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Mellow drama
Saulius Antanas Varnas is in the city along with his team from Lithuania to perform Henrik Ibsen’s play When We
Dead Awaken
“Drama is one of the most powerful mediums of expression – a comprehensive art that represents humanity in moments of tension, conflict, crisis and joys, which is depicted by various actors on stage. The language, form and style become secondary, as the emotions come into play to convey what otherwise is beyond comprehension,” says Saulius Antanas
Varnas.
Photos: Parvesh Chauhan
Bitter-TWEET
Social networking site Twitter has made it easy for fans to follow their favourite Bollywood star
No matter what we say, no matter how we choose to look at it, love it or hate, but we just can’t ignore gossip! All kinds and all sorts, spread across various segments, genres, institutes, gossip is inevitably a delicious commodity. And one place that is a fountainhead of gossip (each one of us is one though) is our one and only Hindi film industry –
Bollywood!
Madhuri Dixit
Johnny come lately
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny finally due for release
 Producer Tutu Sharma's Tera Kya Hoga Johnny has been ready since 2008, but he says this is the right time to release the film as the popularity of its lead actor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, has grown by several notches.
"When we had cast Neil, it was not because of his popularity or fame. It was because of his acting talent. He is tremendously talented and very good at his work, and so are all the actors who are a part of Tera Kya Hoga Johnny," Sharma said.
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor (R) and Sunil Shetty during a programme organised by Plan India in New Delhi on Monday. PTI photo
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Khiladi in the making
Bollywood action hero Akshay Kumar's son Aarav seems to be walking in his father's footsteps already! The eight-year-old bagged three medals at a Karate tournament Monday.
Head over heel
Tarantino drinks champagne from Uma Thurman's shoe!
Hollywood actor Uma Thurman satisfied Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish when she let him drink champagne out of her stiletto at an event held to honour the filmmaker.
The Pulp Fiction duo were at the New York Friars Club Roast at the Hilton Hotel to honour the Kill Bill filmmaker when Thurman decided it would be best to let him drink from her black velvet, Christian Louboutins heels.
Break ke baad
Hollywood actor Keira Knightley almost gave up acting three years ago because she "wasn't enjoying" her Hollywood career.
The 25-year-old actor, who shot to fame as a teenager in the 2002 soccer movie Bend It Like Beckham and later in the Pirates of the Caribbean, admits she decided to turn her back on acting altogether at the age of 22.
"I think I intended not to work again. I wasn't enjoying what I was doing and I felt terribly guilty about that. I remember hating the idea that I was in a privileged position and couldn't see the point of any of it," she said.
Whose dress is it anyway!
Russell Brand loves helping wife Katy Perry choose what to wear and is particularly interested in selecting her raunchy stage costumes.
The comic actor who married the "Firework" hitmaker in India in October this year encourages his wife to show off her curvy figure.
That 70s Show
From her first ever saree to the 70's style outfits that she sported while promoting Om Shanti Om, Deepika Padukone is auctioning off "prized possessions" from her personal closet so that India can win gold at the Olympics.
Trend setters
Aspiration a city-based women's organisation has joined hands with Hyderabad-based Khwaish to organise an exhibition "Trendy Khwaish" at Mazlish Hall of Hotel Shivalikview on. This is to be inaugurated by governor of Haryana Jagannath Pahadia. Representatives of 'Khwaish' Ritu Dalmia, Archana Dalmia, Namita Kanodia, Savita Bansal and Vanita Kanodia will introduce the creations of the artisans to the city people.
BOOKed for life
If you are one of those who thought reading culture is on the decline, Rupa book exhibition at Lajpat Rai Bhavan-15 that concluded recently might have forced a change of view. People from all age groups - from a three-year-old trying to choose between a 'fish' and a 'vegetable' book to retired professionals sifting through different categories - the place was full of amateur and licensed bibliophiles.
Eminent author Ruskin Bond, in the city, shared, "The increasing number of writers and books proves that there is no dearth of readers," and a quick check with city folks confirms his view.
Fusion of notes
Rock bands and rap groups collaborate to weave magic
Making music is no mean feat and the more the influences, the merrier. For fusion is happening; remixing, the cult and collaborating just the thing. Isn't music itself a collaboration of seven notes? There're streams of influences to begin with, till it all falls into place and a new genre emerges.
Checking in on some city bands that are 'teaming' with musical spirit and pooling in just to pull the right strings.
In the right company
A study has suggested that if you want to lose weight you need to hang out with people who are healthy and skinny and not with the ones who are obese. The research conducted on 3,610 women aged between 18 and 46 showed that those who move in healthier circles are more likely to drop bad habits, eat well and even exercise more.
Photos: Parvesh Chauhan
Act like a human
UK scientists have developed a robot that can read and learn in the real world like a human. Marge creators, Ingmar Posner and Paul Newman at the University of Oxford, along with their collaborator Peter Corke at Queensland University of Technology, hope that Marge, and future versions of Marge, could navigate through the real world using the same words and phrases that humans use.
Fashion fiesta
The Punjab University is a picture of colourful clothes this winter
Winter is here and the jackets, pullovers, caps, shawls, stoles are out, and Panjab University is one place where one can see the latest from the fashion world. From branded cardigans to sweat shirts, everything is making a style statement.
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