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THE TIMES OF INDIA
Thursday,
August 14, 2003
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Fit hai toh hit hai!
Manuel has her own
manual for health
Porn videos to be scattered at funeral
The word ‘strange’ seems to
have found an entirely new
range with this particular
case. A German, named only as Erwin M, has been granted official permission
for mourners
to throw his
collection of
porn videos on
his coffin instead of flowers.
The 68-yearold applied to
the authorities
in his hometo-
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wn Bonn to be able to take
his ‘‘naked friends’’ with
him when he died. After several weeks of investigation, the Bonn City Council
has told the terminally-ill
man that there
were no objections to his funeral plan.
While Erwin M is yet to
breathe his last, he must have let out a sigh of relief.
OF INDIA
Photos: SUNIL KATARIA
SECURITY BOMBSHELL: PLANTING EXPLOSIVES IS SAFE!
Times News Network
DAY I — August 11:
■ The IGI Airport: ‘‘Kisiko rece-
The mission: To gain entry into
areas susceptible to terrorist attack and plant fake bombs there.
The idea: If a fake bomb can be
planted without arousing suspicion, and remain undetected 24 hours later, so can real bombs.
Shish Gumbad:
Day I (top); Day II (bottom)
ive karne aaye hain?’’ queries the
CISF jawan at the entry to the airport’s arrival lounge. A nod secures entry — even for a ‘fake’ bomb
made by covering a cardboard
box with newspaper. No frisking,
no checks, no use of the metal detector. Inside the lounge, an attempt is made to tape this ‘bomb’
between chairs. But the tape doesn’t hold and the box falls — not
that the cops enjoying Laloo in
Pakistan on the TV screen notice. The second attempt is successful. The airport is at the mercy
of terrorists and God; for, security personnel don’t seem to care.
■ The Lodhi Gardens: This historic site is a picnic spot for revellers and the favoured jogging track of VIPs. Entry is no problem
— and neither is the act of pasting a ‘bomb’ at the entrance to Shish Gumbad, a 16th century monument built by Sikander Lodhi.
Had this ‘bomb’ been real, Delhi
would have lost numerous lives
and 400 years of history.
■ The New Delhi Railway Station: There is no security check
and even the metal-detector is a
decorative piece. As one voluntarily passes through the security
device, a guard looks the other
way. Just a few feet away from a
cop, a ‘bomb’ is taped to a pillar.
Security? No time, no inclination.
■ The Ansal Plaza: The venue of
It doesn’t take terrorists trained in subterfuge to wreak mass
murder with bombs; anybody can detonate the death of Delhi’s
innocent citizens and unguarded public spots. Delhi Times
correspondent JYOTI SHARMA plants fake bombs which evaded
detection to take the cover off the slipshod security in the Capital
Ansal Plaza: Day I (left); Day II (right)
IGI Airport: Day I (left); Day II (right) ‘bomb’ removed
SHOCKING REALITY
a shootout
nine months
ago, the mall has closed-circuit cameras. But nobody seems to be
monitoring these cameras as a
bomb is pasted on an iron beam
joining the two arms of the mall.
The clock ticks away. Had this bomb been real, so would have the
countdown to an apocalypse.
DAY II —
August 12:
Twenty-four hours later, visits to
check if the ‘bombs’ are still at
the sites where they were pasted
reveal that, barring the IGI Airport, where the taped box has been
removed (whether by security personnel or inadvertently is a matter of conjecture), these packets
continue to be securely in place.
What if there had been a bomb
blast? What if innocent lives had
been lost? These questions demand answers which are at once honest and immediate. Because the
possible consequences of this security lapse challenge the imagination. Officially-speaking, security is top priority on the eve of
Independence Day.
‘‘A police picket has been deployed outside Ansal Plaza and
the area is manned by CCTVs
and 60 guards,’’ maintains Manish Baldev, manager, Ansal Plaza. The same version, and if not
entirely convincing, is provided
by the Delhi Police. ‘‘We conduct security checks at the railway
station round-the-clock,’’ says
additional DCP (crime) RS Ghumman. Nothing could be more
reassuring than the thought that terrorist threats have been stifled. If only. ‘‘If an RDX explosive is made with the right technique, a box approximating the
size of the fake bombs planted
could blow up an entire bus,’’ informs a senior Army official.
The harsh truth of ground reality is that security in the Capital is slack to the point of being
slipshod. If such obvious targets
as the IGI Airport, New Delhi Railway Station, Ansal Plaza and
Lodhi Gardens can be accessed
and ‘fake’ bombs planted in the
open as part of an attempt to un-
MANOJ KESHARWANI
derline a genuine concern, these
addresses can be violated by trained terrorists with ‘real’ bombs.
Yes, what if these bombs were real and planted by terrorists? And
therein lies the predicament of a
city which is a detonator away from tragedies of its own making.
sharma.jyoti@indiatimes.com
New Delhi Railway Station:
Day I (top); Day II (bottom)
OUR
If any proof was needed of the fragile state of our
security consciousness, it is available in the shocking simplicity with which a Delhi Times correspondent planted fake bombs across the city.More so because this wake-up call was signalled in broad daylight on the eve of Independence Day, an occasion
when security is seemingly at its most heightened.
Admittedly, in the line of security duty come the
problems of overworked personnel, understaffed
agencies, high-pressure schedules and a juggling
act involving treading the tightrope between VIP safety and the concerns of the common man.Still,and
this can never be overemphasised, Delhi has become so susceptible to possible terrorist attack that
no compulsion — real or perceived — is justification enough for security not to be treated with the
seriousness that is its due.
What needs to be reiterated to security agencies
such as the Delhi Police, the Railway Protection Force and the Government Reserve Police Force is the
caustic truth that, if forewarned is not forearmed,
then it is only at Delhi’s peril.That both the individual and the motive behind the Delhi Times expose
had bonafide credentials is hardly any solace. Because a mere substitution of the word ‘fake’ bomb by
‘real’ makes the repercussions too deadly to ignore.
Have any lessons been learnt from the terrorist
attack on Parliament? The message is loud and clear: Byzantine cover-ups solve no purpose; smugness is no substitute for security.Those who matter
would do well to keep this in mind before making
assurances, yet again, about the high standards of
security in Delhi.
I-Day is dry day: Rush hour now!
ARUN KUMAR DAS
Times News Network
L
iquor shops, liquor shops everywhere but not too many
drops to drink. For those who
are thirsty for details, the fact of
the matter is that, with tomorrow being Independence Day (read: an official dry day for liquor
sales), it’s stockpiling time.
Figures reveal that liquor sales on the day preceding ‘dry’ days register a 40-50 per cent rise
over normal business. ‘‘Since
dry days are generally holidays,
there is good reason behind liquor-lovers stocking up on the
preceding day,’’ points out the
manager of a liquor outlet at CP,
‘‘And the rush becomes all the
more pronounced in the period
NEELABH
LIQUOR TICKER
With I-Day being a dry day,
liquor sales are expected to
go up by 50 per cent today
DRESS REHEARSAL: Delhi Times presents a sneak peek at Amrish Puri as Jattha Singh Bedi in the forthcoming film Out Of Control as moviedom’s
Mogambo shows what it takes to live life in balle-balle mode (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/)
DARE WE WEAR THE
● MF HUSAIN (ar-
tist): Retrograde laws bar us from wearing the Tricolour. I
am fond of our national colours. No, I
would never wear
the Tricolour on my
socks — that would
be an insult. But on my head as a cap,
why not? I would be proud to do so. The
times have changed — let’s move along.
