Lifestyle photo: Parvesh Chauhan