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Lord, help!

Thursday 27 August '09

What’s it about? It’s a fail-safe formula: pick a story out of the treasure chest that is Indian mythology and run with it in terms of costumes and pious facial expressions.
'Cover shot' of 'Teen Divas' makeover

Monday 24 August '09

'Any makeover show is bound to make for very compulsive viewing because the viewer gets completely involved.'
It’s magic

Monday 24 August '09

It's a cliché to say so, but it is every girl’s dream come true-to be transformed from an ordinary wallflower into a blooming rose.
Lord, help!

Monday 24 August '09

It’s a fail-safe formula: pick a story out of the treasure chest that is Indian mythology and run with it in terms of costumes and pious facial expressions. Play a few bhajans and you have a winner.
It’s magic

Monday 24 August '09

It's a cliché to say so, but it is every girl’s dream come true —to be transformed from an ordinary wallflower into a blooming rose.
Wild card

Thursday 13 August '09

Given that three of the recent hit movie songs, Aahun Aahun, Chor Bazari and Twist— all from Love Aaj Kal—have been sung by one Neeraj Shridhar, it’s surprising to most people he’s still the Bombay Vikings guy.
Style guru

Monday 10 August '09

There is something intrinsically sympathetic about human beings. We love the story about the little duckling that turns into a beautiful swan and we love it even more when we can see the saga unfold before our eyes.
Wild things

Monday 10 August '09

For people brought up in the hot-house comforts of civilisation, the primeval environs of the wild hold a gruesome charm.
In song and legend

Saturday 8 August '09

Few people are aware that when singer Bhupinder Singh, then just a debutant, was to sing the classic Hoke majboor mujhe usne bulaya hoga from the film Haqeeqat...
In song and legend

Friday 7 August '09

Few people are aware that when singer Bhupinder Singh, then just a debutant, was to sing the classic Hoke majboor mujhe usne bulaya hoga from the film Haqeeqat...
In song and legend

Tuesday 4 August '09

Few people are aware that when singer Bhupinder Singh, then just a debutant, was to sing the classic Hoke majboor mujhe usne bulaya hoga from Haqeeqat...
Colour me bride

Saturday 1 August '09

If you’re Tarun Tahiliani, you have to be prepared to deal with an onslaught of curious customers and diehard fans the moment you announce a new collection.
TRUTH HURTS

Monday 27 July '09

The past two weeks have been a revelation. We’ve learnt that appearances are deceptive and if you have preconceived notions about people, be prepared to have them shattered.
Truth hurts

Monday 27 July '09

The past two weeks have been a revelation. We’ve learnt that appearances are deceptive and if you have preconceived notions about people...
TRUTH HURTS

Saturday 25 July '09

The past two weeks have been a revelation. We’ve learnt that appearances are deceptive and if you have preconceived notions about people, be prepared to have them shattered.
Quiz break

Saturday 25 July '09

There was a time when television quizzes were a niche obsession in India.
A class act

Monday 20 July '09

Images yourself 10 years from now looking back at the television shows running in the country right now.
A class act

Monday 20 July '09

Imagine yourself 10 years from now looking back at the television shows running in the country right now.
A class act

Monday 20 July '09

Imagine yourself 10 years from now looking back at the television shows running in the country right now.
Groove on

Wednesday 15 July '09

When the Dave Matthews Band went electronic with Everyday, a la Bob Dylan, it lost them a lot of fans who’d been so enraptured by the band’s acoustic groove in their albums from the ’90s, Under The Table and Dreaming and Before These Crowded Streets.
Tuned out

Tuesday 14 July '09

The constant complaint heard in the Indian, non-pop, music fraternity is that Bollywood music, or popular music, makes it impossible for other genres to survive.
Postcard from mumbai

Sunday 12 July '09

A secret you discovered about Mumbai? Its charming people.
Fresh appeal

Friday 10 July '09

It’s a foreign invasion of a different kind — the good kind that involves music. Ever since India began to matter on the global electronica scene...
Game, set, match

Wednesday 8 July '09

In no other universe would one be able to buy a house in Park Avenue, own a railroad company, win the lottery and then, proceed to lose it all at the next roll of the dice.
Bride-in-waiting

Monday 6 July '09

When tabloid favourite Rakhi Sawant decides to hunt for a groom on national television, it’s bound to draw eyeballs.
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