● AJAY
SHRIRAM
(chairman,
DCM Shriram): I
have absolutely no
problem with wearing the National Flag
on a T-shirt or a cap.
As long as one respects the Flag, everyt-
With citizens of various countries worldwide proudly displaying their patriotism
by sporting their national flags on their bodies, prominent personalities advocate
that Indians should be allowed to wear the colours of India as articles of clothing
FLYING COLOURS —II
hing is perfectly
fine. In fact, I believe that donning the Tricolour on one’s
clothes is a show of patriotism.
● ANIL WILSON
(principal, St Stephen’s College): Would I mind having
the National Flag
imprinted on a T-shirt? No. Would I mind wearing it as a badge on my cap? No.
To make it into a pair of shorts is not
acceptable. But a T-shirt is acceptable.
● EDUARDO FALERIO (Goa MP):
The National Flag is sacred, and if one
desires to sport its
colours, he or she
should do so while respecting the sanctity of the symbol. I am open to the idea
of the Tricolour being worn as an article
of clothing, but by
no means should disrespect be shown.
● RK ANAND (lawyer & Rajya Sabha
MP): If one wears a
national symbol such as the Tricolour in a respectful manner, it should be allowed. For instance,
wearing the Tricolour during a cricket
match symbolises that the support of
the person concerned represents the entire country. But a
national symbol should not be debased in
any manner.
● SOMNATH CHATTERJEE (CPM
MP): Wearing the
Tricolour as an article of clothing depends on individual taste. So long as the
Tricolour is adorned in a decent manner, its use as a dress
should be allowed.
But in no case should it be used in a disrespectful or demeaning way.
(As told to ARUN KUMAR
DAS & ANUBHA SAWHNEY)
delhitimes@indiatimes.com
‘India can overtake America’s growth within 25 years’
Did your book
The Great Indian Dream evolve at IIPM?
For the past 30 years at IIPM, I have taught my students how to make India at par
with the developed world. The problems in India are
complex and change is a difficult process. Today, the masses seem to have given up the belief that change is possible due to the non-stop propaganda by
MK CHAUDHURI
Economic Visionary
& Director, IIPM
On his vision
for India
the government and media. So, The
Great Indian Dream.
You advocate a 14 per cent growth
rate for India. Can you elaborate?
VIEW
In light of the Indian economic scena- Do you think India can catch up wirio, it is imperative to face with confid- th the developed world if it follows
ence the emerging global challenge of the policies taught at IIPM?
international markets, while remaini- Yes, India can not only catch up, but
ng committed to remoalso beat America and
ving poverty within a
‘If the purchasing power other Western countrigeneration. For this, of the bottom 80 per cent es in terms of growth
we must achieve a grolifestyle in a matter
increases, India will start and
wth rate of 14 per cent
of 25 years. For this, we
and more, and engine- developing automatically’ need commitment to
er market extension
the bottom 80 per cent
and social entitlements favouring the of our people. Once their purchasing
bottom 80 per cent of the population. power increases, the country will start
This is essential for a corporate growth developing. We call this trickle-up. Thrate of the same order.
is is ‘The Great Indian Dream’.
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between 9 pm and 10 pm.’’
Incidentally, a senior official
of the excise department maintains that there is a need to peg
down the number of dry days in
the city. ‘‘As of now, there are 21
dry days in all, but Delhi could
do without dry days associated
with religious holidays. At the
same time, the number of dry
days four years ago was 45.’’
While bootleggers are known
to do brisk business on dry days, the chances of spurious liquor being in circulation on such
occasions goes up. ‘‘However,
our department maintains a strict vigil on bootleggers,’’ says
the official. Well, if not liquor
supply, Delhi is atleast high on
assurances!
arunkumardas@indiatimes.com
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DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA
SATISH JAISWAL
In a group of twentythree people, at least two
have the same birthday
with the probability
greater than half.
W
omen power. Maurya Sheraton’s Kamal Mahal was
bubbling with the enthusiasm generated by the many
spirited women who came together to celebrate South
Africa’s National Women’s
Day last week.
Representatives,
mainly women, from
various fields were
present at the do
which harked back
to the day 47 years
ago (August 9, 1956),
in South Africa.
The anniversary of
this momentous
event is celebrated each year all
P Magibuko,
S Deysel and
R Deysel
Those seen at the
do were the
deputy chairperson, Rajya Sabha, Najma Heptullah, former
principal
of
Springdales Rajni Kumar with
granddaughter
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Sonali Bose....
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Najm
BIKRAM GREWAL:
Behind every SUCCESSFUL
woman, there is a
SATISFIED man, but behind
a SATISFIED woman there
is an EXHAUSTED man!
For more jokes on your
mobile, sms JOK to 8888
When asked what her
USP is, Malaika Arora
Khan said ‘‘Versatility”.
Grapevine now suggests
that she will lend her
voice for a music album.
There are also talks of
Malaika launching a cloth range in addition to
opening a restaurant.
e’s put together a picture book on birds.
Nothing new. It has 806 species of Indian birds listed. Impressive. With about
1050 pictures, it’s the only book of its
kind. Wow! Meet Bikram Grewal — a
bird lover who has put his passion into practise.
When Bikram went to Lawrence School, Sanar, ‘‘a
birdloving boy would only be called a sissy. Consequently, my interest first grew
as a surreptitious hobby,’’ he
smiles. Today, many years and
many books later, Bikram is considered one of the leading authorities on Indian
birds. ‘‘One of the most delightful experiences I
had while putting together the book with Bill Harvey and Otto Pfister, took place in Harike in Amritsar. Among a flock of grey lag geese, I spotted
a bean goose — possibly the first-ever sighting of
the bird in India. I was ecstatic,’’ he shares.
For amateur birdwatchers, Bikram recommends a notebook, pen, an early morning and a
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quiet, unobtrusive demeanour. ‘‘I’m glad that
more and more young people are showing an
interest in birdwatching. To enthusiastic Delhiites
I must reveal that the banks of the Yamuna are
probably the best birdwatching spots in the
world,’’ he says.
Troubled by the clearing of green cover in and
around the Capital, Bikram recalls how the
draining out of marshes in the
Okhla area has resulted in the
Bristled Grassbird (of which there
have been hardly 10 sightings in
India) never being seen thereafter. ‘‘Encouraging
conservation is an important part of birdwatching, In fact, I am very keen to bring out an atlas
on birds of Delhi and Haryana, keeping in mind
the distribution changes involved’’ he offers.
It wouldn’t be completely wrong to say that
minus people like Bikram Grewal, Delhi’s birds
would be on a wing and a prayer.
