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No beat-ing about the bush
Here’s one DJ sans the studs, visible tattoos, crumpled-torn clothes or coloured hair. Even his name is the same as it reads on his passport…
Just like his appearance minus the frills, DJ Akbar Sami’s success story has more substance than fluff. After losing his father at a tender age, this class seventh boy struggled to keep the kitchen fire burning. “There were too many mouths to be fed,” Sami goes back in time, sitting at 10 Downing Street,
Altius, where he rocked crowds to his beats on the weekend. “Someone told me that I was good at choreography, so I did that,” says
Sami.
Turntables: Akbar Sami Photo: S Chandan
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A man of many roles
Here’s one actor who is hard to classify. He has done roles ranging from mythology, positive, negative, in films and played multiple shades in theatre. Akhilendra Mishra won audiences’ appreciation as Kroor Singh in Chandrakanta, as Ravana in Ramayana (2008) on small screen and also left indelible impression as Mirchi Seth in Sarfarosh and Arjan in Lagaan.
Spring in the step: Canadian model Kate King attends the show of Italian fashion house Dolce
& Gabbana as part of the Milan fashion week Autumn/Winter 2014 collection.
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Rule of life
Rock The Shaadi is on hold and One By Two gave in to the bumpy reception. If it weren’t for the unusual characters, offbeat cinema and independent makers, things perhaps could have come to a pause if not a standstill. Not so for Abhay Deol. He’s still “reading a lot of scripts and zeroed in on two of them and the two of them are very different from each other.
Big leap
It's a proud moment that will register itself in the history of Indian fashion industry. Fashion designer Rahul Mishra, representative of India and Middle East, has won the coveted International Woolmark Prize at the Milan Fashion Week. The achievement has certainly left many from the Indian fashion fraternity ecstatic. Sunil Sethi, President of FDCI, says, "The credit for winning the prize goes to Rahul, his concept and designs."
Let there be light
When Inder Siddhu, a spiritual healer and author of the book, Simply Be, talks about energies, you will react in either of the two ways: You will sit back and listen or you'll jump out of your chair, aching to pour out your fair share of understanding of spirituality. We'd suggest that you rein in your horses, while Inder shares his wisdom about the 'enlightenment'.
Par Excellence
The bunker shot: splash the sand
The shot played from the sand is not as difficult as people make it out to be. If the ball is lying in a bunker where the sand is even and one can make a swing without a steep bank behind or ahead of the ball, it is a fairly easy shot. The difficulty factor increases when the ball is embedded in the sand or it is up against the front face of a bunker. The most difficult shot is when the ball is just under the back lip of the bunker.
green thumb
The markings of a showstopper
A gardener waits for one full year to see the spring. This is the time when the gardens are at their best. Due to the cold weather, one likes to sit out in the sun, enjoying the colour, the fragrance. This is also the time for displaying supremacy of skills by the gardeners by participating in flower and garden shows that are now held at many places like PAU Ludhiana, shows organized by HUDA in almost all the districts of Haryana, shows organized by societies like the one at Yamuna Nagar, and also at Nangal and Chandigarh.
Master Chef
Soup solace
A hot, flavourful soup is one's best friend in the food world. When you are tired, it extends solace to the weary body. If you are sick, it gives you nourishment. When the cold weather chills you, a steaming bowl of soup guarantees delicious warmth! I don't have to be sick, weary or cold to enjoy a good soup; I'd enjoy one any time, any day! In my opinion, it calms one down and sets the tone for relaxation.
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TRENDSETTER
Traditional touch
Fashion knows no boundaries. Even the global styles tend to influence our way of dressing and when we combine those trends with our ethnic tones, it becomes even more appealing and stylish. All the way from
Mizoram, this lass Mary Remruatkimi, has come to study fashion and design at The Pinnacle Institute of Fashion Technology.
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A rich tribute
In a first-of-its-kind in the world, Hallmark India Pvt. Ltd., part of London-based Hallmark Group, has launched "The Sikh collection of 25 pure Swiss Silver Ingots (.999) layered in 24-carat gold of Sikh heritage stamps. To preserve the value for the collectors, the 'Premium Edition' with 25 ingots has only 3,700 complete sets each. The limited Sikh collection celebrates the rich cultural and spiritual legacy of the Sikhs.
All is well
Bollywood actress Tabu, who was admitted to a hospital here following breathing problems, got discharged after remaining under observation for three hours.
The 42-year-old actress is currently shooting in Kashmir for Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider. Tabu had to be taken to a hospital on February 21 and she got released by the evening and returned to shooting.
Would love to do a mad comedy: Madhuri
Branding herself a "baby of commercial cinema", actress Madhuri Dixit, who will be seen playing a crusading activist in the forthcoming Gulaab Gang, said she would "love" to do an out and out comedy film, if the script is to her liking.
"I am a baby of commercial cinema, I did films like Raja, which was a mad, funny comedy and I am not averse to that and if I am offered a film like that and if I like the script, then I am open to do that... I would love to do a completely off-the-roof kind of comedy," she said.
Women power: Madhuri Dixit
Charitable act
Bollywood actor Kunal Kapoor has supported a crowd-funding portal Ketto and helped them to raise more than Rs 45 lakh in the last one year. The portal fights for causes like rehabilitating a sex-worker's daughter and sponsoring a poor athlete for the Winter Olympics.
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Katie Price’s handbag stolen
Model Katie Price's designer handbag was stolen from her car recently. The glamour model was furious when she discovered that the window of her car had been smashed in after a night out in Horsham in Sussex. However, she says she felt "stupid" for leaving her valuables under her seat.
I cry all the time: Demi Lovato
Singer Demi Lovato is an emotionally charged person who gets weepy at small things. The 21-year-old former Disney star said she even cries after hearing a heartfelt compliment from her friend. "I'm so emotional. I cry all the time. One of my friends told me how proud she was of me and how I've come so far (and that's the last time I cried)," she said.
Priceless!
Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr have become the top-earning actors of 2013, according to a recent survey. The 38-year-old Oscar-winning actress has topped the female list with an income of USD 33 million, whereas Downey Jr topped the male list with an earning of USD 75 million from the Iron Man franchise.
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