Male grooming goes mainstream
The pressure to look well-groomed is no longer just confined to women. The number of young, urban men investing in skin care, including makeup, is on a steady rise. In this era, where competition in many aspects of life is fierce, it is no wonder that the modern man is paying more attention to his physical appearance. What more, women too are finding these metrosexual men more attractive.
Spoof mania hits right virtual button
Sitting in front of the idiot box and surfing endless channels is passé. With easy access to internet, youngsters are gradually switching to online entertainment portals that are serving absorbing creative videos of all sorts ranging from politicking parodies to tongue-in-cheek satires, to creative spoofs of popular Bollywood videos.
UK Idol on a desi trip
She has won UK’s Indian Idol and Saregama UK, participated in Indian Idol 4, trained in acting by Anupam Kher and featured on Lift Karade show with Salman Khan and Karan Johar. In short, Harshi Madhaparia (famous as Harshi Mad) is all set for her Bollywood stint.
‘This is an exciting time for actors’
Sonali Bendre is in a happy space. The actress, who was last seen in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again, says she is amazed at the way Indian cinema is changing. “And it’s a change for the good.
‘Miss Indias are in a rat race’
Konkana Bakshi, winner of the title of Miss Elegance at the Miss Leisure World 2008, has donned a new hat. She is the woman behind Savoir Faire, that promises to take grooming in India to the next level.
Bhangra king hits campaign trail
With Assembly election season getting closer, various political parties have started roping in their crowd-pullers to the campaign trails. The latest amongst these is Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi.
When did everyone become photogenic?
One man has made it his personal mission in life to prove that everyone is photogenic. Jacques-jean Tiziou, a Philadephia-based photographer, says he constantly comes across people who get nervous in front of the camera because they don’t believe they are beautiful enough.
Movies mislead
Not always earth-shattering
So most sexual escapades in the films may end with one or both partners dropping back to the respective sides of their bed with the widest grins ever, appropriately exhausted and attractively disheveled after what has been an earth-shattering experience. Accept our congratulations if you’re managing to achieve just that outcome in real life as well.
Google wants to fight death
With every new initiative that Google comes up with, it is growing into a widely respected organisation. Slowly branching away from its traditional Internet business into mobile phones, hi-tech glasses and even a self-driving car, the company’s latest initiative that is in the pipeline is in the filed of healthcare.
Comics take risqué turn
Though an imaginary character, Savita Bhabhi caught the eye, fancy and naughty imagination of Indians, whose comic strip options till then had been been limited to humour, mythology and children’s tales.