ANUBHA SAWHNEY
SPOT LIGHT
„
I love Delhi
because of its
food — the chaat of course,
and kala jamun
among
the sweets are
my favourites.
I am a food fanatic and love
any kind of food. I am also
fond of homemade rajmachawal — the
way Delhiites
prepare it gives
the city a unique appeal. I
also make it a
point to taste
lamb
chops
and
kebabs
whenever I get
a chance.
„ I love shopping in Delhi
— the home
Delhi
‘Inspired’ is
the word!
„ Chori
Chori ChupKe Chupke starring
Salman Khan and
Preity Zinta lifted
Richard Gere and
Julia Roberts roles
from Pretty Woman.
„ Critically
acclaimed Kante is a
Hollywood remake
of Quentin Tarantinos’s Reservoir Dogs.
„ Mahesh Bhatt’s Kasoor
was inspired by which actually was a copy of
Jagged Edge.
„ Champion was an imitation of the Kevin Costner
starrer The Bodyguard.
„ Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein wasn’t original. It
had shades of Dead Poets
Society.
„ The film Kahin Pyaar Na
Ho Jaaye was a poor
cousin of The Wedding
Singer.
„ After
Indianising
Kramer Versus Kramer
(Akele Hum Akele Tum),
Mansoor Khan came up
with the desi edition of
West Side Story — Josh.
„ Ramgopal
Varma’s
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya is
similar to Fatal attraction.
„ The plot of Aks is also
similar to Face Off.
„ Ajnabee is reportedly inspired by Consenting
Adults.
NET NATTER
FACT OF
THE MATTER
SMS joke of
the day
FLIGHTS OF FANTASY
Hailing the intrepid spirit!
(Left) Anil and Suman
Sharma; (Right) Sonali
Bose and Rajni Kumar
over the world.
After a welcome address by
the South African high commissioner Maite Nkoana Mashabane, guests were treated
to a beautiful symbiosis of
Indian and South African culture. And what could be a better reflection of a country’s
ethos than its traditional
songs and dances? So, there
was Shovana Narayan who
presented a Kathak recital, followed by a dance performance
by a group of South African
women dancers.
Delhi!
winters is a
different experience
Preity Zinta / Actress
altogether!
„ I love the
stores are particularly appeal- houses in Delhi. I have seen
ing and one finds beautiful some of the most charming
and intricately designed farmhouses on the outskirts
crockery and terracotta stuff of the Capital. And the ownthere.
ers seem to take immense
„ Winter in Delhi has a charm pride in them.
of its own. I love the cool crisp „ Last, but not the least, are
air of the mornings and the the people of the city who
warm caressing sunlight. make you ‘‘rough and tough’’
Also, having spicy achars in to face every difficulty in life.
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Photos: RONJOY GOGOI
An evening to remember
I
Johan Nordenfelt and Anita Ghei
Yves Demonie and Glen Lindholm
Anuradha Sethi and Ritu Kumar
Architectural delight!
T
he exotic purple mocktail
served with the combination of
cranberry and vodka was the
drink the ambassador of Sweden, Johan Nordenfelt, suggested all guests
must have. And everyone present did
pay heed to his advice — as they gathered to celebrate the
launch of
a
Swedish magazine on architecture in
the Capital, last week.
The magazine, a collage of classical
and recent trends in architecture
along with an insight into the arts,
crafts and culture of Sweden was what
everyone picked up to browse through
at the do. As they did so, the ambassador looked on with pride as did the
magazine’s editor Suneet Paul who
said that he had ‘‘also visited the suburbs of Sweden, before starting work
on the magazine.’’ His wife Anita was
by his side as they mingled with the
guests who enjoyed the meat balls
and sipped the variety of juice and
the other drinks being served.
The evening saw a heady mix
Punnam Sarin and Anita Paul
Suneet Paul and Raju Sarin
of crowd. The fashion fraternity was
represented by fashion designer Ritu
Kumar. Veteran artiste Satish Gujral
was there with wife Kiran as was
Romi Chopra and other diplomats including the ambassador of Finland
Glen Lindholm and the
ambassador of Luxemberg Paul Sternberg. Actress Punnam Sarin (of
the serial Phir Wohi Talash) fame too was present with husband Raju
Sarin.
Past 10 pm, the guests
took to the dance floor to
shake a leg to some popular English numbers.
And the one who was an
absolute delight on the
floor was none than the
host himself as he
Karim McDonald and Masees Rahman swayed to the music....
f music be the food of
life, play on. That’s the
message Ustad Bismillah Khan fondly gave
through a soul-stirring
shehnai recital on Monday
evening along with vocalist
Shoma Ghosh. Though the
maestro came on stage the
first time after his long ailment, his spirits soared
high as the jugalbandi between the two artistes went
on for nearly an hour.
The evening started on a
light note as the Ustad
spoke and everyone heard.
What with the pin drop silence in the hall as he spoke
and played the shehnai. In
fact, many-a-eyes welled up
with tears.
After the performance
the audience gave a standing ovation. Shoma was
touched and was heard saying,‘‘I am like his daughter.
Getting a chance to perform
a ‘jugalbandi’ with him is
like asking for moon and
getting it.’’
Spotted at the do were
ITDC Chairman, Rajiv Talwar who asked the artists to
Subhankar Ghosh and Abhijit Roy
come together again to perform in October. Adman Suhel Seth looked
pleased with the performance. Finally,
as the Ustad left the auditorium soon
after the recital, the guest longed for
more, In short, a touching moment of
music and nostalgia.
Soma Ghosh and Ustad Bismillah Khan
(With contributions from Divya Vasisht, Manisha Almadi,
Nikita Doval and Jyoti Sharma)
Rajiv Talwar and Arshiya Sethi
Ghulam Khan & Nayyar Hussain
Moments melodious
PASSING THROUGH
A
sk singer Penaz
Masani what keeps her going through the years and she
gets backs: ‘‘My dedication and the competition
around me. In fact, that is
why the so-called new
comers in remix music
videos, who think that
exposure is the short cut
to fame, cannot last even
for a week.’’
In town to perform at
the Chandni Chowk festival a few weeks ago, Penaz reaffirms her liking
of the city and the people.
Says she, ‘‘I have performed the world over.
But if there is one place
on earth I enjoy performing, it is none other than
the Capital city. This is because people here are fast
in what they do — reject
or accept. Luckily, I fall
into the second category.’’
On the other hand,
what this singer takes
pride in, is being ‘‘one of
the few women to make
an impact in the unfriendly masculine world’’. In her own words,
‘‘When I decided to become a singer, except for the
support of my family, I
had no Godfathers to help
me out. Nor did I compromise on my values and
ethics. When the going
was tough for women like
me, my talent helped me
score heights of fame.’’
And in case there is
something she really
‘‘takes pride in’’ it is none
other than the “glowing
skin. I do not realise it myself but people say that I
have a skin that glows exactly the way it did a few
years ago. I guess it is either a case of heredity or
a great gift from the one
above,’’ laughs Penaz.
