A Taste of Warmth
Mac and Cheese at Mocha Mojo, BANDRA THE sharpness of English cheddar melting over creamy bechamel sauce -all poured over macaroni pasta -makes for a stunningly simple, but succulent combination. In f |
Bauble Girls
INDO-AMERICAN jewellery label, Isharya, can boast several Hollywood connections.
Leading ladies like Eva Longoria Parker, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore have been spotted wearing the brand's trademark |
Sands of Time
IN the summer of 2005, a band of four 19-year-olds from Pakistan hit the music charts this side of the border with their debut single Bhula Do. The pop philosophy in the lyrics and the soulful music g |
The Difficulty of Being Good
"IN a society reeking with corruption and disorder, honesty cannot survive. So, if you think that it's been some time since you did a good deed, think again." This isn't Mallika Sarabhai, an actor, da |
Plastic Surgery
SOMETIMES, irony is the best way to drive home a point. So, while eco-warriors and corporates with a conscience make popular the slogan "Go Green", a handful of artists are taking the reverse route to |
COMING UP NEXT
TAO ART GALLERY: Owais Husain's show titled 3 Worlds, from August 6-26. It is divided into three sub-shows of his paintings, drawing, poetry and installations.PROJECT 88: Show by multimedia artist |
Tableware party
THE Rosenthal boutique at the Palladium, Lower Parel, looked resplendent in candlelight on Wednesday where the store's new TAC Skin Collections were on exclusive preview for the city's jet set class. |
ART BREAK
IT is that time of the year when art is hauled to the back seat. Fresh work is absent. Top artists are not exhibiting.
Art funds are low while the market continues to be down. Enter any art |
A click in time
H ISmodest looks, thick set square glasses and skull cap instantly remind one of the photographers of the old world who believed in chasing the light and striking the ri |
In a Trance
T HEIR albums have names like "Converting Vegetarians" , "Vicious Delicious" and "Legend of the Black Shawarma" -and psychedelic trance fans have feasted on the music long enou |
THE RIGHT NOTE
H IS story is unusual and awe inspiring. The master of the flute Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia never received a musical inheritance, and his early days were spent trying to p |
Confessions of a Drama Queen
LOSE friends, family members and fans collected at the Indian International Centre for the launch of the memoirs of actor Zohra Segal on Tuesday. In her 98 years (and-a-half, she never fails to remind |
ALL GROWN UP
URPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Rajshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha , all wanted to change the lead character into a man. "The five producers I went to s |
Musical Melange
Composer R Anandh talks about the music of Lafangey Parindey
THE music of Lafangey Parindey, released recently, has caught the attention of Bollywood watchers. A range of genres and instruments, fro |
Moon Goddess
AFTER a lifetime of translating books from English to French and vice versa, Simret Jandu, 41, has launched herself in the art scene with her first solo show 'Introspections' at the All India Fine Art |
ALL GROWN UP
SURPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Ra jshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha, all wanted to change the lead character into a man. "The five produce |
Musical melange
THERE aren't many who would stay away from the Hindi film industry, especially after they've had a taste of it. But R Anandh, a popular music composer in the ad film industry, after his debut in |
Confessions of a Drama Queen
Friends, family mem bers and fans gath ered for the launch of the memoirs of actor Zohra Segal in Delhi on Tuesday. In her 98 years (and-a-half, she never fails to remind you), Segal h |
Spot-on, always
HE was probably best remembered for his role of a good-for-nothing colle gian in the film Chashme Buddoor or even that of a honest and upright photogra
pher in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. A |
Dine-in-time
REWIND life back a few decades. Life minus the Face book fads, the idiot box and the teleserial camps. Evenings back then were more colourful with Chitrahaar melodies, radio gags and |
Bauble girls
IF, like the rest of the world, you get your style updates from Gossip Girl, you're sure to have noticed the dan glers and necklaces that Jessica Szohr and Hilary Duff sported on the show. The |
ALL GROWN UP
SURPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Rajshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha , all wanted to change the lead character into a man.
