ANUSHKA IN THE MOOD…
… with Vodka!

Anushka Sharma had reason to be jittery for a particular scene in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola…

She was apparently worried about how she would pull off the act of a female tippler, since she has no idea how one behaves under the influence of alcohol! Plus, she had to shoot the scene with veteran actor Pankaj Kapur, which made her even more nervous. “Anushka was fretting since Pankaj is such a seasoned actor… So someone suggested she have a glass or two just to know what it felt like,” says a source. But apparently, while rehearsing, she ended up downing half a bottle of Vodka! “She got so high that she promptly went off to sleep! She woke up only the next day around late afternoon, just when the scene was scheduled to be shot. But since Anushka had a bad hangover, the shoot had to be postponed to the next afternoon,” adds the source.

The much embarrassed Anushka apologized profusely to director Vishal Bhardwaj for her boo boo! But he waived this aside sine he was so impressed by her dedication. Ironically, the next day the scene was shot in one take, with nobody getting drunk to get into character

Kangana’s royal denial 

With the year 2012 just about to close, everyone is looking forward to a grand welcome of 2013. From hoteliers to big shot businessmen, everyone is ready to celebrate! This also means a lot of money for stars who will perform at different events. But someone in B-town believes in going against the herd...That’s Kangna Ranaut!

While we mentioned that newbie Parineeti Chopra is thinking of making good money by performing at New Year shows, Kangna has royally declined all offers that came to her from various five-star hotels and event companies. 

Apparently, she wants to go on a long overdue break. A source close to the actress says, “Kangna has been working hard for I Love NY, Shootout At Wadala, Krrish 3 and Rensil D’Silva’s next opposite to Emraan Hashmi. With back to back shooting schedules she is tired and overworked. So she turned down offers from three leading five-star hotels.” 

Interestingly, Kangna needs this vacation so desperately that she apparently refused a big chunk of money of INR1 to 1.5crore! The source further added, “The organisers wanted her to dance to songs like ‘Sadi Gali’ from Tanu Weds Manu and ‘Tum Jo Aaye’ from Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. But she wants to go abroad for a bit before starting on her next project, Revolver Rani.” So Kangs will sit back and watch others dance!

Priyanka's hopes high with Teri Meri Kahaani

Kunal Kohli’s Teri Meri Kahaani is about three love storiesspanning over three different eras. Kunal’s every love story has a differentaspect altogether and this time the three-in-one combo worked well. The movieis not based on incarnation neither one would feel it as a repetitive story.

The movie begins in a small village at the outskirts ofLahore and ends in England. In between it takes us on a tour to the heart ofBollywood, Mumbai.

The movie stars Shahid and Priyanka as ‘Aradhana – Javed’ in1910, ‘Ruksar – Govind’ in 1960 and ‘Radha – Krish’ in 2012. The actors areseen in totally different avatar.

First poses pre-independence period’s Sikh girl in love withPakistani lad, second goes around post-independence where a struggling musicdirector falls for a superstar actress of the Golden era and the third is muchrecent, 22^nd century’s Radha, a university girl in love with Krish.

While Priyanka’s Love Story 2050 did not succeed, this timeshe seems to be lucky. Is it because of his co-star Shahid or the strong‘not-based-on-reincarnation’ script?

My 4 fun reasons why Teri Meri Kahaani will not be a success

My four fun reasons why Teri Meri Kahaani will not be a success

1) While Karisma’s Dangerous Ishqqwas not quite successful on screen, we wonder if

Sasha and PC will make it a hit. DangerousIshqq included past life regression and doesn't Teri Meri Kahani deal with the same?

Normally we talk about ‘saat janmon ka pyaar’(love of seven lives/birth) but in case of Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Choprait’s a ‘teen janmon ka pyaar’ (love of three lives/birth) in Teri Meri Kahani. The story takes us through a journey of eternal love between a couplewho have vowed to love each other not only in thislife but in every life to follow. Isn’t the janmojanmo ka pyar script too cliché or too out-dated?Do we need to say anything more?

2) Priyanka Chopra was avoiding public appearances with Shahid aftertheir love story went for a toss. She consistently did movies with, Ranbir Kapoor, SRK and Hrithik Roshan. Will she be able to share the comfort zone onscreen space with ex-beau?

