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Two much
trouble
Nonika Singh
Though the second-spouse syndrome
is not new among our celebrities, it still  grabs the media and public
glare
Many a man owes his
success to his first wife and his second wife to his success. — Jim
Backus
Indeed,
behind many a successful man it seems there is more than one woman.
The Sania-Shoaib-Ayesha saga finally ended with a whimper.
All
in the game
Vaibhav Sharma
Former
United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld once said,
"Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate
somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive." Now, the line
might have a lot of political connotations to it, but it can apply to
almost all spheres of life in today’s society.
Dance of joy
Kolkata Sanved uses dance movement as a therapeutic
tool for patients living with mental illness. Dance has given them happiness,
a sense of rhythm and a new hope, writes Shoma A. Chatterji
DANCE
is a liberating experience. It turns the body into a creative channel
of ideas, expressions, emotions, feelings, rhythms, shape, energy and
direction. It is only natural that movements empower and celebrate,
says Sohini Chakraborty, founder-director, Kolkata Sanved.
Charms
of Chambal
Once known for its ravines
and dacoits, Chambal also has a river that is one of the most serene
and clean in the country having a wide variety of avian and marine
life, writes Lalit Mohan
THE
Chambal is a lucky river. No one worships it. No temples or
large towns dot its banks. Perhaps that is why it is one of the
cleanest perennial waterways in India.
Unheard
songs of Rafi
Good news for fans of
Mohammed Rafi as they now get a chance to hear some of his unreleased
songs in an album titled The Last Songs, writes M.
L. Dhawan
WHEN
Yash Chopra was making Veer-Zaara, initially he was unable to
find the right kind of music to suit the film’s requirements and
environment, since it was a period film. He said that the present-day
composers were not able to deliver what he wanted.
Cinema
about a poet
A poet and his poetry have
been cinematically well rendered in Rituparno Ghosh’s latest film Shob
Charitro Kalponik, says Shakuntala Rao
Rituparno
Ghosh is right to
complain that his Bengali films often do not get the mainstream
attention they deserve.
Raajneeti
is my toughest role: Arjun Rampal
Subhash K. Jha
FRESH
from his National Award, Arjun Rampal says he is playing his toughest
role in director Prakash Jha’s dark political thriller Raajneeti.
In the film, Arjun is cast as Ranbir Kapoor’s zany, flamboyant elder
brother.
Harry
Potter may return
J.
K. Rowling has given Harry Potter fans a glimmer of hope by
hinting that the boy wizard may make a return. The author released the
final instalment of the book almost three years ago.
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