"The five producers I went |
Enter PRAVESH
FROM biking on tough terrains for MTV Roadies to braving the sti fling heat of Bigg Boss, Pravesh Rana has done a lot to become a celebrated TV star. Anchoring Season 2 of Emotional Atyachar on |
Musical Melange
THE music of Lafangey Parindey, released recently, has caught the attention of Bollywood watchers. A range of genres and instruments, from the Irish tin whistle and the cello to Eric Clapton-style gui |
Precious Bond
JEWELLERS have always been vending rakhis made of gold and silver, but options in the yellow metal never came this cheap. "This is 24 karat gold hammered into sheets of .5mm and blended with silicon o |
Going Places
Shahana Goswami has come a long way from her days as the angsty Debbie in Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On!!. While her passion for acting has increased manifold, her appearance has undergone a makeover of s |
Flair & Square
A coat of chic
R AINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Sat urday, I decided to do something I did with astonishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mountain of clothes on my bed and tr |
Music Maker
SEMI-CLASSICAL vocalist Vidya Shah has found new fans - in Morocco. Last week, the Delhi-based thumri singer became the first Indian musician after Pandit Ravi Shankar to perform at the Asilah Arts |
INDIA SHINING?
OLDEN lotus petals G sparkling with tiny mirrors make up the 20ft gateway into the Kingdom of Dreams. Inside, you are greeted by the imposing red sandstone wall |
Bite-sized Meals
TAPAS has quietly made its way to a number of high-end city restaurants, in recent months. It has even established its popularity with special tapas menus. However, for a true-blue gastronome here is |
Bauble girls
IF, like the rest of the world, you get your style updates from Gossip Girl, you're sure to have noticed the danglers and necklaces that Jessica Szohr and Hilary Duff sported on the show. The h |
A coat of chic
Flair & Square
RAINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Saturday, I decided to do something I did with astonishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mountain of clothes on my bed and tried on several dozen pieces, |
Family Time
VETERAN actor Dharmendra dons the role of a family man when it comes to choosing his movies. After being on-screen Dad to his two sons, Sunny and Bobby Deol, in Apne in 2007, he will be do the same |
BALKI Ideas
rovided the idea has steam, what seems like nonsense today may become a revered theory tomorrow. This is the conviction that keeps R Balakrishnan, aka Balki, creative chief of Lintas advertising ag |
Going Places
Shahana Goswami has come a long way from her days as the angsty Debbie in Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On!!. While her passion for acting has increased manifold, her appearance has undergone a makeover of s |
On A Song
SINGER Raghav Sachar - famous for playing 32 instruments as well as composing for Kabul Express and One Two Three-has created his own versions of the Vande Mataram. The national song, which AR Rahman |
Flair & Square
A coat of chic
R AINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Satur day, I decided to do something I did with aston ishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mounain of clothes on my bed |
On A Song
SINGER Raghav Sachar - famous for playing 32 instruments as well as composing for Kabul Express and One Two Three-has created his own versions of the Vande Mataram. The national song, which AR Rahman |
Going Gaga
POP icon Lady Gaga wasn't present at the finale of the Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture Week on Sunday, yet it was difficult to ignore her. Mumbaibased designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, who |
STEPPING OUT WITH KALPANA SWAMINATHAN
Licence to Thrill
WHILE talking about the joys of reading a detective book, Kalpana Swaminathan questions me, "On a rainy afternoon like this, what would you like to do--meet s |
Party Time
THEIR albums have names like Converting Vegetarians, Vicious Delicious and Legend of the Black Shawarma --and psychedelic trance fans have feasted on the music long enough for Infected Mushrooms to ma |
Going Gaga
POP icon Lady Gaga wasn't present at the finale of the Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture Week on Sunday, yet it was difficult to ignore her. Mumbai-based designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, wh |
The 'personal'
Trend
THE times are such that every individual is hastening to make a mark, to have a stamp of his own identity. Individual tastes and personal whims are dominating almost every materialis |
Something special
IF the invitation to perform at the world's largest arts festival is a recognition of excellence, then Something Relevant (STR) has officially arrived. Of course, the Mumbai-based band didn't need the |
The harmony of notes
KARTIKEYA RAMANATHAN
MELODIOUS tunes will ring at the Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival. This festival-cum-competition is being held at Singapore from July 29 to August 2, with acknowledged masters of the inst |
Music of the monsoon
BANYAN Tree Events is hosting its ninth edition of the monsoon music festival Barkha Ritu. Puneites will experience the magic of the monsoons by the maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. He will be acc |
In the act
SHASHI Sumeet Productions is conducting auditions for prime time TV serials on popular channels at Solaris Gym, off Karve Road. These walk-in tests will begin at 12 noon and the spotlight will be on a |
Grandparents' day out
THE First Five Nursery School at Baner recently organised a musical party for its students and their grandparents. They sang songs, danced, and even played musical games and instruments. Also, the |
Witty matters
ON television, nothing works like laughter. Banana peels, funny accents and mistaken identities--all are great fodder for comedy mills which regularly churn out jokes and gags, whe |
TALKING POINT
From Jamshedpur to Mumbai, how has the journey been so far?
I always dreamt of being an actor.