3) While people around the tinsel town were busy linking up Piggy Chops with Harman Baweja, Sasha, and then King Khan of Bollywood, PC thought ofplaying safe with some women-centric movies like Fashion and 7 Khoon Maaf. Afterthe two hit6 women centric movies we wonder if Priyanka will sail safe in thisromantic drama, Teri Meri Kahani withSasha.

4) While Ranbir and Shahid both havedeclined to work with Sonakshi Sinha stating that she is too old for them. WillPiggy Chops and chocolate boy Shahid make a good pair/good chemistry? They wereok in Kaminey, but again that wasn’tcompletely a love saga.

All we can say is ‘get a life people’. Someone please stopthis past life regression love story and get us something cool to watch.

Which Kapoor to sizzle on silver screen

While our chocolate boy Imran Khan and dashing Ranbir Kapoor have already made their way from newcomers to well-known stars, newbies like Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor are all set to muse the audience with their Romantic drama Ishaqzaade. The movie is already in limelight with Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor promoting it for their respective cousins.

Directed by Habib Faisal, "Ishaqzaade" narrates the tale of 22-year-old Parma (Arjun), an immature and short tempered bully, who falls in love with Zoya (Parineeti). Parineeti plays a young, energetic and rowdy girl with a political background, who dreams to be an MLA. Parma and Zoya are born to hate each other but destined to love.

On the other hand, Karisma Kapoor is all geared up for her comeback in Bollwyood with Dangerous Ishq. The movie claims to be India’s first stereoscopic 3D thriller. An enticing suspense thriller, Dangerous Ishhq is Sanjana's tryst with Destiny. In the movie, Lolo plays the character of ‘Sanjana’, who would unravel the past to save her future.

While Karisma Kapoor is confident about her comeback performance with Dangerous Ishq, the question is whether she’ll be able to bag another hit in her name? Will features like ‘3D thriller’ and ‘women centric’, be an added advantage to entertain our audience? At the same time, Arjun and Parineeti’s film Ishaqzaade looks promising but will they succeed in charming the audience?

All, we can say is good luck to Arjun’s debut and Karisma’s comeback.

The third Bride on Band Baajaa Bride, Season 2 - Write Up

This week on Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi, meet Aditi Charkavarthy, a modern day Bengali with not an inkling of the Bengali way of weddings! She approaches the Band Baajaa Bride team with a unique request- her parents want her to look every bit the traditional Bengali bride!

Sabyasachi grabs the opportunity to return to his roots and to fashion Aditi at her bong best. However, there's more to the challenge. With just 20 days to her wedding, Aditi wants to straighten out her crooked teeth, add volume to her scanty short hair and treat her skin to be at her glowing best!

The team ropes in the experts and throws in a bonus; the lover of all things Bengali, and muse to Sabyasachi, actor Vidya Balan! While Vidya has some great advise for a star struck Aditi, will our bride make the most of it? Will she love her makeover? Will her parents appreciate her traditional avatar?

Get the whole story, on friday, the 24th of Feb at 9.30pm only on NDTV Goodtimes!

My Second Write Up for the shy bride, bride 2 on Band Baajaa Bride, season - 2

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and so Kratika Gupta our second bride wants to look the most beautiful she has ever looked till date for her man – Kapil Singh Chand.

Kratika, a software engineer by profession fell in love with the Punjabi mundaa. This wasn’t a love-at-first-sight though. This shy girl narrates her story written in her diary.

Kratika mentioned in her diary how she always looked upon at the models in glossy magazines, and wedding clothes in boutiques dreaming that maybe one day she will be lucky enough to own an exquisite designer lehenga and look like one of the models in the magazine.

Kratika, a girl who never went for a haircut in her life before, gets a marveling haircut by Aveen Contractor, which left her mom overwhelmed with happiness. Team Band Baajaa Bride with Sabhyasachi, gives kratika an all new stunning makeover with a perfect lehenga by the new age designer himself.

BBB transform this petite sweet simple and shy girl into a radiant, gorgeous, heart-throbbing bride by Dr Jamuna Pai, best known dermatologist in Bollywood Industry, coming in to rescue her from those unwanted facial hair and pigmentation she complained about.

Dreaming high about her D Day she applied in ‘BBB with Sabhyasachi’ and was amazed and thrilled when she was selected. What more added to her dreams-come-true was her favorite designer, Sabhyasachi designing her wedding lehenga.

A unique love story of a girl from Hyderabad and guy from Kashipur gets in a more romantic phase with ‘BBB with Sabhyasachi’.

