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The swinging stars
There is an unusual commotion at Aura Vaseela. For the rural heritage resort is swathed in stripes of yellow and orange. The army of men with microphones ensure not even a passing bird is out of the frame. Every actor gets their spirits together to perfect a song sequence where everyone runs amok, is supposed to have fun and dance with abandon. So there is a blueprint to the chaos.
Sing & dance: (L-R) Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Shukla.
Photos: Nitin Mittal
Carrying forward the baton
Veteran singer Nitin Mukesh speaks with humility. This is a part of the most important character trait he has tried to imbibe from his father Mukesh. "Despite all the success, my father was very humble and down to earth all his life," says he. "He would board a crowded city bus and live life with simplicity. We had to remind him of his stature," he shares adding, "This humility is what I have tried to imbibe."
soulstirring: Nitin Mukesh
Double deal
Beauty with brains, that’s the title Amarjot Kaur and Mansi Grewal, fbb Femina Miss India Finalists falls into! One is a software engineer, and the other one is studying to be a clinical psychologist, both the girls from the tricity are competing for the much coveted crown.
Word wise
Be it the picture books for wiggly toddlers, graphic novels for tiny tots or stories for little ones who’ve just begun to grasp characters. It takes a whole lot of effort to engage readers with officially short span of attention. The boring image of books and arduous task of reading doesn’t help either. “We want to ensure that children think that books are ice-cream and not bitter-gourd,” shares Anita Roy, commissioning editor, Young Zubaan, while briefing about the upcoming first edition of Children’s Literature Festival in Chandigarh.
Read on: Mitul Dikshit and Anita Roy (L-R)
Tale tell moves
While in conversation with Leah Rapheal Curtis and Emily Mcloughlin, who are the directors of an art company called Delhi Dance Theater, our thoughts are centred around the perceptions that have for long, defined a stereotypical woman.
Cultural melange:
Memebrs of Delhi Dance Theatre group
Stroke of genius
Only those, who have the appetite for experience, are a glutton for sense and sensibility. Perhaps that reasons the disposition of Padma Shri Awardee, Biman Bihari Das, and Prof Prem Singh, Triennale awardee who were at the Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, to judge the Third All India Women Artists’ Contemporary art Exhibition curated by Artscapes.
Saffron seasoning
Sinful indulgence…. Does it remind you of all those chocolates that gooey sugar- kissed and soaked in butter variety? If you have gone this far, you might as well stop at Hotel Taj Chandigarh to indulge in the Kashmiri Food Festival. You might not be able to conveniently ignore the ‘ghee’ but once you get started, you might just bypass this thought.
Stress buster
Balancing act
We all react to stress in our own way. We have to discover strategies best suited to us. However, some strategies will work better for us than others according to one's own nature. The best solution of course would be to find a strategy that suits your particular temperament.
star track
Shah Rukh pokes fun
No matter how much the Khans show their camaraderie to the world but in reality they are rivals and there cannot be any room for mutual admiration between them.
 Women of steel
1540 applicants for Bewakoofiyan!
same to same:
Shah Rukh Khan
chatter box
Survival instincts
The world-renowned survival extraordinaire, Bear Grylls, will feature in a new series on Discovery Channel, which will be titled Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell.
Anchoring a cause
Seeking inspiration from Chulbul Pandey
Do or die: A still from Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
The year ahead
If your birthday is March 10...
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