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Boom-bloom
He may be ready to boom as an underworld don in Kaizad Gustad's f ilm due to be released next week. But otherwise, he is shy, accommodating and ever ready to help children in need. RANA A. SIDDIQUI gives us some little known facets of J ackie Shroff's life in this conversation in New Delhi... .
Down Memory Lane

Those tumultuous days...
THERE ARE some memories of the first Independence Day that come clattering like yesterday's hoofbeats, clamouring for attention. Nadar's shop was quite a gossip corner in August 1947. A tall man with a goatee, he sold firewood, ice and hookah ...
Music

A song for a cause
He would like to build a veterinary hospital. As also a home for the old. S.M. YASIR tells us a few lesser-known things about Shankar Sawhney, the man behind "Kede Yaar Nu"... .


Chords & Notes
VISHAL BHARADWAJ has failed to live up to the expectations he raised with "Maachis", and "Chupke Se" is no exception despite the familiar company of Gulzar. If one has to pick two grains from the chaff of six, "Kehte Kehte" by Lucky Ali and ...
Method in madness
IN A profession where people love to get typecast in a slot once they taste success, Sandesh Shandilya strikes the note of experimentation every time melody beckons him. After tasting varied success with "Suraj Hua Madham" in "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie ...
Eating Out

Near East... due South!
The Near East offers fine Chinese vegetarian and non-vegetarian fare at reasonable prices. SUMITRA SENAPATY checks it out... .
Cuisine

A different chaat from Singapore haat
WHAT CHAAT-paapri, pav-bhaaji, and gol guppa is for Indians, Singapore laska, murtabak and lasi nemak are for Singaporeans - delectable and addictive `street food'. And bringing this street food for the benefit of the Indian palate is Woks, ...
Events

Special show for the special day
EVERYTHING SHOULD be just perfect, and why not... everyday is not your `wedding day'! From the invitation cards, bride's lehanga, groom's sherwani, and honeymoon tickets to the furniture for their life ahead, the ITE Bride `n' Groom Exhibition ...
Rashtriya Ekta Awards
RECENTLY, THE Rashtriya Ekta Sangh and Sanjay music group held a programme to honour people in various fields for their work in bringing about a spirit of unity in the country. Madan Lal Khurana, ex-Chief Minister of Delhi was the chief guest ...
Entertainment

Talking pictures, moving images
ANJANA RAJAN speaks to filmmaker Savyasaachi Jain, whose works are concerned with conflicts on the internal and external turf... .
No love lost for Mumbai Dost
THE GREAT Indian Village Dream is here. Populated by a girl like Lara Dutta, she with sunshine smiles and moon-at-full glow eyes. Enough to make you think why, just why, are you languishing in the Great Indian Capital when all the beauty lies ...
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