A village goes global

For a fortnight in February, Surajkund becomes the address of master craftsmen from rural India. This year the added attraction has been the participation of Thailand as well as SAARC countries. Surajkund Mela is already a global affair attracting foreign tourists, says
Geetanjali Gayatri, but there’s more on the anvil. Haryana’s crafts bazaar is readying to spread its wings abroad, with Qatar as its first halt.


Folk artistes from Andhra Pradesh, this year’s theme state. — Photos BY Rajiv Tyagi

It’s not easy to quiz friends on the show
The announcement of the relaunch of Karan Johar’s hugely popular talk show – Koffee with Karan — has had his fans all agog with anticipation. And why not, in the last couple of decades, his talk show was the most popular and discussed one, after Simi Garewal’s Rendezvous. Koffee With Karan in a new avatar will be telecast simultaneously on Star One and Star World from tomorrow at 9 pm. Srabanti Chakrabarti caught the film director-cum-talk show host in a chatty mood. Excerpts from the interview.

Winslet’s pat for DiCaprio
Kate Winslet is full of praise for co- star Leonardo DiCaprio for the way he has handled fame, after Titanic was declared a blockbuster all across the world. Both Winslet and DiCaprio became internationally famous in their early twenties as the 1999 movie went on to become a worldwide sensation.