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Burlesque icon dons six yards of oomph

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Dim lights, sparkling chandeliers, a live bar and groovy numbers played by the DJ set the party mood.

All set to ace the race

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Sitting behind the wheels and zipping through roads is probably something most guys love to do. However, hectic lifestyles and heavy traffic hardly leave much scope.

Drama treat for children

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Without voices and relying solely on their acting skills, props and lighting, a few differently-abled kids from Bodhir Bidya Bhawan, a special school in West Bengal, performed Rabindranath Tagore’s play Dakghar at Abhimanch auditorium.

Politics not SRK’s cup of tea

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Armed with his trademark dimpled smile and looking dapper in a black tuxedo, Shah Rukh Khan looked all set to face the media along with his current leading lady, Katrina Kaif.

Beauty queen set for B’wood

Miss India World Vanya Mishra in her casual evening look

Miss India World Vanya Mishra looks totally at ease while a host of make-up artists and hair stylists work on her to create a casual western look. But then, even at 20, she’s turned quite a pro in the glam world.

Saturday morning fever

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The alarm was ringing for quite sometime and Kushal was about to snooze it. “Suddenly I recalled I had to leave for the Breakfast Run. I reached the meeting point and was so charged up that I applied the brakes at the very last moment and the bike almost skid.

Bond, dishy & desi

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He is the ultimate spy. Suave, sharp and smooth at the same time. Little surprise then that the latest Bond flick Skyfall, despite having been in the theatres for a while now, is continuing to attract audiences and rave reviews.

Bowl full of warmth

Grimod de la Reyniere, the first public critic of cooking, said “Soup is, what a portico is to an edifice.

For Bollywood, sci-fi remains a world apart

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Sci-fi is a whole new world of imagination. In a recent interview, Emraan Hashmi said, “I would love to work in a science fiction.” Ra.One, Joker, Love Story 2050, Koi Mil Gaya and Mr. India are some of the very few Bollywood films that probably can loosely fit the bracket of science-fiction.

Gizmos, silver rule Dhanteras

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As the tradition goes, people buy precious metals to welcome Goddess Lakshmi to their abode on Dhanteras. Even as our previous generation indulged in buying gold, silver and utensils; the younger lot are making more innovative purchases.

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