Lara Dutta goes traditional with new sari range

Lara Dutta goes traditional with new sari range

New Delhi, Nov 22 Actress Lara Dutta unveiled her second sari collection Friday in association with Chhabra 555 and says the new range is much more “traditional” compared to her inaugural line. “I launched my first collection last year, but the unique thing about this range is that it is bit more traditional than the […]

Designing my new baby: Lara Dutta

Designing my new baby: Lara Dutta

New Delhi, Nov 23  After spending a decade in front of the camera, Lara Dutta has taken a break from acting and is putting her designing skills to test by launching her sari collections. The former Miss Universe, seen in hits like “No Entry” and “Partner”, is a mother of about two-year-old Saira, but says […]

Reviving the rare ‘kala cotton’ of arid Kutch

Reviving the rare ‘kala cotton’ of arid Kutch

New Delhi, Nov 19 Kala cotton, a rare species indigenous to the arid region of Kutch, was left in a forlorn state for financially better option of genetically-modified cotton varieties. But a British-based research project has helped in reviving this traditional craft, renewed the livelihood of many families and promises to make it global. To […]

Magic from monochrome: International filmmakers debut with B/W films

Magic from monochrome: International filmmakers debut with B/W films

Kolkata, Nov 21  “Contemporary black-and-white cinema…why not?” exclaim a clutch of international filmmakers who have opted to make their feature film debuts with black-and-white cinema that exquisitely weaves in light and shadow effects to create magic from monochrome. Brazil’s Eduardo Nunes and Poland’s Rafael Stemplewski’s maiden productions had their Indian premiere recently as part of […]

Technology proves a boon for rural Maharashtrian village

Technology proves a boon for rural Maharashtrian village

Mandavgan Farata (Maharashtra), Nov 22 The increasing health hazards owing to the high nitrate content in the waters of the Bhima river in the flourishing sugarcane growing area here had left most of the 20,000 Mandavgan Farata villagers in Maharashtra’s Pune district desperate for a cure. When the villagers were given the option to install […]

Kissing scenes not required in Indian films: Saif

Kissing scenes not required in Indian films: Saif

Mumbai, Nov 22 Actor Saif Ali Khan, who locked lips with co-stars in “Hum Tum” and “Salaam Namaste”, believes Indian movies can do without kissing scenes as it doesn’t “suit us”. During a conversation on TV chat show “The Front Row”, host Anupama Chopra asked Saif about a statement that he and his now wife […]

‘Gulaab Gang’ poster intriguing, interesting

‘Gulaab Gang’ poster intriguing, interesting

New Delhi, Nov 22 The first poster of “Gulaab Gang” came out Friday with Madhuri Dixit seen in the ‘Kaali’ avatar of goddess Durga. The fiery combination of red and yellow colours in the background adds to the curiosity about her role in the film. In the movie, helmed by Soumik Sen, Madhuri, who has […]

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’: A vapid, schizophrenic Rom-com

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’: A vapid, schizophrenic Rom-com

Film: “Gori Tere Pyaar Mein”; Cast: Kareena Kapoor,Shradha Kapoor, Imran Khan; Directed by Puneet Malhotra; Rating: **1/2 (2 and a half stars) “You remind me of Shabana Azmi,” guffaws our don’t-give-a-damn hero to the social activist heroine. In the first-half they clash over idlis, ideologies and idle chatter. Mismatched as they are, and we are […]

Vishakha judgment on sexual harassment at workplace

Vishakha judgment on sexual harassment at workplace

IANS explains the salient points of the Vishakha judgment, that has been often quoted in the last few days, in the context of the latest sexual harassment case to hit the headlines: Question: What is the Vishakha judgment? Answer: The Vishakha judgment by the Supreme Court laid down the guidelines for employers for dealing with […]