ALLEN O’BRIEN
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10.45 p.m.), PVR Naraina (10.45 a.m., 1.45,
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Only), Satyam C'plexes (2 p.m. Only); KOKH
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Sethi, Mita Vashisht, Kiran Janjani) Regal,
Paras, M2K (11.10 a.m. & 10.30 p.m.), PVR
Gurgaon (10.55 a.m., 4.05 & 11.30 p.m.), PVR
Naraina (3.20 & 10.15 p.m.), PVR Saket (5.45
& 11.30 p.m.), PVR Vikaspuri (10.55 a.m. &
3.20 p.m.), Rachna, Satyam C'plexes (11.45
a.m. & 10 p.m.); QAYAMAT (A): (Ajay Devgan,
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THEATRE
British Council: ‘Mangalam,' an original play
by Poile Sengupta, 17-Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
7 p.m.; Habitat World: Garam Chai Productions present- ‘1992 - A Love Story,' directed
by Neiha Bansal, IHC, Lodhi Road, 7 p.m.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Rashtriya Ekta Sangh: On the eve of the
Independence Day -‘Aie Watan Tere Liye,' an
evening with film stars in memory of
Shaheeds, Talkatora Stadium, 5 p.m.
EXHIBITIONS
STAR SPORTS
On Hallmark watch,
‘Steel
Magnolias,’
at 2215 Hrs.
ENGLISH FILMS
HULK: DT Cinemas (12.20, 3, 5.40 & 10.45
p.m.), PVR Gurgaon (11.20 a.m., 5.20 & 11.20
p.m.), PVR Naraina (12.15, 5.40 & 11 p.m.),
PVR Saket (1.15, 6.45 & 11.40 p.m.), PVR
Vikaspuri (12.40 & 6.10 p.m.), Satyam C'plexes (11.15 a.m., 2.30, 5.15 & 7.15 p.m.);
BRUCE ALMIGHTY: PVR
Gurgaon (10.35 a.m.
Only),
PVR
Saket
(1 p.m. Only), PVR
Naraina (6.10 p.m. Only);
CONFESSIONS OF A
DANGEROUS MIND (A):
PVR Saket (9.30 p.m.
Only); HOW TO LOSE A
GUY IN 10 DAYS (A): PVR
Saket (11.05 a.m. Only); JUNGLE BOOK 2: DT
Cinemas (11 a.m. Only); PHONE BOOTH (A):
(Colin Farell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker) PVR Saket (11.20 a.m. Only); TERMINATOR-3: (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Dones,
Kristi Annaloken) PVR Gurgaon (11.10 a.m. &
9.20 p.m.), PVR Naraina (1.10 & 8.05 p.m.), PVR
Saket (12.05 & 5.25 p.m.), PVR Vikaspuri
(10.35 a.m. & 8.50 p.m.), Priya (10.10 a.m.
Only), Satyam C'plexes (1 & 8 p.m.)
Catch ‘Viper’ at 2100
on Zee MGM
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2000 Business at 8
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Intelligence
2100 India Business Hour
2200 Business at 10
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia: ‘Indonesian art through the ages - Photographs,' Indira Gandhi National Centre for
the Arts, Mati Ghar, Janpath, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Krishna's Collection Art Gallery: ‘Images - Oil on canvas' by Shekhar Kar, D-47,
Defence Colony, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Lalit Kala
Akademi: ‘Paintings' (Telangana women &
Heritage of rural life) by Yasala Balaiah
(Gallery No. 1), ‘Paintings' by Sabaysachi
Guha, Subir Kayal, Goutam Das and Prangopal Roy and ‘Prints and paintings' by Annu
Gupta & Shweta Bhadani (Gallery No. 5),
Ravindra Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m.; Gallerie Ganesha: ‘Paintings' by
Deepika Hazra, E-557, G.K.-II, 10 a.m. to 7
p.m.; Triveni: ‘Story Untold - Drawings &
paintings' by Makhan Saha (Shridharani
Gallery) and ‘Bonds of love - Sculptures' by
Renu Khandelwal (Triveni Gallery), Triveni
Kala Sangam, 205-Tansen Marg, 11 a.m. to 7
p.m.; Mago Films Museum: ‘Photographs
and songs of BW Cinema of 50 Years,' 76,
Shastri Park, Chander Nagar, 11 a.m. to 7
p.m.; Art Forum: ‘Figurative paintings' by
Niren Sen Gupta, Pushapa Chitrak, Swapan
Das and others, 39, Sadhna Enclave,
Panchsheel Park, 11 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES
Times Foundation: Suryayog Foundation's
‘Surya Yoga' by Mritunjoy (6 a.m. to 7.30
a.m.) and by Arun Thakur (6 p.m. to 7.30
p.m.), Yoga Chetna's ‘Scientific Yoga classes'
by Anant Rastogi (6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.),
Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan's ‘Inner freedom'
by Rudrani Bharti (12.20 p.m. to 2 p.m.), Neo
Yogah's ‘Philosophy + Yoga techniques' by Dr
Gyan Chandra (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) and Golden
Age Foundation's ‘Anand Mandla Dhyan' by
Tapasya Dasa (6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.) (Contact — 23782396 & 23782319), 4-Tilak
Marg; Swami Sivananda Cultural Association: ‘Group meditation,' Sivananda Marg,
Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar-IV, 8 p.m. to 8.30
p.m.; Sri Aurobindo Ashram: ‘Meditation,'
Sri Aurobindo Marg, 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
LECTURE
Vedic Wisdom Centre: Talk and training on
‘Spinal Yoga and breathing techniques key to
perfect body-mind' by Swami Prakash, B-25,
3rd Floor, Dayanand Colony, Lajpat Nagar-IV,
8.15 a.m. to 9.15 a.m.
PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
Bal Bhawan Public School: ‘Bal Kavi Sammelan,' School premises, F-104/105, Laxmi
Nagar, 5.30 p.m. onwards; Al-Anon: Meeting
for relatives and friends of ‘Alcoholics,' Frank
Anthony Public School (near Vikram Hotel), Lajpat Nagar-IV, 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.;
Alcoholics Anonymous: Meeting on ‘Recovery from Alcoholism,' S-325, G.K.-II, 7 p.m.;
Narcotics Anonymous: Meeting on
‘Recovery from Addiction,' Old Church, Gali No.
19, Madangir DDA Flats, 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
BOL TARA BOL
Shelly von Strunckel
ARIES (March 21 - April 190 You’ve been rather
hoping that certain issues involving your health
and well-being would resolve themselves. But
they haven’t. The time has come to deal with
them. This isn’t so much because the situation in question.
Rather, it’s because worrying about it has an increasingly
undermining influence on your general welfare.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Having tried to find
solutions for persistent problems on your own
and experienced disappointing results, you’re
finally considering another approach. If that
means asking others for their help or support, you’ve
nothing to worry about. They’re not only ready, they’ve
been wondering why it’s taken you so long to ask.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) The recent Full Moon
may have forced everybody to acknowledge that
changes are overdue. But now that you’ve
considered your options, are you aware just how
far-reaching those changes could be. Others may be
feeling timid. However, if ever there was a time to take
chances on the new or unfamiliar, it’s now.
