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Salad days are here
again
 From an accompaniment to
a meal, salads have come a long way. There is greater awareness about
the world of greens which is now much wider and boasts of a myriad
delicacies, some common others exotic, but all tempting and nourishing
Pushpesh Pant
when summer comes can
salads be far behind? In our ‘salad days’, alas long slipped away,
when we were wet behind ears, we hated uncooked vegetables. Greens
were particularly abhorred. Mother who knew best, told us they were
good for body, mind and soul and no leftovers on the plate were
tolerated. How have the times changed. When the mercury begins
to shoot up and the sunshine begins to scorch, the appetite for
substantial meals is lost.
Arts
Master of detail
Rahi Mohinder Singh, the
first Punjabi artist to do an official portrait of the President,
breathes life into his subjects and unfailingly manages to bring out
their most distinguishing characteristics
Nonika Singh
The more the world of
art changes and finds a new vocabulary, the more he sticks to his
guns. Rahi Mohinder Singh, a gifted artist, steadfastly refuses to be
swept away by fads and isms. Yet the votary of realistic art finds his
place under the sun. The artist, who recently had the privilege of
painting the official portrait of none other than the former President
of India, Pratibha Patil, has every reason to preen.
SPORTS
David on the field,
Goliath off it
Even as poster boy David
Beckham walks into the sunset, Brand Beckham is still alive and
kicking
Vaibhav Sharma
Wearing his Paris Saint
Germain jersey, as a teary-eyed David Beckham walked off the field
after announcing his retirement from professional football, it did cut
a rather moving picture. The players hugged him, and a packed Paris
crowd gave him a standing ovation. Just nine games played, but it was
David Beckham and Paris had been in love with him even before he had
arrived.
"Taekwondo
is not fashionable"
Taru Bahl
Pilates,
gymming, even yoga have managed to be in any young girl’s daily
regimen, but not taekwondo, which is considered unglamorous, laments
Grandmaster Rachana Chaurasia, Asia’s first woman to be awarded
Taekwondo’s 6th Dan Black Belt by the International Taekwondo
Federation, Austria.
Society
Come, meet the parents
Aditi Garg
Kids will be kids but
parents can be a lot of different things. Every kid is different and
unique and calls for a tailor-made mode of parenting. Even in the same
house, with the same parents, different kids behave in totally
opposite manners. While kids are different, parents stick to a
particular style of parenting which makes it work for the benefit of
some and acts as a disadvantage to the others.
Travel
The
lure of sakura
From March-end to the
beginning of April, Kyoto, like most of Japan, is swathed in cherry
blossoms. Apart from the natural beauty, the city is also blessed with
historical and cultural heritage
Swati Maheshwari
THE
beauty of the cherry blossom (known as sakura in Japanese)
season from end of March to the beginning of April makes Japan one of
the top tourist destinations in the world. Though these flowers make a
brief appearance, roads lined with sakura trees are a dazzling sight.
Not surprisingly, this time is peak tourist season.
Entertainment
The Indian Adonis
Bare-bodied men with
rippling muscles and gleaming chests are in. The sexy males of
Bollywood have taken centrestage
Shoma A. Chatterji
WHAT do Ranveer Singh,
Siddharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Ranbir Kapoor have in common
other than the fact that they are hot, hep and sexy? Turn over girls,
the boys are coming and how! Ranveer Singh is flaunting a leaner frame
and chiselled abs for his forthcoming films — Ram Leela, Lootere and
Gunday. He came out of the swimming pool with his bare body in
full display in Student of the Year.
‘Aurangzeb has
been a great learning experience’
From the small-town back
alleys in Ishaqzaade to the power lobbies of urban areas in his
recent release Aurangzeb, Arjun Kapoor has been cruising ahead
Swati Rai
From being a debut actor
last year to a double role in Aurangzeb, how has the journey
been?
When people compare Ishaqzaade
to Aurangzeb, they will notice the difference in the roles that
I have essayed in the movies. It would be unfair to say that in both
of them I have played the role of a youth who is angry at the system
or depicts the angst of the youth.
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