Stage presence
In the city, Jaimini Pathak, Nayantara Roy and Asif Ali Beg get chatting about children's theatre
Theatre for children need not to be theatre by children, claims the trio - Jaimini Pathak, Nayantara Roy and Asif Ali Beg - who under the banner of Working Title came to the city on Monday to stage their latest presentation Day I Met The Prince, brought by the Durga Das Foundation "Children actually enjoy seeing adults enact kids' roles," says Beg. "And the trained actors can put across the matter much more efficiently," offers Nayantara. Jaimini Pathak struggled through science, arts and 'seven days of MBA' before he could reach his dream place - an MA in literature class.

The perfect end…
She handled the pressures and pleasures of being the perfect bride. She had almost a chance of living her love story on National television. But now Pooja Tandon is back home and a relieved soul. After the hopes of winning Star Plus's The Perfect Bride coming to a surprise end, Pooja is glad that she didn't have to consult a psychiatrist after returning home. "After surviving with Hitesh and his mother on that show, I am thankful to them for eliminating me. A show that started off with a pure and beautiful concept is turning into an akhada where all kinds of politics and games are being played and I started feeling sick in there," she says.

City girl Pooja is elated to be back home after the show The Perfect Bride

Licence to thrill
On a visit to the city, writer Jake Arnott gets candid about crime fiction and more
Anticipate. We do it all the time, everyday, in routine. It gives us a sense of security, 'we-know-it-all feeling' to expect certain things in life. On Monday, as we went to interview (as was mentioned in the invite), 'thriller and crime fiction writer' Jake Arnott, who inaugurated an exhibition of crime fiction at the British Library, we quite anticipated (yet again) what he would tell us. Certain probabilities were: how interesting it is to write crime fiction, the nuances of it, characters of crime fiction and his opinion on P.D. James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Simon Hall and others of the same league.

A crime scene was enacted to mark the inauguration of an exhibition of crime fiction at The British Library. On till November 23.

Sari kahani
Is Shiv Sena listening? Kareena wants a beautiful sari
Bollywood starlet Kareena Kapoor, known for her devil-may-care attitude, has shot back at Shiv Sena who recently targeted the actors bareback shots in her upcoming film Kurbaan. Shiv Sena workers expressed their anger over a poster of Karan Johar’s latest production Kurbaan in Mumbai yesterday, where the actor is shown flashing her bare back. “We will soon visit Kareena’s residence and present her a sari,” party’s area Vibhagpramukh Jitendra Janawale had said.

Lolo at launch

Actor Karishma Kapoor at a product launch function, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Children & cinema
Huge potential of children’s films not realised, says Gulzar
Stressing that the film industry has to reorient itself to reflect the aspirations and needs of the children of the contemporary society, noted lyricist Gulzar today said that most of the Bollywood films are insensitive to aspirations of children.“One could say that most of the films made in Bollywood are just childish even when they were made for adults, due to their lack of social perspective and insensitive to aspirations of children,” he said.

A to A
Amitabh, Aamir to discuss marketing strategies for Paa, 3 Idiots
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are leaving no stone unturned to promote their upcoming films Paa and 3 Idiots respectively - the two are meeting Sunday to discuss marketing gimmicks for both the films. Paa is releasing December 4, while 3 Idiots hits the screens December 25.

Tere jaise yaar kahan
Aftab grateful to Shah Rukh for helping with Aao Wish Karein
Aftab Shivdasani, who has turned producer with his just-released Aao Wish Karein, says he is grateful to superstar Shah Rukh Khan for having lent his voice to promote the fairytale love story. “I was looking for a very popular voice... which people can easily recognise and could think only of Shah Rukh. He readily agreed to lend his voice and I am thankful to him for that,” Aftab.

Wine-Some

Invitees enjoyed an evening of wine and hors d'oeuvres, at hotel Taj on Saturday. The event was organised by the Montblanc team and People for Animals, Chandigarh. Twelve per cent of the proceeds from the sales of the Montblanc Star Walker range and the Signature for Good Collection were given to the PFA.

Live in action
Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman appears to be focusing on international live concerts. In January alone, he is giving three live performances and all are out of India. Starting with a live concert on January eight at Doha (Qatar), he will give two-and-a-half hour outdoor free and exclusive music-dance performance involving over 40 Bollywood dancers-singers-musicians near Sydney (Australia) on January 16. On January 21, he will showcase another live concert in Muscat (Oman).Rahman is also using social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.

On request
What is the criterion for accepting and turning down friend requests on various social networking sites? We check Jasmine Singh
Nearly 2100 friends on Facebook, and almost 300 friend requests pending, Swati Trehan, a student of commerce from SD College and an avid blogger wonder’s what to do with the growing Facebook friends and the pending ones too. “Now, I repent accepting all the requests that came my way. It has become impossible to maintain the huge friends list. Honestly, I don’t like some of the names in the list, and I wish I could do away with them,” says Swati. Here you go.

Virtual bullying
Cyberbullying - where children face taunts, threats and insults via the Internet and mobile phones - is now the most common form of bullying, according to a new research. The survey, carried out by the National Centre for Social Research, analysed bullying among more than 10,000 secondary school pupils in England aged 14-16.

Vision victory
Coming soon, contact lenses with built-in virtual graphics Researchers are working on the idea of projecting images into the eye from a contact lens. Scientists at the University of Washington are labouring on a contact lens that is a prototype of a device that could display information beamed from a mobile device. The proposal was the brainchild of Babak Parviz, at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

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Size does not matter 
When zeroing in on a netbook, make sure you go in for a need-based one. Looks,should be the second priority 
The size of computers keeps coming down every year. From massive mainframes that occupied whole warehouses, we now have computers tiny enough to fit in the palm of our hands, while still providing exceptional power. The latest trend in computers has been the growing popularity of netbooks.

Spade work
Home grown
Home is the place where you spend those resting hours in privacy. In case of housewives, they spend almost all the day at home. Considering the time we spend at home, all of us want to be a proud owner of a well laid home garden. So be very particular when you plan your garden. One thing I must make clear is, the space may be a little less or more with the gardeners, but for the use of flora all have the level field.

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