CANCER (June 21 - July 22) It may have been
one single rather blunt refusal or a series of
rejections. Whatever the case, this reaction has
kept you from even recognising certain new
opportunities for what they are. The time has come,
therefore, to overcome those old ways of viewing things
and embracing an entirely new one.
LEO (July 23 - August 22) If you haven’t already
openly discussed certain responsibilities on the
financial front, then there’s no time to waste.
You may assume that others are fully aware
what you expect of them. Talk things over frankly, however, and you’ll soon realise just how much their notion of
their responsibilities differs from yours.
VIRGO (August 23 - September 22) Clear-cut
as both situations and your priorities seem,
you would still regret making any lasting
commitments. Only after the Virgo New Moon at
the end of the month will you be fully away of either your
own priorities or the dazzling array of intriguing options
that arise around that time.
LIBRA (September 23 - October 22) Having
invested a great deal of time in organising
plans, the last thing you feel like doing is
making changes. Yet it would appear that you’ll
have no choice. Unappealing as this option seems now, by
next week you’ll have heard of intriguing developments, if
not offers, that more than justify the disruption involved.
SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) Even the
best of arrangements still require a certain
amount of time, effort and discussion. So don’t
allow the pitfalls you’re bound to discover over
the next few days make you wonder if things have gone
wrong. They haven’t. You simply need to talk over plans,
considering improvements at every stage of developments.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 21)
You could tackle certain activities solo.
You’d accomplish whatever you need to. But
you’d be missing out on perhaps what’s best
about life, which is the insights that come from discussing
what’s taking place. True, others might slow you
down. That is, however, small price to say for what you get
in return.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 19)
Partners, whether on the romantic or business
front, have had plenty of time to disclose their
views, feelings and intentions. But they haven’t,
which leaves you increasingly concerned about what they
have in mind. Ask them. And be forthright. The more direct
your questions, the clearer and more complete the answers
you’ll get.
AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18) Others
seem to want you to shoulder the responsibility to tricky decisions on your own. You’re right
in thinking that this is unfair and unwise. You’ll
have to deal with the results together. Tactfully make it
clear just how unrealistic it is to expect you to organise
things without the input and support of others.
PISCES (February 19 - March 20) At the time
disputes seemed to be little more than petty disagreements. Now that you’re in a position to look
back on what was said, you realise that it was all
about setting clear limits. When confronted others simply
refused to listen. But issues seemed so unimportant that
their defence mechanisms weren’t triggered.
MISCELLANEOUS
Lok Kalyan Samiti: ‘Free eye check-up,'
Sucheta Bhawan, 11-A, Vishnu Digamber
Marg, 9 a.m.; Enlightenment Foundation:
‘Teachings / Meditation and healing,' S-107,
G.K.-II, 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.; Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre: 1/31, Sheikh
Sarai Institutional Area, Ph.-II (near PSRI Hospital) (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Visit www.astrospeak.com for detailed forecast
INTERNET HUMOUR
PUPIL: ‘Would you punish me for something I didn’t do?’
TEACHER: ‘Of course not.’
PUPIL: ‘Good, because I haven’t done my homework.’
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Titan, or the massive rifts of
Uranus’s Miranda. Many
don’t even have names yet.
They are little more than orbiting rocks.
Yet scientists say these
moons offer some of the only
clues to the early years of the
solar system. They are a window into the past, some 4.5
billion years ago, when the
planets formed from a
swirling
nebular
disk of gas
and dust.
“Before this we had very
little information” about
those early times, Gladman
said. “Now we have lots of
different tidbits to look at.”
Those tidbits have been
discovered thanks to improved technology, particularly the development of
larger charge-coupled device
PATH BREAKERS
N
ot too long ago, it was
easy for an armchair
astronomer to keep
up to the speed on the moons
of the solar system. There
was the Moon, of course, and
the four Jovian satellites
spotted by Galileo, those two
around Mars, and some odd
ones here and there that
weird fractured cue ball orbiting Uranus, for instance.
These
d a y s ,
though, it
is tough to tell the moons
without a scorecard. In the
past six years, dozens of
satellites have been discovered around the giant planets, more than doubling the
total in the solar system.
Jupiter is the current leader,
with 61, followed by Saturn,
Uranus and Neptune. The
tally for these four planets is
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LUNAR LARGESSE
MOONING OVER MOONS:
Their number is on the rise
124 (the other five planets
have only four among them),
but that number is sure to
change in a year or two.
“They’re all over the
place,” said Brett Gladman,
an associate professor at the
University of British Columbia who has been involved in
the discoveries since 1997.
The new moons are very
small, many just a couple of
miles in diameter, and carve
distant, eccentric paths
around their planets. Many
orbit in retrograde fashion,
in a direction opposite to
their planets’ rotations.
They have little in common with the large moons in
the solar system none of the
volcanoes of Jupiter’s Io, or
the atmosphere of Saturn’s
cameras. Used with some of
the world’s largest telescopes, these CCD cameras,
which use the same basic
technology as consumer digital cameras, but are much
bigger and more precise,
complex and expensive, have
enabled astronomers to
track fainter objects in wider
swaths of the sky.
“What’s happened with
satellites is what’s happened
all through astronomy,” said
David Jewitt, a professor at
the University of Hawaii.
“We are much more efficient
than anyone before could be.”
With a graduate student,
Scott S. Sheppard, and other
colleagues, Dr. Jewitt has discovered most of the new
moons of Jupiter, including
21 this year, using two large
telescopes on Mauna Kea in
Hawaii that have the world’s
largest CCD cameras.
Like Gladman and his colleagues, co-discoverers of
nine of the new Jovian
moons as well as others
around Uranus, Neptune
and Saturn, they aim the telescopes at parts of the sky
corresponding to the region
of space where Jupiter’s
gravity is dominant, an area
called the Hill sphere.
Jupiter is massive, with a
surface gravity two and a
half times that of Earth, so
its Hill sphere is very large.
“You have to search a good
fraction of the sky to find
these satellites,” Sheppard
said. “We can go very deep
and cover a big area at the
same time.”
(NY Times)
Computer games
will help soldiers
S
oldiers in Singapore may soon
be playing computer games at
home to keep up their combat
skills, according a plan published
by defence experts. The defence
planners have been laying the
groundwork to make virtual training a reality in the army.
“If they can use personal computer games to understand
what has changed since the last incamp training, you can train them
even when they’re not in Singapore,” said the Singapore defence ministry’s chief scientist. A version of
the game with vehicles familiar to
the army is expected to be launched
before next April and a smaller platoon-level version in 2005. The player in the game is the commander of
a 100-man infantry company.
C U T T I N G
prevention system for source verification of animals. Their OptiReader device is a combination of a hand-held
computer and digital video camera
which uses near-infrared light to illuminate the eye. The camera transmits full
motion video at 30 frames per second to
the hand-held computer, allowing the operator see the full motion video on the
computer screen. The computer then
searches each frame looking for a single
one it identifies as an acceptable image
of the eye.