The BBB team proved the best in transforming a girl next door to a princess of her man’s eyes when the groom first set his eyes on her after the journey of this make-over??

Did he find her as beautiful?? Watch this episode of Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi, only on Ndtv GoodTimes.

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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and Kratika Gupta the second bride on Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi, wants Kapil Singh Chand, her fiance, to see her like he never has before! Facial hair, an untouched mane, neglected feet and no lehengha are the obstacles to achieving this dream.

Team Band Baajaa takes over, under the guidance of mentor Sabyasachi Mukherjee and anchors Bharat and Ambika! The team throws in a few bonuses like ace cosmetic surgeon Dr Jamuna Pai and hairstylist to the stars- Avan Contractor!

Will this be enough for Kratika to look like a dream bride?

Watch the unique love story of a girl from Hyderabad and a guy from Kashipur culminate into the most romantic wedding with a little help from ‘Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi’ on 17th feb, Friday 9.30pm.

My Write Up for the First Bride on Band Baajaa Bride

Band Baajaa Bride’s first bride Vidhu Kohli, a dentist by profession wants to look like the world’s most beautiful bride on her wedding. A Punjabi kudi from Ghaziabad, she had imagined a picture perfect marriage but her dreams were crushed just days after her engagement to Anand Bhalla from Canada. Vidhu met with an accident whilst learning to cook. The result- 60% percent facial burns! She was sure that this was the end of her engagement and the thought left her terribly depressed.

Life however had something else in store for her. Her fiancé, a complete stranger to her until then, decided he was going to stand by her through this painful phase and provided her all the support long distance would allow. This is when love blossomed between the two and Vidhu was convinced life was after all, wonderful!

Vidhu’s now wished to look even more beautiful for her beloved fiancé and to not let the scars on her face haunt her on her big day. She also fantasized of an eclectic lengha with a good mix of modern and traditional elements. She approaches the one team she knows can help her- team Band Baajaa Bride!

Team BBB gives Vidhu the best surprise she can imagine! The show is now called Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi, which meant she would get a bridal ensemble by none other than the best in the business- maverick designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee! The BBB team also takes her to the dermatologist Bollywood trusts- Dr Jamuna Pai. Dr Pai, treats Vidhu’s scars and enhances her face with an eyebrow lift. Next up is makeup and hair. Vidhu’s biggest fear was without the right makeup, under the harsh wedding lights, the scars would resurface. Team Band Baajaa Bride presents her with the next surprise- the award winning makeup and hair ace Asha Hariharan! The bonus- Asha is known to make brides look like princesses!

In a season’s first like no other; beauty, art, technology and the sheer efforts of anchors Ambika Anand, and Bharat Arora and mentor Sabyasachi Mukherjee, transform Vidhu Kohli into the bride she’s always hoped to be! Watch this episode of Band Baajaa Bride with Sabyasachi, only on Ndtv GoodTimes.

'If treated like Taslima, I'd give up writing' -Arundhati Roy 3

Arundhati Roy on Face-to-Face with Karan Thapar (Part 2)

My Feelings when I saw him

This time my heart banged against my chest. I wasnt sure if i wanted to sink down and hide so he wouldnt see me or if i wanted him to see me.

And the odd thing was that as he stood there, he did see me.
The moment his presence registered my heart, my head became motionless and our eyes met after 4yrs. I could see the smile play across his lips n my breathing quickened.......

The Dependent India after Independence

14th August,2011.

Just a day before celebrating Independence day, and 64 years after the Indepence, 'How much did India really become Independent?' this question arose in my mind today while going through the newspapers and reading facebook posts as to how people will celebrate independence, what freedom means to them, what is special about tomorrow etc etc.

Everyone is set to celebrate independence day in their own style, from making tricolor food to exploring places on long weekend(2nd saturday is usually holiday, sunday a holiday, monday being 15th aug, holiday again) , planning for a trek.

Some blogs showed tricolor foods prepared for the occasion, facebook posts and text messages are flooded with patriotic messages and slogans, a weekly newpaper magazine (Brunch) shared the I-Day special 'Being Indian'.

I sat on my couch with a coffee mug watching the rain pour heavily outside and thinking - ''Has India really become Independent?''

The answer came out be negative.

We are independent from the British rule , but we are not really an independent country.

India is still under the rule of India which implies politics, corruption, illiteracy, unemployment.

Today, where the metro cities indulge in great pleasure of luxuries and technologies provided to them, half of India is still unemployed, the rural india is still illiterate, there is child abuse, child molestation taking place everywhere around the country.

