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New hot males
Men, much on the
backburner, are now on an upswing as models in an industry where they
face discrimination vis-a-vis their female counterparts
Ashima S. Batish
A
few years from now, it might make for a perfect story waiting
to be scripted for the silver screen. A small town boy dropped out of
school just like his two siblings owing to the financial crunch, moved
to Delhi to try his luck in modelling. Blessed with a decent height
and a broad frame, it seemed a lucrative option to Suraj Dhalia from
Jalandhar. But then there was many a slip between the cup and the lip.
"I did many petty jobs to meet my expenses and saved enough to
enrol in a modelling agency." It was only after a year of
struggle that he got a break on the ramp of India Fashion Week. He
credits his success to the fact that today a large number of fashion
designers are making clothes for men.
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| Most male models have a steady job to fall back upon as ramp modelling doesn’t promise a regular income |
Arts
Making the twain meet
Paris-based artist Sujata Bajaj
remains true to her Indian roots while soaking the best from the world
of art
Nonika Singh
IN
India, her vibrant works sell like hot cakes, the French Ambassador to
India speaks highly of her. No wonder, for Paris-based artist Sujata
Bajaj, the world is an oyster. Married to a Norwegian, exhibiting all
over the world, she is in a way a classic sangam of eastern and
western sensibilities and a perfect example of how East meets West in
harmony and balance. Like a perfectly attuned instrument, her
paintings speak melodiously and with spiritual resonance.
Broad brush
fitness
good
health
Festive foods
made healthy
Enjoy the festival season,
eat, drink and be merry. Plan the food that you eat during this time
to avoid unhealthy snacking
The
festive season has begun and with it are also foods that are
rich and heavy, making your cholesterol, weight, and blood sugar rise.
Of course, we all want to enjoy the food. But let’s rethink and plan
the food that we eat during this time. During these days, various
sweets are made and a lot of us fast. Our regular food is completely
altered. Unfortunately we have forgotten that fasting is about eating
light food which is easy to digest.
HEALTH
CAPSULES
SOCIETY
Cutting class
consciousness
There is much that we, as
parents and teachers, can do to help nurture kindness in children
Aditi Garg
Everyday
sensational headlines make us feel uneasy even as we sit in our
air-conditioned offices or homes. But very few of us give it more than
a fleeting thought. It is but natural for such indifference to rub off
on our children; not just that induced by news items but also the lack
of sensitivity for those around us. Are we heading towards a selfish
world or are we already there. To make the world a better place,
teaching kids empathy is as important as giving them good education
and caring for their health, if not more.
soul
talk
TRAVEL
Exploring Cairo’s many wonders
The timeless towering pyramids
and beautiful domes and minarets notwithstanding, the city of Cairo is
a labyrinth of alleys and lanes with a wonderful medieval atmosphere
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer
The
pyramids make all the difference. Apart from those towering
monuments to timelessness, Cairo could have been Delhi-on-the Nile. It
has the same teeming, slightly irreverent feel about it; the same
heady mix of bustle, bureaucracy and brash business acumen; and the
same brilliant, kaleidoscopic, shifting cameos of racial interactions
giving birth to new, and creative fusion of customs. But the pyramids,
particularly the Great Pyramid of Khufu, rising an awesome 136 metres,
was built 1,100 years before Delhi’s Indraprastha. Its looming
presence dominates many of the modern streets of Cairo even though it
is 18 km away from the heart of this ancient city.
Globetrotting
ENTERTAINMENT
Animal
instinct
From snakes to dogs to
horses, animals have played a crucial role in many Hindi movies, the
latest being Akshay Kumar-starrer Entertainment
Shoma A. Chatterji
When
I was a kid, our father took us to visit one Mr Raj, one of the
first animal trainers in Mumbai, who not only trained pets for
everyone but also kept a veritable zoo in his home in Santa Cruz in
Mumbai. Film people would hire his pets for use in films. He insisted
that he would be present during shooting whenever his pets were
featured. There was a beautiful white cockatoo with a yellow crown,
who talked almost like a human being. Dogs of all breeds came crowding
around him, waiting to be petted and fondled. There were some talking
parrots, a few pigeons and some cats. One cannot forget that touching
scene.
Why
James Dean was such an icon
Dean’s depiction of a
confused, even rebellious youth, in his films gives a telling account
of the youth in those transient times
Ervell E. Menezes
Does
the name James Dean ring a bell? No, not to today’s
generation. But in the mid-1950s, it rang a gong, loud and clear.
Dean’s sudden death in a car crash on the No 1 Coastal Highway
between San Francisco and Los Angeles further accentuated the loss.
After just three films, he had become a cult figure.
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