High-tech monitor
helps risk-prone babies
A
new test which allows doctors to
study the heart rate of unborn babies in intricate detail could help prevent cot deaths and other serious
problems.
T
ture in regions like the rostromedial prefrontal cortex, an
area located behind the forehead that is involved in the
perception of melody. Some
kind of self-perpetuating stimulus of these circuits may explain why familiar tunes like
YMCA can literally become
branded in the brain. Neural
circuits for music perception
cent of listeners will at one
time or another be bothered by
a tune that will not leave their
heads. The study also found
some common offenders, including
the
Kit-Kat jingle
Gimme
a
break, Who Let the Dogs Out,
Queen’s, We Will Rock You, the
theme to Mission: Impossible,
YMCA, Whoomp, There It Is,
The Lion Sleeps Tonight and
It’s A Small World After All.
■ The study also showed
that musicians and those
with compulsive tendencies
are the most afflicted. The
greater susceptibility of musicians
may simply reflect
how much more music they
listen to.
■ But other research has
shown that musical training leads to changes in
brain function and struc-
MUSICAL MIND
New device keeps
an eye on livestock
A
US
company
is
launching a device
that tracks individual
livestock from birth to
death by taking pictures
of their eyes.
The device is aimed at
discovering, developing
and marketing a fraud-
also appear in the temporal
lobes, which are involved in
more basic sound processing.
Petr Janata, a research assistant professor at Dartmouth
who studies music and the
brain, said the effect can be
heightened when sound is
linked to motion. “The brain
and the body get involved.
When we put specific dance to
the music like with the Macarena or The Hustle the whole
body remembers the tune.”
The 559 students used in
the study had lots of trouble
with the Chili’s jingle for its
baby-back ribs and with the
Baha Men song Who Let the
Dogs Out. But Kellaris found
that most often, each person
tends to be haunted by their
demon notes.
■ There can be a positive side
for some. The singer-songwriter Neil Diamond says
those repetitive notes that
will not go away have
spawned some of his biggest
hits. “If I wasn’t in the business of songwriting, I’d probably be seeing a doctor,” Diamond said. “I’ve tried everything from cold showers to listening to other people’s music, but nothing helps.”
Honda Accords a new auto luxury
T
here is
something quite
sinister
about the look of many
cars and bikes.
Unlike
the curvaceous shapes of
the past decade, the current
vehicles have the lean,
mean and wedgy look of a
stealth bomber or a bat mobile. So the new Honda Accord is quite a stunner to
look at with a wedge-shaped
bodyline from a high boot to
a low bonnet embellished
with an attractive smiling
grille between the big
Although it was an excellent larger car, its looks
were beginning to look a bit
bland as compared to its
constantly emerging rivals.
Now 26 years after its first
incarnation, a completely
revamped Accord hopes to
add a few million to the 10
million cars it has sold in
130 countries.
Honda has introduced
their 7th generation Accord
that seeks to be one up on its
great Japanese rival. So it is
a whisker longer, 3 cm wider
sweeping jewel-effect headlights.
The wide air dam incorporated into the impact-absorbing plastic bumpers, including the fog lamps, balances well.
The Accord had been
Honda’s flagship and was
till recently the top selling
car in the US of ‘A’ till the
Toyota Camry drove past.
and the 2,400 cc i-VTEC,
variable timing, engine is a
bit more powerful to deliver
a big 142 bhp. But Honda is
going to add an even more
peppy 3,000 cc V6 engine by
the beginning of the next
year for those who want
even more superlative performance. As Honda cars
have always been sporty and
fun to drive, the new power
AUTO FOCUS
Murad Ali Baig
plant will add a little zing to
a great name. And to match
the peppy engine is a revamped suspension system
with a new 5-link double
wishbone rear suspension.
The new Accord is not
only great on the outside
but is also fully loaded on
the inside with dual tones
of ivory and black. The driver’s seat, with an 8-way
full power lumbar support,
would do justice to a superior massage parlour. The
wood grain trim, self illuminating LED instrument
panel, dual zone climate
control system, tilt and a
telescoping steering wheel,
tubeless tyres
on 15-inch alloy
wheels and a
‘lazy’ locking
system to simultaneously
close all the
windows
all
add to comfort
and
convenience. Honda
claims that the
3003
Accord
will also have
the least intrusion of engine
and
road
sounds. But for
those
who
want
sound,
they can pamper their ears
with an ‘indash’ 6-CD changer and
tuner that pumps out the
notes through six speakers.
As compared to its rivals
in the ‘E’ segment of cars
over 4.75-metre long like
the Camry, Mondeo and
Sonata, but not including
the Mercedes that is in a
stratospheric price league,
it is now a great buy. And
Delhi showroom prices of
5
P r ev i o u s
techniques to
monitor
a
baby’s heartbeat in the
womb have
not
been
completely
reliable and
it has been
difficult to
screen
out
background
interference. But the new technique
uses sophisticated filtering and amplification systems to record the crucial
data. It will be particularly useful for
monitoring high-risk pregnancies such
as where a mother suffers from diabetes
or pre-eclampsia, or where there is a
family history of serious arrhythmia —
an abnormal heartbeat rhythm.
When the brain grabs a tune and won’t let go
here’s nothing nicer
than a tune playing in
your head until you
can’t turn it off.
The
phenomenon
has
spanned the ages. In 1882,
Mark Twain wrote in a short
story of an annoying “jingling
rhyme” that became indelibly
lodged in the author’s mind
until he passed the curse
along to another hapless victim. This summer, a community board in Brooklyn has
called for a limit on the playing of the Mr Softee jingle by
ice-cream trucks, a jingle that
can be unbearably memorable
for those subjected to it for extended periods.
Research has helped define,
but not explain, the experience.
■ A recent study by the University of Cincinnati looked at
the affliction, which the author,
James Kellaris, calls earworms
from the German word
ohrwurm. The ear part is obvious, but the worm part is not
incidental. Kellaris, a consumer psychologist, says it
conveys the parasitic nature of
the unending tunes, which
lodge too deep in the mental
continuum to be easily ousted.
■ He found that some 98 per
E D G E
Rs 14.7 lakh for the manual
model to Rs 15.7 lakh for
their 5-speed automatic
model is quite competitive.
(These are the views expressed by
the author and do not represent the
views of the paper)
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H E A L T H
O
bsessive Compulsive
Disorder, an anxiety
disorder, is characterised by recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive
acts.
Obsessional
thoughts are ideas, images or
impulses that enter the individual’s mind repeatedly.
The patient often views his
obsessions as a way of preventing some unlikely
event, often involving harm
to themselves. It can start at
any time from preschool age
to adulthood (usually by age
40). One third to one half of
adults with OCD report that
it started during childhood.
Individuals with obsessivecompulsive disorder often
have depressive symptoms. In-
&
F I T N E S S
■ A need to have things
“just so”: Hoarding or saving everything that they can
lay their hands on
However, not all obsessivecompulsive behaviours represent an illness. Normal
worries, such as contamina-
Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder is a common
phenomenon. Correct
diagnosis and medication
can help cure it
tion fears, may increase during times of stress.
