Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo de Rivera met with an accident early in her life that left her with major injuries. Using her pain as a source of inspiration she painted magnificent paintings.

At 57, he is as lively and dramatic as he was three decades back. His optimism in working towards creating a sustainable planet is inspiring. Robert Swan was the first person to walk to both South and North Pole.

As soon as he enters, there is a sense of hushed awe, and flashbulbs go into a frenzy. But dressed in a casual T-shirt, track pants and armed with an even more casual air, the Khiladi of Bollywood is unfazed by all the attention. The actor is gearing up for one of the biggest releases of the year, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara.

Over the last few years, the capital has seen major musical gigs by national and international independent musicians.

As one greets the legendary culinary connoisseur, Ciro Orsini, the founder of the famous Ciro’s Pomodoro chain all over the world, one can easily mistake him to be a guitar-strumming, grunge rocker.

When you talk to veteran film journalist Aruna Vasudev, also the president of Indian wing of Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema, you feel her passion for Asian cinema, art and culture in every sing

Of late, there has been a spurt in youngsters starting their own ventures. But given the skilled manpower we possess, we are still far from producing adequate entrepreneurial ventures, feels Aditya Mukherjee, a strategy consultant with a global management consultancy and an IIM-Bangalore alumnus, who has recently made his literary debut with the novel, Boomtown, which has entrepreneurship at its heart as well as ample doses of friendship, romance and adventure.

At the age of 45, he’s the winner of four National awards. Although his last ambitious film based on the film industry tanked at the box office, it didn’t make the director swerve from the path of good cinema. Madhur Bhadarkar took out time to talk about films, his love for food and the capital, on a recent trip to the capital for the launch of the new outlet of Khandani Rajdhani restaurant here.

The art of storytelling is seeing a steady revival albeit in a different avatar.

At the age of 81, his demeanour and gait can make the younger generation break into cold sweat.