Since I am a trained classical dancer, I also wanted to explore dancing opportunities. And Mumbai i |
Playing God
CREATING SYNTHETIC LIFE Discovery Science Tuesday, 8 pm RATING: What's it about? Until this year, the creation of life in a lab seemed limited to the realms of weird fiction written by the likes of HP |
Generous helpings
SAJID-WAJID THERE is something cooking on the sets of SaReGaMaPa, and the flavour is purely Nawabi. The participants and technicians often used to complain about the food on the sets. Things have chan |
Panic attack
jee of Imagine's Devi is no angel when it comes to playing pranks. The actress apparently hoaxed co-actor Sujata Sehgal, who it appears did not take it too well.
Pretending to be from another chann |
Family affair
BIG Money has made it clear that when it comes to minting money, age is no bar. Last week, the ladies special episode featured Delhi's the Mehra family. The oldest of them was 62 years of age and the |
Witty matters
ON television, nothing works like laughter. Banana peels, funny accents and mistaken identities--all are great fodder for comedy mills which regularly churn out jokes and gags, whe |
TALKING POINT
From Jamshedpur to Mumbai, how has the journey been so far?
I always dreamt of being an actor. i Since I am a trained classical dancer, I t also wanted to explore dancing opportunities. And M |
OUT OF THE BOX
Playing God
CREATING SYNTHETIC LIFE Discovery Science Tuesday, 8 pm RATING: What's it about? Until this year, the creation of life in a lab seemed limited to the realms of weird fiction written by the likes of HP |
Generous helpings
THERE is something cooking on the sets of SaReGaMaPa, and the flavour is purely Nawabi. The participants and technicians often used to complain about the food on the sets. Things have changed for bett |
Panic attack
jee of Imagine's Devi is no angel when it comes to playing pranks. The actress apparently hoaxed co-actor Sujata Sehgal, who it appears did not take it too well.
Pretending to be from another chann |
Family affair
BIG Money has made it clear that when it comes to minting money, age is no bar. Last week, the ladies special episode featured Delhi's the Mehra family. The oldest of them was 62 years of age and the |
LEHER KALA
On The Loose
To Work, Versus Stay-at-Home
THE Supreme Court has asked the Parliament to rethinkthe Census of India where homemakers are referred to as "economically non productive workers" alongside beggars, prostitutes and prisoners. |
Something special
With a month-long set of gigs in Edinburgh, plus a new album and their own studio, Something Relevant is ready to hit the big time
IF the invitation to perform at the world's largest arts festiva |
Mythical beasts
MY love for Greek myth is what informs my interest in a number of other subjects," reveals Ruth Padel. The poet-turned-novelist is in town for only a few days but she's already packed her schedule wit |
Mythical beasts
MY love for Greek myth is what informs my interest in a number of other subjects," reveals Ruth Padel. The poet-turned-novelist is in town for only a few days but she's already packed her schedule wit |
Bartan for Ballet
AS the person in charge of designing the set for Apoc alypse, Bolshoi Ballet's latest production, contemporary artist Subodh Gupta plays the role with ease. It may have something to do with |
On The Loose
To Work, Versus Stay at-Home
HE Supreme Court has asked the ParliaT ment to rethinkthe Census of India where homemakers have been referred to as "eco nomically non-productive workers" alongside beggars, |
Back in Action
THERE was a surprising chief guest at the launch of psychoanalyst and author Sudhir Kakar's novel The Crimson Throne on Friday - Shashi Tharoor. Surprising, because the Congress MP seemed to have disa |
Harvest Season
ARPANA Caur's painting depicts a woman bending over the earth with a spray of green springing from her womb. The Delhi-based artist, who celebrates womanhood through metaphors that are both direct and |
High Bandwidth
HEN Subir Malik, W lead guitarist of the Delhi-based contemporary fusion band Parikrama, heard the term "webcerts", he was far from enthused. "I thought i |
View From the Top
BEFORE our postmodern age started its veneration of hype and spin, a work of art, especially a book, would mostly be judged by its hold on the memory of the reader. Would the book resonate when the re |
Witty matters
ON television, nothing works like laughter. Banana peels, funny accents and mistaken identities-all are great fodder for comedy mills which regularly churn out jokes and gags, whether they're stand-up |
TALKING POINT WITH PRATYUSHA BANERJEE
From Jamshedpur to Mumbai, how has the journey been so far?
I always dreamt of being an actor.
