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Limited edition
As we are inundated with more and more alternatives to books, we talk to few book lovers who still invest and have conserved some firsts in the literary world. Here’s their story…
 
If best friends need to be preserved and respected forever, then books should deserve an eternal life. From the first time you shared to the first inspiration, books live up to the BFF (Best Friend Forever) tag. And since firsts are always special, celebrating and conserving some firsts, in the literary world are these ardent book lovers who have gone a step further to keep the friendship going…
Call it passion or curiosity that comes as a professional perk, but NPS
Randhawa, director, Government Museum and Art Gallery, has his shelf full of the first editions. Over 200 first editions of books that are probably amongst few surviving pieces of our culture and past. “Most of these books are 100-150 years old and some of them are one edition, since selling network was not so developed in those days.
(Left) Simar Onkar Singh, owner Great Books-34
(Right) NPS Randhawa, director, Government Museum and Art Gallery
Tech trip
From mobiles to a sports bike, Tuesday saw the launch of Tata Motors Grande MKII
 
All life involves motion. The ignition, right speed, right turns, a skid here and there, a detour, a breakdown, and back on the track once again. It is the movement that decides the time and fate of the journey. Now, facilitating the ‘movement’ are superior brakes, tubeless tyres, a door ajar lamp, disc brakes, power-to-weight ratio and a nice touch that can give the journey a completely new meaning. The city witnessed the launch of three hi-end products on Tuesday that reveal more with every experience. At the same time, smooth the progress of movement.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan
Rural rocks
Rural backdrops and reality shows rocked small screen
Soap operas crowded the small screen, but it was Balika Vadhu and Bandini - serials with a rural backdrop - that were the big hits. Reality shows like Sach Ka Saamna and Rakhi Ka Swayamvar also found many takers in 2009.We pick 10 fiction and non-fiction shows that captivated audiences despite cricket matches.
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar—Item girl Rakhi Sawant left the nation shocked when she decided to find a suitable life partner through the reality show.
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Sach Ka Saamna —The Indian version of popular American reality show The Moment of Truth, Sach Ka Saamna hosted by Rajeev Khandelwal featured contestants who had to answer 21 questions, the authenticity of which was determined by a polygraph machine. Though the government expressed its ire against “vulgarity” on the show, it hasn’t stopped the channel from planning its second season. |
Just Juhi
Actor Juhi Babbar says, she wants to do quality than quantity work
Daughter of renowned Bollywood actor Raj Babbar, Juhi Babbar, has earned name and fame on both big and small screens. The actor, who made her debut with Kaash Aap Hamare Hote in 2003, is currently busy with a comedy show Ghar Ki Baat
Hai. “I do films rarely because I don’t get good films and I feel that theatre gives me creative satisfaction, so why should I compromise and give less time to it for doing films, which will neither satisfy me nor give me a feeling that I have grown as an artist.
Preity thoughtful
Bollywood’s dimpled beauty Preity Zinta, who promises to return to the big screen with a big bang in the coming year, does not believe in attaining a “size zero” to rule the film industry or attract endorsements.
Comedy calling
Come 2010 and Bollywood will floor the audience with its forthcoming romantic comedy. Directed by first time director, Mudassar Aziz, Dulha Mil Gaya promises to be a complete entertainer, according to its star cast.
“As far as Dulha Mil Gaya is concerned, I can’t categorise it as comedy. It is a romantic comedy. It has certain comedic situations because there are certain amounts of confusions in my character, which land him in certain comic situations out of which the comedy is born.
Present perfect
Flowers for festooning, candles for radiance, cookies for contentment…this Christmas gift your loved ones with the finest frills
The meteorological department of Himachal Pradesh has proudly predicted, well in advance, ‘Snowfall around Christmas’. And the tourists too would want to scrutinize the changes in the environment themselves, since the Copenhagen climate talk ended with partiers only agreeing to take note of the situation. So, till the time Rudolph, Santa’s red nose reindeer brings the good-old man to India, it’s time to collect some goodies for the D-day. In case, Santa doesn’t approve of climatic changes here, he needs to be bribed with something. We dig into some of the knick-knacks that can make for X-Mas gift items.
Jingle bells…
Students of INIFD celebrated X’mas in eternal colours of red, white and green
To welcome the New Year in style and to celebrate the spirit of Christmas, the students of Inter National Institute of Fashion Design
(INIFD), Sector 8 organised a theme based Christmas bash on Tuesday. Having decorated the venue in the eternal colours of Christmas, White ‘n’ Red with dashes of Green, INIFD students made handmade cutouts of Santa caps, golden and silver bells, vibrant stars, pretty mistletoes, golden lights and innovative stockings to create the true Christmas Eve atmosphere by using their imagination and creative talent.
Treat to ears
Representing the fifth unbroken lineage of the family of illustrious musicians holding allegiance to the oldest Gwalior ghrana of Hindustani Classical Music, Pt. Laxman Krishnarao Pandit, popularly known as Pt. LK Pandit, is the foremost proponent and doyen of the
gharana. Born on March 5, 1934 he still retains the youthful freshness of his melodious voice at the age of 75, a heavenly bliss indeed.
Cool Comfort
In the city, actor Rakesh Pandey says he owes his name and fame to Bhojpuri cinema
Meet Rakesh Pandey, the actor who might have not made a big name in the Bollywood industry, but has sure made his mark in the Bhojpuri cinema. In the city, to meet his relatives he says, “The cool comfort of the winter and the desire to wear woolens especially sweaters and suits has brought me to the city.”
A Himachali, from Nahan he says, it was his love for the silver screen that took him to Bombay now
Mumbai.
It’s cool!
Why slang is the parallel vocabulary for youngsters and what makes it ‘in’. We find out...
All the students who wished slang were a subject, raise your hands! Tenses, grammar, punctuation, British English, American nuances, Estuary English, they taught everything imaginable but ‘Expressive English’. Slang…That colourful attractive vocabulary…Would any word describe that babe walking down the street, better than Chick? Nah! Is Happy enough when you actually mean ‘on a high’? By the way, ‘down with’ too means ‘on a high.’ Read on, pick up five to ten per cent, update your slang quotient by a few notches and be ‘Obama’. Yes, that’s the latest one meaning ‘cool’.
Tale of treachery
Department of Indian Theatre gearing up to present a comprehensible Macbeth
It’s a tale of darkness, chaos and conflict. The legendary story of treachery, witches and prophecies. Of wicked intention, evil actions, devilish intervention. Shakespeare’s ultimate tragedy. It’s Macbeth. And it’s hard not to be mesmerized, harder not to give in, again and again and yet again. Bringing alive the experience this time is Department of Indian Theatre.
Not under fifteen!
Children under 15 should not drink alcohol at all, while those below 18 should not consume it more than one day a week, according to a British expert. The Government’s chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, claimed that the 500,000 children aged between 11-15 get drunk every month.
Seven & searching?
Kids as young as seven are searching for sex online, reveals a new Kiwi study. A list of popular search terms used by teens and children released by anti-virus firm Symantec shows that searches for “porn” and “sex” have become quite common.
‘Messting’, are you?
‘Messting’ is the new term coined for ruining your life by sending text messages. Golfer Tiger Woods is the latest entrant to the club of ‘Messting.’ His extra-marital affairs with a number of women were exposed through the messages he had sent to his mistresses. So, to avoid falling from grace, a list of five things to think about before hitting send has been advised:1. Love is temporary, text messages last forever 2. How will I feel if this message is printed on the cover of a newspaper? 3. What will happen if this message gets forwarded to 100 people? 4. There is no such thing as a confidential communication (everyone tells at least one
—ANI
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