■ Causes: Neurological basis: OCD is no longer attributed to family problems or to
attitudes learned in child-
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or vocal behaviours (snorting) that often occur in response to a feeling of discomfort. Tics and OCD occur together when the disorder
starts during childhood.
■ Treatment Options: The
two most effective ways of
treating OCD are:
With Selective Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
With Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT)
■ SSRI: The drugs that have
been shown to be effective in
the treatment of OCD are
potent serotonin inhibitors:
one product is a tricyclic antidepressant and the others are
selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs). All these
serotonin reuptake inhibitors
FIT NOTES
6
If pregnant,
lose weight
T
he results of a study
confirm that women who are overweight
or obese before becoming pregnant have an increased risk of a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The study included
women in late pregnancy
who had normal oral glucose
tolerance test (OGTT) results. Because of this, the researchers were able to show
Bone-marrow
heals heart
B
one marrow cells can be
used to repair a heart
damaged by a heart attack.
The cells, genetically engineered to make them stronger
and more likely to survive, restored the heart’s pumping capacity by 80 percent to 90 percent in animal models in rats,
a study has revealed.
Bone marrow cells are already used to repair cartilage
and bone defects. They
should, be able to generate
Obsessive Compulsions
crease or decrease in the
severity of the depressive
symptoms are generally accompanied by changes in the
severity of the obsessional
symptoms.
■ Symptoms: Some common
obsessions and the compulsions that come with it are:
■ Contamination
fears:
Patients worry about germs,
dirt, etc. As such they repeatedly wash hands, have a
bath etc.
Imagine that they have inflicted harm on others.
■ Imagines losing control:
Constantly checking whether
everything is all right
■ Intrusive sexual thoughts or urges: Touching
■ Forbidden thoughts: Ordering or arranging everything in a pattern
hood. The search for causes now focuses on the interaction of neurobiological factors and environmental influences.
OCD may also be linked
to chemical imbalances in
the brain, including low
levels of serotonin.
There are some disorders that closely resemble
OCD and may respond to
some of the same treatments. These are:
■ T richotillomania
(compulsive hair pulling), body dysmorphic
disorder (imagined ugliness), and habit disorders, such as nail biting
or skin picking.
■ Tic disorders: Tics are
involuntary motor behaviours (facial grimacing)
that the relationship between
weight and pregnancy complications is seen regardless
of maternal glucose levels.
Researchers looked at pregnancy outcome and prepregnancy body mass index, a ratio of height and weight.
In analyses that were adjusted for other potential risk factors, the risk of complications
due to high blood pressure, cesarean section, induction of
labour and delivery of an abnormally large infant significantly increased in overweight
and obese women, compared
with normal-weight women.
(SRIs) have proved effective in treatment of
OCD. Luvox (fluvoxamine maleate) is an
SSRI which is one of
the top prescribed
medications for OCD.
■ CBT: Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT) helps people
learn to change their
thoughts and feelings
by first changing their
behaviour. For OCD it
involves exposure and
response prevention.
Exposure is based on
the fact that anxiety
usually goes down after continuous contact
with something feared. Thus people with
obsessions
about
germs are told to stay in contact with what they consider
germ carriers (e.g., handling
money) until their anxiety is
extinguished.
For exposure to be of the
most help, it needs to be combined with response or ritual
prevention that means the rituals or avoidance behaviours
are blocked. For example,
those with excessive worries
about germs must not only
stay in contact with the things
they consider germ carriers,
but must also refrain from
constantly washing hands or
having baths.
While exposure helps in
decreasing anxiety and obsessions, response is helpful
in decreasing compulsive behaviours.
new heart tissue but experiments in pigs have failed so
far because the cells die. So researchers added a gene called
Akt1, which can prevent
transplanted cells from dying.
The hearts that received the
stem cells modified with Akt1
exhibited an amazing amount
of reparative growth.
When injected into the
hearts of rats, the stem cells
hooked up with the heart cells
and generated more heartlike cell.
The hope is this sort of
process can be turned into a
gene therapy for humans.
Eat Your Way To A Healthy Heart
A balanced diet is good for the heart says Sangeeta Manocha
R
emember the fat free
mantra that failed to
find its mark? Its
time to move on. Researchers now say it is more
important to watch what
and how much you
eat, for a longer,
healthier life.
Latest research
shows that four
kinds of food, taken all at once, add
up to reduce the
bad LDL cholesterol dramatically
by as much as 29%
—the same as cholesterol lowering
drugs!
Instead of using
a diet with just one
component,
one
must take a diet using all four components:
■ Soy-based: Incorporate soy in
your meals. Soy
chunks and soy
granules are easily
available. Tofu (soy
cheese) and soy milk may be
substituted for milk and
cheese. Soy flour can be
mixed with wheat (1:10) for
chapattis.
■ Sticky fibre: Plenty of fibrous vegetables and fruit
should be included in the
diet. Oat-bran cereal and
barley-based soups are also
recommended.
■ Nuts: A handful of almonds every day keeps LDL
cholesterol away.
■ Rice: If you eat rice then
the brown, unpolished variety is recommended.
The daily diet must also include cooked and raw vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, carrots, red peppers,
tomato, onions, cauliflower,
ladyfinger, beans, peas and
eggplant. It is crucial to combine these dietary elements.
To get the maximum anticholesterol effect, a person
must eat several portions of
each type of cholesterol-lowering
food every day.
It is also important to stay away
from animal fats,
foods with high levels of saturated
fats, and foods high
in cholesterol.
However, if an
individual cannot
stick to this kind of
diet, one can still
eat as much of
these dietary elements as possible.
One should try
to incorporate soy
milk and granules,
more fruit and salad in the diet. However, one should
not go overboard
and incorporate
them in the diet
immediately. Also, it is beneficial for the individual to
determine what foods they
like and eat them more often. If one does that each
day, they should get a measurable effect on their cholesterol levels.
‘Vegetarian food is healthier’
B
eing fit has always been important for me, way before I became
a model,’’ reveals the leggy Nina
Manuel. Six days a week for an hour
and half, Nina works out at the gym.
‘‘I would see many elderly people suffering from various ailments which I
believed was a result of their not
having exercised in their
younger days. I am sure that
by paying attention to my
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body now, it will serve me better when my body is older.’’
Speaking about her food
habits, Nina says ‘‘I am not a
diet person. I am not very particular about what I eat though I do
watch the quantity. Recently, I
have switched over from being
a heavy non-vegetarian to eating more of vegetarian food
since I consider it to be a
healthier option.’’
Nina believes that she is prone to feeling stress easily and as such is in constant need of a stress buster. She seems
to have finally found it: Yoga! ‘‘Even
though I have learnt it for just two
weeks, I think it is absolutely wonderful.
Yoga de-stresses a person completely.’’
However, Nina has another ace up
her sleeve when it comes to dealing
with stress. ‘‘I completely block the
source of the trouble from my
mind. Admittedly, it is not an easy
task, but I am trying to master the
art. I sincerely believe that if
you are mentally fit you can
look after your body better.’’