Since I am a trained classical dancer, I also wanted to explore dancing opportunities. And Mumbai i |
OUT OF THE BOX
Playing God
CREATING SYNTHETIC LIFE Discovery Science Tuesday, 8 pm RATING:
What's it about? Until this year, the creation of life in a lab seemed limited to the realms of weird fiction written by the likes o |
Generous helpings
THERE is something cooking on the sets of SaReGaMaPa, and the flavour is purely Nawabi. The participants and technicians often used to complain about the food on the sets. Things have changed for bett |
Panic attack
CHITRAPAMA Banerjee of Imagine's Devi is no angel when it comes to playing pranks. The actress apparently hoaxed co-actor Sujata Sehgal, who it appears did not take it too well.
Pretending to be fr |
Family affair
BIG Money has made it clear that when it comes to minting money, age is no bar. Last week, the ladies special episode featured Delhi's the Mehra family. The oldest of them was 62 years of age and the |
The reel truth
back in the 1990s, made her a household name. And through the years, her charm and easy portrayals of various characters on the small and big screen established her as an actress to reckon with. Actre |
A sound tribute
hall, heads started nodding benignly at the mellow rhythm of the songs being performed. Some were bowed in concentration, while some carried faint smiles of nostalgia. The invisible presence of Bhaska |
On The Loose
To Work, Versus Stay-at-Home
LEHER KALA
T HE Supreme Court has asked the Parlia ment to rethinkthe Census of India where homemakers have been referred to as "economically non-productive workers" alongs |
TALKING POINT WITH PRATYUSHA BANERJEE
From Jamshedpur to Mumbai, how has the journey been so far?
I always dreamt of being an actor. Since I am a trained classical dancer, I also wanted to explore dancing opportunities.
And Mumbai i |
Witty matters
N television, nothing works like laughter. Banana peels, funny accents and mistaken identities-all are great fodder for comedy mills which regularly churn out jokes and gags, whether they're stand-up |
Generous helpings
THERE is something cooking on the sets of SaReGaMaPa, and the flavour is purely Nawabi. The participants and technicians often used to complain about the food on the sets. Things have changed for bett |
Panic attack
CHITRAPAMA Banerjee of Imagine's Devi is no angel when it comes to playing pranks. The actress apparently hoaxed co-actor Sujata Sehgal, who it appears did not take it too well.
Pretending to be fr |
Family affair
BIG Money has made it clear that when it comes to minting money, age is no bar. Last week, the ladies special episode featured Delhi's the Mehra family. The oldest of them was 62 years of age and the |
OUT OF THE BOX
Playing God
What's it about? Until this year, the creation of life in a lab seemed limited to the realms of weird fiction written by the likes of HP Lovecraft and Mary Shelley. Reanimating corpses or creating an |
talking point
From Jamshedpur to Mumbai, how has the journey been so far?
I always dreamt of being an actor. Since I am a trained classical dancer, I also wanted to explore dancing opportunities. And, Mumbai i |
OUT OF THE BOX
Playing God
Creating Synthetic Life Discovery Science Tuesday, 8 pm Rating: ** What's it about? Until this year, the creation of life in a lab seemed limited to the realms of weird fiction written by the |
Generous helpings
THERE is something cooking on the sets of SaReGaMaPa, and the flavour is purely Nawabi. The participants and technicians often used to complain about the food on the sets. Things have changed for bett |
Panic attack
CHITRAPAMA Banerjee of Imagine's Devi is no angel when it comes to playing pranks. The actress apparently hoaxed co-actor Sujata Sehgal, who it appears did not take it too well. Pretending to be from |
Family affair
BIG Money has made it clear that when it comes to minting money, age is no bar. Last week, the ladies special episode featured Delhi's the Mehra family. The oldest of them was 62 years of age and the |
WITTY MATTERS
ON television, nothing works like laughter. Banana peels, funny ac cents and mistaken identities--all are great fodder for comedy mills which regularly churn out jokes and gags, w |
PRIZE MOMENTS
IT WAS an evening that celebrated the highest ethics of journalism--the ability to report fearlessly. As the Ramnath Goenka Awards were given away on Thursday, a distinguished gathering of politic |
PRIZE MOMENTS
IT WAS an evening that celebrated the highest ethics of journalism-the ability to report fearlessly. As the Ramnath Goenka Awards were given away on Thursday, a distinguished gathering of politicians, |
PRIZE MOMENTS
IT WAS an evening that cele brated the highest ethics of journalism--the ability to report fearlessly. As the Ramnath Goenka Awards were given away on Thursday, a distinguished gathering of pol |
PRIZE MOMENTS
IT WAS an evening that celeI brated the highest ethics of journalism--the ability to report fearlessly. As the Ramnath Goenka Awards were given away on Thursday, a distinguished gathering of pol |
