Whenever you enter your query on a search engine like Google, a list of websites spring up in response. However, the order in which they appear may not be quite as random as they seem. In fact, there is an entire process that denotes which website is going to dominate the list and vice versa.

Shabana Azmi’s NGO, Mijwan Welfare Society’s recent charity fashion show, Mijwan Sonnets in Fabric, focusses on the empowerment of the girl child in rural India. Shabana, who took over the society after the death of her father, noted poet Kaifi Azmi, says, “I was brought up in an environment where my dad always wanted to do something for the betterment of women.

For Madhurima Banerjee, it was a dream come true when she got a role as the lead heroine in Kamaal Dhamaal Malaamal. The starlet realises that doing a film with the likes of Paresh Rawal is no small feat and believes that she has on her part, given the role her 100 per cent. But like most newcomers in the industry, Madhurima admits that acting was never a planned career option.

Few things would beat a lazy Sunday afternoon spent watching old Hindi films, relieving the golden era of the Hindi film industry when the term Bollywood was yet to be coined. Television channels carrying dedicated retrospectives of bygone stars such as Shammi Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand and so on the weekend slot is proof of the fact that the Indian janta loves its old heroes and their philams. While some movies are a treat throughout the year, there are some that are cut out for the Sunday afternoon experience.

Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, will face Tagore International School, East of Kailash, in the final on the Delhi Soccer Associations’ inter-school girls football tournament after registering wins by a similar margin over their semi-final opponents on Saturday.

Mid-fielder Oinam Bembem Devi has been named captain of the Indian women’s team for the forthcoming SAFF Championship. The team will leave for Colombo soon where the second edition of the tournament is scheduled from September 7.

He may be making every effort to claw back at his estranged stardom but for the Mumbai traffic cops, Vivek Oberoi is just an aam aadmi. While shooting for his latest film, there was a scene in the movie where Vivek and Esha Gupta had to ride a bike on Worli seaface, while the crew took a long shot of them from way behind.

“Vanity is my favourite sin,” Al Pacino had said and in what seemed like a room brimming with the sentiment, a bunch of Mumbai’s tony set was seeing indulging in some rather exquisite and needless to say, expensive beads and baubles at a recently launched accessories store in the maximum city.

The Scripps Spelling Bee contest generates a lot of interest in India today, mainly because recent winners of the tough spelling contest have been of Indian origin. But getting on stage and spelling out unheard of words isn’t a 20th century phenomenon. In fact, the earliest, documented Spelling Bee contest was held all the way back in 1825!

Shantanu Moitra is all smiles these days. And why wouldn’t he be? Coke Studio @ MTV is on a real high these days. It has topped popularity charts and is being loved by viewers. So, what’s so special about the ongoing second season? “I feel the producers and the singers, who have come together, have made this season really special. We have had creative songs being played and the audience is really enjoying them.”