And what is Nina’s principle
in life? ‘‘Concentrate on your
well being and self-esteem.
People will always try to put
you down and that is because
they are jealous. If you want to
move ahead in life, do what you
want to do, without bothering
about the opinions of others.’’
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URVASHI ASHAR
DINO
MOREA
friend but please I need the publicity, so I am going to beat you
up tonight.’
You said something about
breaking a leg and getting
PR done. But you did meet
with a terrible accident on
the sets of this one, Dino.
Your job is already done.
pal of Nicole Kidman
has confirmed that
she is dating rocker
Lenny Kravitz. The
couple have hired a luxury
yacht for a three-week break
in the south of France next
month, after Nicole finishes
filming on her latest movie, a
remake of The Stepford
Wives. Hitmaker Lenny was
A
UNPLUGGED! NICOLE
by their first film. Coming
from such a background,
she does have a few skills
up her sleeve. She’s co-operative, a brat, and lot of
fun. Tich (that’s her pet
name) has performed very
well in this film. Moreover,
we have been guided by a
very skilled director who’s
watching over everything.
And if you have a good director, you can’t go wrong.
Your first film was a super hit. So, thank God
we judged you by that.
„ I got mixed reviews for
Raaz. There were some
critics who weren’t very
encouraging. But to hell with
critics, honestly! Oh, I shouldn’t
be saying that.Anyway, I know I
am growing with each film; I
am just getting better; I’m getting more and more comfortable in front of the camera each
time. Even though Raaz was a
super-duper hit, the mistake I
made was that I didn’t ride on
the wave of its success. I didn’t
Amitabh-Jaya:
The Sahara couple!
T
he last time they faced the camera together after decades in Kabhi Khushi
Kabhi Gham, it created sheer hysteria. It’s
heard that the lovely Bachchan couple will
be seen together again, not for the 70
mm screen though. Neither is it for
our innumerable tele-serial fans,
the couple will be shooting for
an advertising campaign for
Sahara that will be aired during Diwali. If there’s any
truth in this bit of news, all
we can say is that Sahara
couldn’t have chosen a better
couple than the Big B and his
better half !
to get into controversies to
get PR done?
„ Yes, Dino is going to have a lot
of relationships, he is going to
be flirting with every actress,
dating them, breaking up with
them. He is going to start a fight
with somebody, do a lot of
things and make sure he is in
the limelight. I will probably
call up Shah Rukh Khan and
say, ‘Hey Shah Rukh, I’m your
Kim falls
out of love!
T
he sexy Mohabbatein girl has
fallen out of love. We are talking
about Kim Sharma whose threeyear relationship with her photographer boyfriend, Prashant, (about
whom she was very open) has seen the
end of the road. Theirs was a live-in
relationship and Kim was a happy
and contended girl, being seen
at all the city dos along with
Prashant. It was as though
she had said Tumse Achha
Kaun Hai. Unfortunately,
things did not turn out the
way they had anticipated
and two months ago, both
went their own ways.
Michael Jackson and
Lisa Marie PresleyJackson (daughter of
Elvis Presley) acknowledge applause from the audience after coming out on
stage to open the
11th Annual MTV
Video Music Awards at New York’s Radio City
Music Hall. Marie Presley says
she fell apart
after her 20month marriage to Michael Jackson ended in
1996
„ Well, I have shed blood
and sweat for this movie,
it better do well. I have got
a fair amount of PR done
for it. We had a chartered
flight as well to take us to
the hospital. But I didn’t
have a press conference
when I was coming out of
the hospital. Damn, I
missed out on that one!
Define attitude.
„ You don’t have to smoke
to show attitude. You can
show attitude by grabbing a girl and kissing
her.
Wow, is that the Dino
style?
„ Yes, that’s the Dino style. It’s
cool, but then it gets censored
all the time.
Who is Dino seeing these
days?
„ Oh! I am not seeing one girl; I
am seeing a few actually. There,
you got your controversy, and
hopefully I will get my PR.
Bingo!
(Filmfare Online)
LENNY?
DATING
spotted canoodling with the
leggy stunner on June 21 in
Manhattan’s Soho House,
two nights before they attended Sean ‘P Diddy
Combs’ birthday party together. They’ve been spotted
since enjoying a string of intimate dinner dates. Since
her split with Tom Cruise in
2001, Nicole has been
linked to pop star Robbie
Williams, Spider Man actor
Tobey Maguire and Jude
Law. Meanwhile, dreadlocked rocker Lenny’s many
conquests include Vanessa
Paradis, Madonna, Kylie
Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia
and Naomi Campbell.
Manisha starts
shooting as Indira!
A
fter clearing all the initial glitches, producer
Nitin Keni finally started his
much-talked-about film based
on Indira Gandhi. Though
the film was announced quite
some time ago, shooting didn’t commence then, as the
script was still being worked
upon. And now, with everything sailing smoothly, Nitin
Keni and N Chandra, the director, have started shooting.
Manisha Koirala plays the
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lead role of Indira Gandhi.
Lets wait and watch to see if
Nitin can repeat the success
of Gadar!
Affleck’s strip club
accuser speaks
B
en Affleck admits he did
attend Vancouver’s Brandi’s Exotic Nightclub with
pals Christian Slater and
Tara Reid but never went
home with stripper Tammy
Morris.
Now, Morris has taken a liedetector test to prove her story
is true. The 29-year-old says, ‘‘I
spent a wild night of sex with
Ricky, girlfriend cheer on Beck
D
Ben Affleck. It’s a night I’ll never forget and I’m sure one he’ll
want to forget.’’ Morris reveals
how she and three other strippers allegedly teased Ben and
his friends with a raunchy
strip routine in a back room at
the club.
avid Beckham and his
Real Madrid teammates
weren’t the only A-list stars
in the house when the
Spanish team played a
friendly match in Thailand
over the weekend. Ricky
Martin was in the stands,
enjoying the game alongside
his current love, Mexican
TV presenter Rebecca de
WORLD RAP
What’s your role in Ssshhhh!?
„ I play a flamboyant student, a
prankster, mischievous kid, spoilt brat,
hitting on chicks, in
love with this girl, trying
very hard to keep my relationship.
With so many actors in Ssshhhh!,
have
you a got a
fair share of
on-screen
presence?
„ When I read
the script, I
was
convinced. I had
a fair share
then and I
have a fair
share now,
too. So even
if my footage is cut
here or there, it’s the
film that ultimately has to
do well. Tanisha, Karan
and I have
been given
m o r e
prominence.
S s s h h h h
m a r k s
Tanisha’s debut.
How do you rate her as
an actress?
„ You can’t judge anyone
hold a press
conference. I
should have
held a press
conference
or
broken
my leg or
something...
Do you plan
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Alba.
Ricky and Rebecca, his onoff flame for 14 years seem to
be more and more in the public eye. The singer and the
model were snapped sharing
passionate kisses in the
streets of Sydney as Ricky
wrapped up an Australian
mini-tour. Meanwhil David
has returned to Madrid
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