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Reigning & budding beauties
The Rose fest had the Miss India winners putting their best foot forward and
Rose Princesses wearing their best smiles
Flashing cameras, the best profiles, innocent faces and well, of course proud parents. The most happening event of rose festival-the Rose Princess and Prince, was nothing short of a beauty pageant.
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Tanvi Vyas
Photo: Kamal Kishore
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Winners: Anhad, Lavayna, Paavan,
Kabir, Gurman, Sanjeet (Clockwise from top)
Photos: Parvesh Chauhan
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From the left seat
Sitting left to the rallyist, is the person who can drive him to the winning post, if all goes well. And if it doesn’t, well, then a 10 feet slide awaits both of them. He is none other but the man who guides the driver by the road book— The navigator. In fact, it is a competent, skilled, focused navigator who can make or break a rallyist dream of crossing the finish line, first.
Khuswant Randhawa
 Picks & piques
Dilli darshan
Buckle up for another geri of country's most famous cultural gali— Chandni Chowk. After the loony exploits of a lowly potato peeler Sidhu (Akshay Kumar in C2TC), it's the turn of talented Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to explore Delhi-6. And the filmmaker, known for his riveting Rang De Basanti, doesn't disappoint as he deftly creates a microcosm which goes on to address wider concerns.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi6 stars Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri and Waheeda Rehman
Fitting Freida
She has stunned style divas with her sartorial elegance at red carpet events and made it to Vogue's best-dressed list. And now Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is sure to make a splash at the Oscars, say Indian designers. "She carries herself with poise and knows what to wear and when," said designer Alpana of the label
Azara. While many Indians are keeping their fingers crossed for the film at the February 22 ceremony, they are also hoping that Freida will hold her own among the galaxy of stars at the Academy Awards.
Freida Pinto
Leaks & lies
Leaked Oscar winner's list a fraud, says Academy
A document purportedly listing the 'winners' of this weekend's Academy Awards has been published on the Internet. The authentic-looking document, which seems to have been scanned in, has an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences letterhead and what looks like the signature of the Academy's president, Sid Ganis. According to the list, Kate Winslet has won best actress gong for The Reader and Mickey Rourke has bagged best actor award for The Wrestler.
Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Play time
Dr Kulbir Kaur’s latest book focuses on theatre’s
golden era
With a rare confluence of similar traits of performing, criticising and authoring book on playwright, legend Dr Kulbir Kaur rightly breathes theatre. Her close surveillance of human thought and emotions as reflected in her poetry, theatrical performances and now a book on theatre Hindustani Rang Manch ka Sunehari Yug, Dr Kulbir Kaur Virk looks aesthetically matured than her years.
Theatre legend Dev Raj Ankur(R) and Dr Kulbir Kaur Virk on the release of her book
Hindustani Rang Manch ka Sunehari Yug
Country colours
It wasn’t a competition actually but just a mere comparison, which got a little serious. As we got to see drawings in insipid hues of grey and oil paintings in bright red, sparkling yellow, radiant orange, and subtle green, we thought of settling the debate, which of the two colour schemes look more attractive? Unable to decide, we asked the artist Gavi Gangadhara, “The contrast of black and white is engrossing and different colours put together on the canvas is pleasing.”
Bon Voyage
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Poetic praise
Manglesh Dabral, a renowned poet, became the first recipient of the Kumar Vikal Memorial Award on Saturday. The award, presented by Kumar Vikal’s wife, will now become an annual feature and is an effort to renew the interest of people in the poet’s works. Prof Manager Pandey presided over the function. He said, “Kumar Vikal’s poetry had a strong social message in it that highlighted the evils in our society.” Photo: Parvesh Chauhan |
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