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Season of delights
Diwali is not restricted
to just a day of fun-filled celebrations. Non-stop festivities are
spread over five days
Dr Pushpesh Pant
Diwali,
the abbreviated form of Deepavali — literally means a 'chain or
garland of lamps'. It is ritually celebrated to commemorate the return
of Prince Rama of Ayodhya after long years of banishment in the
forest. The dark night is lit with spectacular pyrotechnics and joyous
feasting. Not just the Diwali day, this is the time for almost nonstop
festivities that spread over five days.
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Lakshmi Pujan
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'Art
& Soul
Walking,
with a line by your side
A sense of exquisite neatness
and refinement is striking in the works of Swiss abstract artist
Sylvia Zumbach
B.N.Goswamy
Some
years ago, when Doro and Melk Zumbach — close friends of ours from
Switzerland — came to us in Chandigarh, they brought with them an
uncommon gift: a drawing in black ink on a sheet of paper. "From
Melk’s mother", Doro said.
Broad brush
fitness
good
health
Have fun but go
easy on sweets
Avoid sugar overload during
the festivals and celebrate the occasion with healthy alternatives
Dr Anjali Mukerjee
If
you are reading this with interest, chances are that you have indulged
in this festive season and added a couple of tyres around your waist.
You probably intended to observe the principles of good nutrition
during this festive season, but somehow your intentions failed you;
simply because you gave in to the temptation.
HEALTH
CAPSULES
SOCIETY
Giving them a
platform to succeed
A government organisation has
brought a ray of hope in the life of poverty-stricken, tribal artisans
of Jharkhand
Geetu Vaid
It's
racy, it's simple and it's characteristically Chetan Bhagat. Half
Girllfriend, the latest offering by India's favourite storyteller
in the recent times, is all of these and most of all it reads like a
film script. With full page-teaser ads, social-media hype and
marketing strategies playing at the back of your mind, it is difficult
to pick up this novel without any expectations at all.
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Jharcraft showroom in Ranchi
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TRAVEL
Sojourn in the
Cardamom Hills
Go for an ayurvedic massage,
a relaxing spa or just soak in the quiet environs of the small town of
Kumily
Sudhamahi Regunathan
You
wish to go to a relatively unknown place; beautiful and with all
facilities? Good weather and not so difficult to access? Nestling in
the Western Ghats, a small town called Kumily is just the right place
for a dream holiday. Surrounded by cardamom fields with a temperature
that does not rise about 30º C, there is small pitter-patter every
now and then, as though in conversation with you.
Globetrotting
ENTERTAINMENT
A
change of pace for Emraan
Bollywood’s “serial
kisser”, Emraan Hashmi, assumes a new screen avatar in Tigers, a
film by an Oscar-winning director. He sees in it an opportunity to
reinvent himself as an actor
Saibal Chatterjee
In
a decade-long career, Emraan Hashmi has never played a conventional
Bollywood hero. As a lead actor in commercial Hindi cinema, he usually
makes a fair fist of fleshing out characters grappling with moral and
emotional issues.
I
want to be an original: Lisa Haydon
Model-turned-actor Lisa
Haydon delighted viewers and critics alike with her portrayal of
Vijaylakshmi in Queen. She will be seen in Shaukeens, a remake of Basu
Chaterjee film. Lisa believes one must be the change one wants to see
Nonika Singh
Hers
is a face that launched several if not thousand brands. Cover girl of
leading fashion magazines, she has been a head-turner in more ways
than one. However, today supermodel-turned-actor Lisa Haydon stuns you
as much with her looks as with her acting skills.
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