Mother’s RecipeSunday, May 08, 2011,06:05:24 AM
Amma (my mom) tells me I shouldn’t spend any money on her for Mother’s Day. She says that every day is mother’s day. Ironically, since I became a mother some years ago, Amma herself gets me a gift on the very day, Mother’s Day — for being a mom she says. I think it is her way of thanking me ....
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Three cheers?Sunday, May 08, 2011,06:05:05 AM
The Pune Warriors India (PWI) who entered the IPL this season, wanted to debut with a bang and be different than all the other teams. No stones were left unturned to set us apart from the already existing teams and the new (read Kochi Tuskers). ....
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Writer's blockSunday, May 08, 2011,06:05:05 AM
With blogging catching on as one of the major hobbies of this decade which are often penned by pseudo liter-ellectuals, inflicting their thoughts on us, one would think that with this advent, the quality would be astounding. ....
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Fair winds of ChangeSunday, April 17, 2011,01:18:23 AM
The Anna Hazare blitzkrieg, which shook up the entire system, proved that India is changing fast. A similar tremor of change was felt at the heart of the Mahalaxmi Temple in Kolhapur on Saturday. In this case, the pride of the patriarch, the ultimate male bastion fortified by centuries of rules....
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A race past mysterySunday, April 17, 2011,01:18:10 AM
The door creaks and a shadow walks stealthily around the house looking for his next victim and......this may be a rather sad start to a normal suspense mystery novel. But one suspense writer in Marathi will just not be counted in that category. Popular Marathi ....
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3 Coins in a FountainSunday, April 10, 2011,04:16:23 AM
Sonja Chandrachud, author, who is currently relaxing with her eldest daughter Rhea, 17, on Baga beach in Goa, who just got done with her board exams, loves spending quality alone time with each of them. She hadn’t planned on having three kids, but had twins the second time....
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Hundred percent natural!Sunday, April 10, 2011,04:16:12 AM
Harmful chemicals and rogue elements come mixed with the food we eat, most of the time. It is an unfortunate truth we have to deal with, but people like Vasudha Sardar are making a difference by practising organic farming in Pargaon, located 70 km away from Pune. The concept organic ....
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I crave for those moments of truth Sunday, April 10, 2011,04:16:12 AM
In every actor's life there comes a time, which he calls the moment of truth. That moment came to me in Govind Nihalani's Ardh Satya, when I had to break down in front of my girlfriend played by Smita Patil. It was a decisive moment, where I had to be completely naked emotionally, in front of my ....
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Cricketers and gentlemenSunday, April 10, 2011,04:15:56 AM
Cricket is the sport of Bollywood. Dalliances between actors and players have long provided grist to a prurient press. And in this season of cricket madness we thought it appropriate to dig out this gem. The late Shyam Aurangabadkar shot this picture at a benefit match soon after the end of the....
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Just like an Earthship…Sunday, April 10, 2011,04:15:56 AM
It’s not just for his career that Abhay Deol makes choices that many consider off-beat, it’s for everything he does. And currently, whenever he’s not busy with prepping or shooting for a film, two things occupy him completely, architecture, as he is constructing a green home in Goa and the....
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Heart to artSunday, March 27, 2011,04:37:00 AM
When you enter Dominic Corda’s bungalow at St Patrick’s Town, it is just like entering a treasure trove. Not that there are pots of gold lying around in heaps. Instead, the sight of paintings hanging on the walls of his bungalow is quite an experience. Not just one wall — his entire house is like....
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I squirm at the memory of doing the song Sunday, March 27, 2011,04:36:58 AM
My toughest scene would have to be one of my songs. I’ve always felt uncomfortable doing songs on screen. The title song in Sunayana, where I had to sing the love lyrics Aaj in nazaron ko tum dekho aur main tumhein dekhte huey dekhoon to Rameshwari, was particularly painful. I....
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Ouch! Birthday bumpsSunday, March 27, 2011,04:36:55 AM
When Shabana Azmi celebrated her 60th birthday, the cake was in the shape of a slum, complete with a tiny house, a sewage, clothes hanging out to dry et al. What was this insensitive mockery supposed to symbolise? If Shabana showed sheer insensitivity, the local denizens reveal a....
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Splashing festivitesSunday, March 20, 2011,12:43:32 AM
Rang barse bheege chunarwali … rang barse …” the images of Amitabh and Rekha playing holi in Silsila are etched in stone for some of us. The romance of holi, the colours, the music the hidden glances. ....
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A Tiger of a ManSunday, March 20, 2011,12:43:29 AM
Fateh Singh Rathore, a world-renowned expert on wild tigers, passed away on the morning of March 1, 2011 at the age of 73, after a brief fight with cancer. ....
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On a fast track!Sunday, March 20, 2011,12:43:27 AM
Pune is a hub of many things, we all know about the obvious ones like education, IT and the automobile sector. However, after observing the proliferation of DJs and electronic music producers coming to the city from all across the globe in the past one year, you wonder how the genre is catching up in Pune. ....
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Heir apparentsSunday, March 13, 2011,06:10:05 AM
The name Ajay Sapotdar carries weight and respect in the Marathi industry, as a film director and also the chairman of the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal. His director-son Aditya is following his footsteps. ....
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The Naked truthSunday, March 13, 2011,06:10:03 AM
M F Husain, the 95-year-old artist, has not been bashful about naming his muse from among Hindi cinema’s leading ladies. However now. he has expressed anguish regarding reports that he intends to paint Vidya Balan “in the nude”. The artist, who became a citizen of Qatar, told us, “I would....
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To celebrate motherhood, Aditi Khatau and Ashwini Khandelwal carried out the fun switch with the 17-year old Ashwini mothering her mom Aditi for just a day, and Aditi getting thoroughly pampered playing the daughter for once!....
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