Dimple deconstructed
The Bobby beauty celebrates her birthday today. In an exclusive interview, Dimple Kapadia talks of her filmi kal, aaj aur kal
Dimple Kapadia herself is least interested about the fact that she celebrates her silver jubilee in films this year.  Typical of her, she is not at all conscious of the many landmarks in her glorious career.  In a telephonic conversation from Mumbai, she says, “What special is there for me to speak about my silver jubilee in cinema.  It is just by virtue of the fact that I am still working.” An actress who has stood the test of time by sheer dint of her will power and merit, she remains one of the most under-utilised performers in the past two and a half decades.  She won the hearts of the entire nation’s youth with her maiden appearance in Bobby.

I scream And on the eighth day God invented ice cream! Then man added flavours and sundaes err…Sundays became heavenly! Don’t google the tale, it’s straight from any ice-cream lovers’ heart! There’s even an ice-cream day (as if we needed it!). As for now, the good news? Celebrating the invention is city’s very own Hotel Aroma-22 with ice-cream festival ‘Beat the Heat’. In June summer heat, that sounds like…well, melody! Let’s check out!

Fun on the go Traditions and adventure might make an uncanny combination, but both drive on passion and dedication. And on Sunday morning, the dedication and passion got the best of the Scindia Old Boys Association. SOBA, an alumni association of The Scindia School Gwalior, in association with JK tyres and SAIL, organised a rally to commemorate the 112th Founder’s Day.

Happy feet
Mix good ol' aerobics with a dose of hip-hop, salsa and bhangra, and you dance away to good health
One, two, three, four. Change. Four, three, two, one. Change. And that's all about it. Till some years back, aerobics was limited to those fixed four step exercises. Same movements, same steps, devoid of any fun element, it was just another monotonous way of shedding flab.

Band of boys

An Army band plays prior to the flagging off the SOBA rally at Shivalikview-17 Lifestyle photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Laws of motion
Dr Mandeep S. Dhillon, chief of Sports Medicine Clinic at PGIMER and honorary consultant to the BCCI, Indian Hockey Federation and the Gymnastic Federation of India, talks about shoulder and knee injuries
If you thought only the Tendulkars and Kumbles were vulnerable to shoulder, and knee injuries, you are mistaken. A growing number of youngsters, particularly the fitness freaks in gyms are the ones increasingly reporting shoulder trouble and knee injuries.

Fat facts
Our hunger pangs are activated not by an empty stomach but by fats from the foods we eat to optimise nutrient metabolism and promote the storage of body fat, according to latest research. Ghrelin is a hormone that was believed to accumulate during periods of fasting and is found in the body in high concentrations just before meals.

Meet the Meet
A poet and novelist of merit and a stalwart in Punjabi literature Mitter Sain Meet is regarded as the first literary exponent of the suffering humanity from the apathy of administration, atrocities of the police and above all, the due justice from judiciary.

BODY WISE On the right track It's summer, and you know what that means -- vacation time! A time to relax, kick off and let work slip from your mind for a few days. While enjoying your vacation is top priority, it's important to keep your diet on track before you start sipping on your pina colada and ordering that double fudge brownie sundae. Here are some simple tips on how to stay fit while on vacation.

Miss and hit
With Sajid Nadiawala's multi-million budgeted movie Kambakkht Ishq ready to hit the screens on July 10, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is keeping his fingers crossed. The star had two successive flops this year after a dream run since 2006 during which his films raked up over Rs 500 crore business world-wide. His latest releases Chandni Chowk to China and Tasveer 8x10 have not done well.

Second innings
Bollywood veteran Manoj Kumar is upbeat about donning the director's hat once again in his golden jubilee year in the industry for an 'Indo-Pak' love story. The actor-turned-filmmaker may have moved on from the Om Shanti Om controversy, but maintains that what Shah Rukh Khan did was ‘dirty’. "Though I had three subjects in mind, I decided to first go with Indo-Pak: A Love Story.

Happy together
Katie Holmes has lashed out at ‘spiteful’ rumours claiming that her marriage to Tom Cruise is on the rocks, insisting that ‘enough is enough’. The 30-year-old actress declared: "Some of the stuff people have said is absolutely horrible. It is so disgusting and uncalled for."

Glimpse of Jacko
Michael Jackson, who hasn't been seen without a veil in the recent past, let his guard down to allow the world a rare glimpse of him and his kids. Prince Michael I, 12, and Paris, 11, were seen without their customary masks as they joined their father at a Los Angeles recording studio without any veil.

Fan trouble
Hollywood legend Robert De Niro was accosted by a drunk female fan on the set of his new film Stone in Michigan. The star was shooting Stone with fellow actor Edward Norton Friday when production had to be halted as a drunk woman barged on the sets. She managed to bypass security.

Mum's role
Babies need love and stimulation in their first year or risk poor brain development and social skills, a leading child health expert has warned. Dr Cheryl Power, a clinical psychologist, says infants of mothers with mental health difficulties could be at risk. This is so because health experts often focus on the problems of the mother, making the infant 'invisible'.

Vibrant Rio
Models display creations from Maria Bonita's 2010 spring/summer collection during Fashion Rio Show in Rio de Janeiro Photo: Reuters/Alex Carvalho