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Dancing in a world without any constructs

Words often don’t convey the best of emotions and expressions. And that’s what happens when you happen to watch dancers from the quaint old dance school Nrityagram at the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Food for happiness

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Aditya Bal, who didn’t step into the glamour industry with the idea of hosting a cookery show, has now dreams of having his own restaurant and conducting cooking classes. With the upcoming launch of his debut book The Chak Le India, a cookbook, which is inspired by his travels to different regions of India through his cookery show Chak Le India on NDTV, Aditya says that he didn’t act on this latent passion for cooking that he had in him for all these years.

Business sutras

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Be it Chanakya’s words of wisdom or Krishna’s thoughtful advice, India Inc. seems to be driven by these wise men from the Indian mythology and history.

Discover the magic hair oil that melts cabbies’ hearts

Till date, I’ve been quite lucky with taxis. Touchwood. After a hectic day, there’s nothing more pleasant and soothing than a cab ride. But my taxi sojourns have been far more exciting because of the taxiwallahs and our enthralling conversations.

‘It’s time to rethink our attitudes’

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It’s actually quite surprising to see that we’ve been keeping the traditions of Indian classical dance in the US alive and we strive hard to do so since we miss our homeland,” says renowned Kathak danseuse Rachna Sarang, who has been teaching in the US for decades now.

‘Direction an extension of all that I’ve learnt’

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Of course, as most things unplanned in life, Ratna Pathak Shah’s directorial debut A Walk in the Woods too was also an unplanned one.

‘Direction an extension of all that I’ve learnt’

Of course, as most things unplanned in life, Ratna Pathak Shah’s directorial debut A Walk in the Woods too was also an unplanned one.

The essence of good abhinaya

Even though abhinaya is an integral aspect of classical dance, it’s not very often that we find ourselves engaging in intense discussions on various aspects of abhinaya.

Soha is in a happy place right now

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Soha Ali Khan is in a happy place right now. Having returned from a long holiday to Spain and England, she is getting over a holiday hangover and can’t help planning her next vacation already. In fact, she’s making her list for 2012. From cooking to learning a new language, the actress wishes to accomplish a lot this year.

B’wood’s big budget has little global impact

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Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan recently commented on how Bollywood cannot achieve high production standards in terms of technical effects and expertise when compared to its counterparts in the West. Ra.One was the closest to have come to a Hollywood film in terms of technical production, experts say.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.