Following in the footsteps of its cousin in the West, Bollywood too can now boast of its leading ladies creating their own brands. Recently, fitness freak Bipasha Basu launched her own fitness gear. Shilpa Shetty has, in the past, put her stamp on yoga DVDs, while Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are both planning to introduce their respective lines of fashion wear. So what’s exactly fueling this trend?

Not everyday there are musicians flying in all the way from Spain to India to train a bunch of children in Western classical music, all for passion and none for profits.

While the rest of the world leaves the proverbial end of the earth Timbuktu as is, Michael Benanav chooses to set off on a journey that’s even farther than that, telling himself, “It was a trip I was