Soumya Nair

For doctor-businessman Anuj Saxena, a Doordarshan show called Aasman Se Aagey catapulted him into a career in television. This is when he realised how much he enjoyed being in front of the camera. Anuj went on to do several serials including, Kora Kaagaz, Kumkum and Saara Aakash. But it was the Balaji Telefilms’ serial Kkusum that made Anuj, aka Abhay of the show, a household name.

Suparna Sharma

Imagine a show where the hero is in 3-D. No, no, not the Cameronji ka blue-blue alien 3-D. I’m talking about that old style 3-D where when you turned the picture left you’d see one person, and another person when you turned it right — just like those postage stamps from Bhutan. Got it? Ready then? Now

The principle of the law of attraction gained immense popularity following the release of a film called The Secret, inspired by the book of the same name by Rhonda Byrne.

Feng Shui has gained popularity and become an integral part of home design today, because it is so simple and easy to blend with your existing decor at practically no extra cost .

Wicca, an ancient branch of learning, is mysterious, mystical and  misunderstood.

The tequila-drenched nights are abuzz with partygoers in high spirits.

A picture that captures the beauty of a moment is worth a thousand words. Every imagination can be a reality. Every portrait has humanity. And when the picture is a breathtaking view of one of India’s many panoramas it has the power to transport you to the location and give you a taste of its essence, its charm. To celebrate India’s natural beauty and the spirit of the travellers, Photolog 2010, an outdoor travel photography exhibition was held at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi in Mumbai last week.

As Indian art has its brush with glory abroad — a Subodh Gupta installation went under the hammer for £229,250 and an Anish Kapoor work for £70,850 at a Sotheby’s auction earlier this month — a show that raises a toast to the continuing saga of Indian artists courting their share of fame, and money, on foreign turfs, couldn’t have been more well-timed. As a tribute to the rise and rise of Indian art, Delhi-based Ati Art Gallery has put together a group exhibition titled “India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity” which brings together the works of 23 young artists between the age group of 30-40.

Vadehra’s latest showing is India’s music maestros. And at Lalit Kala Akademi it becomes Raghu Rai’s “Magnum Opus”. Portraits and passionate moments of India’s music legends unveil a revealing, worshipful, retrospective like collection of works shot over four decades. A rare treat is Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Allah Rakha at Modern School Barakhamba in the year 1970. One recalls them playing Raag Bharav and transporting us students into a world of unknown tenets and tenors.

Mohinder K. Puri is a rare artist who turns Hindustani classical music and the medieval Indian dance form Kathak into textured surfaces and fluid human figures on the canvas.
“I have loved music since childhood. When I lived at Karachi in Pakistan as a child, I would stand on the balcony of my home and sing. Passers-by would look up to find a sweet boy humming. My brush with music continued even when I came to Delhi in 1960 to learn classical music from Pandit Amarnath. But I decided at the last moment to pursue art,” recalls the 72-year-old Delhi-based artist, who is exhibiting his work at the Visual Arts Gallery.