Reality sucks! There is not one single soul out there who is not busy either glorifying, or manipulating or even rebelling against their reality. The fact is, when it comes to life, we don't like the real picture. But then there is this other fact that despite all our efforts reality gets the better of us. How?
Shopper’s stop
From fabric to to food items there’s something for everyone here
Style ruled the ongoing exhibition, Fashion Secrets at hotel Shivalikview-17 that had over 50 designers' elements from Mumbai, New Delhi and Chandigarh on its display. In the city for the first time, Fashion Secrets serves your style as well as taste buds.
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Ice ice baby |
Candid about candy. Nothing adds more spice to children’s palate in summer than a dash of ice
candy. Lifestyle photo: Pradeep Tewari |
Aromas of Arabia
The three-day food fest at Hotel Mountview is ready to whet your appetite with flavours from Arab rasois
To hone your appetite CITCO brings to the city a three-day Arabian food festival. To toss up the Arabian flavours, Chef Rameez has been specially invited for the fest.
Chill thrill
Nothing better to chill out in the hot weather than coolants. Try out these mocktails with a twist:
Chinese by choice
Forget chicken tikka masala. Chinese food is the most popular ethnic cuisine, according to new research that suggests Britain's immense in a poll, 83 per cent of adults liked eating tangy Chinese, ahead of the 71 per cent who favoured highly-spicy Indian food.
Bon Appetit
Flaming flambés
The term flambé pronounced flahm-BAY is a French word meaning “flaming” or “flamed.” Flambé means to ignite foods that have liquor or liqueur added. This is done for a dramatic effect and to develop a rich flavour in the food. I have my first faint memories of watching a flambé when I was probably one inch beyond the diaper stage.
Return to roots
Back to basics was the theme of KFW
Excitement is in the air as the city gears up to see high profile Bollywood stars like Bipasha Basu and John Abraham, dressed in attires by their favourite designers, walk the ramp for its first ever fashion extravaganza - the four-day Kolkata Fashion Week, which began Thursday.
Nature's the way
Bibi Russel's ethnic collection was high on use of natural fibre
The inaugural Kolkata Fashion Week opened Thursday with Bangladesh's international model-turned designer Bibi Russell showcasing her gamcha (stole) and
natural fibre collection.
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Kolkata calling
Day 1 of Kolkata’s first fashion week saw a big Bollywood
turnout on
the ramp
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Neha Dhupia displays an outfit designed by Falguni and
Shane Peacock
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Actor Dino Morea presents a creation from
Indian designer Sharbari Dutta Photo: Reuters
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Raima Sen walks the ramp on Day 1 of KFW.
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Akshay’s unbuttoning at LFW has invited a police probe
Bollywood machoman Akshay Kumar's act of asking his wife Twinkle unbuttoning his trousers at LFW kicked up a row over alleged obscenity even as police began an inquiry into the incident and the actor apologised for his action.
War of the sexes
Men my age get better roles: Farida Jalal
She has played mother to the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Akshay Kumar in Hindi films, but veteran actress Farida Jalal has now returned to the small screen with Balika Vadhu. She says a lack of good roles for women her age in Bollywood led her to turn to television.
Flying high
It was a long wait for Abhimanyu Singh who made an impact as the volatile and unstoppable Rajput student-leader Rananjay Singh in Gulaal after 10 years of struggle. He feels that the film has given him a new lease of life.
After making it big in the world of reality TV, do the Z-listers from the tricity like to return to home soil or do they prefer life in a Metro? We find out…