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The global brandwagon
After signing on the dotted line to become the global brand ambassador of American fashion label Guess, Priyanka Chopra joins the league of actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, who represent Tag Heuer and L'Oreal, in a similar capacity
Nutan Sehgal
Fairytale
beginnings, drug store
discoveries and six-figure deals lure thousands of young people into
the arclights of the modelling world. And from there to films is just
a step away for the lucky ones. But when stars start applying the
reverse gear to their careers and begin making forays into the world
of modelling, then it is time to think: Why have a number of the
current actors and actresses begun going back to the plank which they
so successfully used to launch themselves into films?
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’Art
& Soul
India:
Observed & perceived
The recent exhibition of
engravings and etchings in Washington reveals an India, which to the
British and Europeans of the 19th century, was bizarre, wondrous,
freakish, fantastic and exotic
B.N. Goswamy
Along
time ago, a European friend described to me — unfortunately, I never
saw it myself — a print that he had seen in a book on early travels
in India, showing a group of five headless ‘Indians’ seated
huddled on a mud terrace under a tree. It was intended to illustrate
the text that spoke of an Indian panchayat: a village body that was
‘headless’. Clearly, what the text might have intended to say —
we don’t know for certain — that all members of the body were
equal.
broad
brush
Fitness
good
health
Tame the lipids
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance, vital for the human body.
But abnormally high levels of it can pose a serious risk to the heart
Mickey Mehta
India
today is at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases or heart
diseases. Earlier it was assumed that either chronic diabetes or
hypertension were major culprits but many recent studies show that
abnormally high cholesterol levels are equally to be blamed. If a
lipid profile test was performed at least 50 per cent of the
individuals would have high blood cholesterol levels and some 30 per
cent would be at borderline or at an increased risk of the same.
HEALTH
CAPSULE
Society
A bird for all seasons
Arjun Subramaniam
Transport
pilots of the Indian Air Force have had a long-standing affair with
the C-130 Hercules, dating back to the 1962 conflict with China. As
India built up forces in NEFA and Ladakh in early November 62' to
brace up for a second Chinese assault, the IAF pushed in all their
An-12s, Packets and Dakotas to lift troops, tanks and guns into the
war zones. Assisting them in this herculean airlift effort were a few
C-130s of the USAF, the mainstay of the USAFs medium-lift capability.
travel
On
the banks of Krishna
Vijayawada is an important
railway junction on the Delhi-Chennai route. It is a delightful
combination of modernity and tradition
Sudhamahi Regunathan
As
the aircraft turns around to descend, one can see rice fields down
below. Patches of beautiful water laden fields with young, green
sprouts raising their heads above the standing waters nodded a hearty
welcome. The airport at Vijayawada only reiterates the mood. It is
such a tiny building that you feel you are back in the 1960s when
Delhi’s Safdarjang airport looked much the same. As you venture into
the city of Vijayawada, it keeps the promise the rice fields and the
old fashioned airport made to you — it is a delightful combination
of modernity and traditional areas awaiting development.
GLOBETROTTING
Entertainment
Ranveer unplugged
Playful yet evasive, Ranveer Singh, who has acted in films like Band Baaja
Baaraat, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and Lootera, waxes eloquent about his upcoming film
Ram-Leela
Nonika Singh
He
wears his attitude up his sleeve. Comfortable in his skin, ahem his
handlebar moustaches that he keeps fondling time and again, Ranveer
Singh is very much aware of his star quotient. But that doesn’t stop
him from being as likeable and agreeable as the characters he plays
onscreen.
Deepika, the diva
Deepika Padukone talks about her experience in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's artistic vision on 70 mm,
Ram-Leela, being a style diva, and breaks her silence
over her Hollywood debut
Swati Rai
Deepika
Padukone, the
multifaceted boxoffice princess is on a roll this season! Be it
the mercurial Veronica of Cocktail (2012), uber chic
Elena of Race 2 (2013) or the vernacular charmer
Meenalochni Azhagusundaram of the recent record breaker, Chennai
Express, the star is taking it all in her stride! With an
array of movies lined up for releases from Homi Adjania’s most
awaited short film, Finding Fanny Fernandes, Farah Khan’s
all-star cast, Happy New Year round the corner, Deepika
Padukone has her date diary full!
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