Melody in words
Born in a Parsi family, Penaz Masani chose an unconventional career - that of a ghazal singer. A Padma Shri, Penaz travels around the world for concerts. In the city for Shaam-e-Ghazal, A Penaz Masani Concert presented by Tribune in Education, Penaz shares excerpts from her journey in life.

Act one
In the city for her debut directorial venture, Black Comedy, Namrata Goyal says what started as a training workshop for the employees has been staged as a play throughout India
For her debut directorial venture Black Comedy, Namrata Goyal, 21, had the airline employees to make the play with; did not take auditions and had the post-war Britian to set the crew up against. She calls herself an employee of the airline, not that she is the airline! In between the introductions and the press briefings, she forgets to mention what should come first, till she fondly talks of her father Naresh Goyal, the man behind Jet Airways.


Director's Hat: Namrata Goyal

IPL+WorldCup= Cricket dhamaal
It's IPL and everybody's vying for their share of the pie. Thrown in this time are two new teams adding to the excitement of the 51-day event spread over 74 matches. Sponsors, broadcasters, experts, hosts, everybody's rolling and revelling for one good reason - cricket! Ours is indeed a cricket-crazy country. "I don't think there can ever be an overdose of cricket in this country. Whether team India performs at the World Cup or it doesn't, either ways it works to our advantage. Moreover, I feel they are two separate forms of the sport," says Gaurav Seth defending the overlapping of the World Cup and IPL.

Game plan: Shibani dandekar & Samir Kochhar

Pun‘jab’ Sandeep Joshi

Virtual Truth: Don’t you think we should see each other offline also?

A slice of life
No saas-bahu drama and no love triangle! Zee TV is coming up with a new show, Chhoti Si Zindagi, a touching tale about two sisters whose innocence, sweetness, mischief and zest for life promise to leave you spellbound. "In this ultra-modern life where a tag defines which soap can be watched by whom; this effort will bring the family together in front of the television," JD Majethia, producer said at a press conference.

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Amirah-Chasing Shadow

the year ahead
If your birthday is March 25...
Neptune is your planet controlling you while astrologically Mars dominates your life. Despite the fact that the year number 4 and 7 are not friendly yet 2011 has a variety of benefits for you. Family atmosphere will be better. Economically, you may experience less income and more expenses, which requires a careful planning of budget right from today. Marriage proposals will materialise after immense efforts.

I am a pampered brat, Aishwarya
Aishwarya Sakhuja, aka Toasty, from Saas Bina Sasural on Sony is the ideal bahu who has made a place for herself in the hearts of the audience. Aishwarya reveals that though she identifies with Toasty in some ways there are also a lot of dissimilarities between the two.




Toasting success: Aishwarya Sakhuja