Colleges keep 15% seats reserved for management quota, education has become expensive due to donation(bribe). If you need a passport you need to pay donation. If a traffic constable hauls you up and you dont want a 'pouti' i.e the receipt torn against the fine of Rs. 500-1200, all you need to do is put 300rs in his pocket which he ends up in using to buy alcohol at the end of the day (corruption again) .

The word 'DONATION' means 'to donate' (daan karna) , but educational institute and many other places have made it a main source of income.

From MP to MLA, from Corporator to Mayor all are seen only once, during the elections, promising good streets, better civilization which they tend to forget after the elections..... I wonder if they suffer from memory loss :P :)

Is this the Independent India? Did the freedom fighters fight their lives out to see this India?

Are we all eager and enthusiast to celebrate the corrupted India tomorrow?

Well, I am not!!

Everday we travel from home to work/college for ourselves or may be our family demands so, but did we ever take up any pain to do anything for India?

What did you do for India?

I am supporting Anna Hazare for the hunger strike. May be its not the time to celebrate now,

may be a few years of struggle will let us to live in a better India.

So my idea behind Independence day is not boasting about India, sending 'jai hind' or 'be proud to be an Indian' text messages, singing patriotic song etc , but to do something productive for the BETTER INDIA.

Many of you might think - its slow or ineffective or aggresive, but dear readers I believe in the saying 'Rome was not built in a day', forget about Rome, even India did not achieve freedom in a day. Thousands were killed, many sacrificed, many fought back to give us a better India to live in.

Dear readers,

your ideas, views, comments are welcomed.

feel free to share

Nothing can make me forget you....

Yesterday we walked apart

Separate & cold & mortal.

Now the scared kiss has joined us,

now we stand inside the portal.

that permits of no returns.. as our hearts burn...

A waterfall of hair cascades down your shoulder,

Silence breathes us, while we languishly mingle on the white sheets,

No bickering moments.....

Iknow not what the word may be,

that has filled us with this glory ...

but never let the spell be broken,

Let it stay a mystery

For all times to be.....

The Bong culture - bengalis known for......

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to historic region of Bengal.

Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language.

Bengali, Marathi and Tamil maintain largely Pali/sanskrit vocabulary base unlike Hindi & other such languages like Punjabi,Sindhi,Gujrati that are influenced by Arabic & persian. It is now primarily spoken in bangladesh, 2nd most spoken language in INDIA and 5th largest spoken in world.

Noted Bengali saints, authors, scientists, researchers, thinkers, music composers painters and film makers have played a significant role in the development of Bengali culture. Among the various Indian cultures, the Bengalis were relatively quick to adapt to the British Rule and actually use its principles (such as the judiciary and the legislature) in the time of independence.

CULTURE of Bengal :-

Bengal’s immense contribution to modern Indian culture is best symbolized by poet and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and film-maker Satyajit Ray.Tagore’s international recognition brought a renaissance in the culture of Bengal and Bengalis could proudly hold their heads up high.

Despite pleas, men board the ladies special

Nerul: Male passengers regularly barge in the ladies special that was introduced last year by Central Railways. Female commuters have been repeatedly complaining about the same. 


Even complaints with Mahila Vahini, (an all woman squad to guard women passengers) do not seem to work. Female passengers have only been repeatedly complaining on (022) 22755555 (mahila vahini number) but all in vain.

A number of male passengers are seen boarding the luggage compartment in trans-harbour ladies special. Male passengers say that the two ladies specials during the peak hours on the Trans-Harbour line cause a lot of inconvenience to men.


 Faruk S says, “There should be a gent’s compartment in the ladies special too”. While most of male passengers held while travelling make an escape by giving the fine of around 300rs to 900rs, ladies have to still struggle for their reserved rights.

‘Barriers’ …. Stand like a wall.

No new techniques…

No sophisticated methods…
No external forces… may help you to get through.

Barriers are usually psychological (also known as psychological mindset barriers) and sometimes physical ones.

It’s a mind game. The mind accepts the barrier or refuses to accept it. That makes all the difference.

It’s important to understand that our achievements in life are limited not by what we can do, but by what we think we can do. More than ABILITY, it’s the ATTITUDE that makes the difference.

When you talk about psychological mindset barriers; well such barriers are constructed mainly of past conditioning and conceptual models of reality which partially overlap.

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