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Vijender Singh's Secret Punch

Posted by Krish Raghav at 
Sportspeople love secret, special moves. Saqlain Mushtaq had the Doosra . Douglas Marillier had the Marillier Shot . Maradona and Zinedine Zidane had that trademark 360 spin dribble called the ' Marseille Turn '. My friend from Class 6 claimed he had a secret table tennis move called the Toofani Smash . Boxer Vijender Singh has his own ace up...

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Really dandy dudes

Posted by Anindita Ghose at 
Okay so I don’t really dig my men wearing eye makeup (exceptions made for Johnny Depp). Super slick hair is not a big scorer either. But then this was not about the men—or me. Ravi Bajaj’s show titled Dandy March at the Van Heusen India Men’s Week in Delhi yesterday was about the clothes, in all their velvety, silky, shimmery glory. This was the first...

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The best parts of Khatron Ke Khiladi 2

Posted by Parizaad Khan at 
Vomiting up milk, suffocating under water and trying to free your head from a box full of cockroaches. And seeing models without their make-up! Reality TV seriously doesn’t get better than this. After Rakhi Ka Swayamwar and an upcoming show called Lux Perfect Bride , it seemed Indian reality TV shows could not be redeemed. Until, that is, the second...

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Carvaggio from a Couch

Posted by Krish Raghav at 
Indian auction house Saffronart has launched a mobile phone application that allows one to remotely bid on art auctions, good network coverage allowing. Key features include bidding, with a colour coded indicator letting them know if they're in the lead, catalogue viewing (size, surface, and medium....with images!), auction progress updates (with...

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I want ballet

Posted by Anindita Ghose at 
The American Ballet Theatre will make its first visit to Beijing this November to perform 'Don Quixote'. They aren't the only American art organization planning a high-profile visit to Asia this fall: There's The New York Philharmonic which will be going to...Vietnam. I don't care much for the philharmonic (though I'm curious...

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When a north Indian sings in Marathi

Posted by Niranjan Rajadhyaksha at 
Do you remember the singer Rahul Saxena? He made it to the last ten in the first season of Indian Idol --- the year that Abhijit Sawant eventually won --- but was voted out. Farah Khan was in tears and promised him a song in her next movie. And sure enough, Rahul was one of the singers of the title track of Om Shanti Om. So I was shocked to see him...

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My new Indian Idol

Posted by Melissa A. Bell at 
I love Ajay Bhatt. You don't know Ajay Bhatt? Well, you obviously aren't watching Intel's fantastic new ad campaign. The world's largest chip maker has decided to let us know what makes a rock star at Intel. For Bhatt it was co-inventing the USB. No, I don't love Ajay Bhatt for his wily mind. He's just damn cool. Watch: Now,...

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The best American columnist takes on American democracy and reminds me that the U.S. ain't so bad after all.

Posted by Melissa A. Bell at 
My favorite columnist, bar none (sorry, Sidin!), is New York Times’ artist and writer Maira Kalman. Her column appears once a month and is a stream-of-consciousness ramble, illustrated with paintings, embroidery, photographs and her wonderful loopy handwriting. The column, named after Thomas Jefferson’s words in the declaration of independence ‘Pursuit...

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Scenes from 'Avatar': A psychedelic ride

Posted by Sanjukta Sharma at 
After watching the 24-minute footage of 'Avatar', the most awaited Hollywood film of the year, I have just one advice for film buffs: Don't watch it in any other format but in 3-D IMAX. It will be released in 2-D too, but the thrill of multicoloured, gargantuan reptiles, lurking about in multicoloured thick forests, leaping out at you with...

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Women of the world, mourn

Posted by Veena Venugopal at 
What a terrible fortnight it’s been for women. First, the New York Times goes ahead and proclaims that a paunch is the hippest male accessory this season. An article painfully headlined ‘It’s hip to be round’ details, “Too pronounced to be blamed on the slouchy cut of a T-shirt, too modest in size to be termed a proper beer gut, developed too young...

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An incredibly smart Ganeshotsav idea

Posted by Niranjan Rajadhyaksha at 
Mumbai's greatest religious festival never lacks enthusiasm and entertainment. But there are some nifty management ideas as well --- from fund raising to crowd control. Here's one incredibly simple and smart idea. The Goud Saraswat Brahmin community has a huge Ganeshotsav --- one of the city's biggest --- at Matunga in central Mumbai. Ravi...

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Capital Music: No takers for sexy sarod?

Posted by Anindita Ghose at 
Despite a lot of mumbling about how terrible the weather and public transport is in Delhi—a city I’ve been in for less than 3 weeks—the continuous stream of artsy soul food has kept me afloat. Where else would I get to hear A.R Rahman and Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan in invite-only performances in a span of two weeks? But it looks like these are treats...

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Two memoirs, two women

Posted by Sanjukta Sharma at 
Elizabeth Gilbert, the spirituality seeker from New Jersey who wrote 'Eat, Pray, Love' just signed up for her next, a meditation on---surprise!---marriage. More specifically, how to make peace with marriage. For those of you who haven't read 'Eat, Pray, Love', it goes like this: It's a travelogue and memoir of a New York jounalist...

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Will you be watching Miss Universe?

Posted by Parizaad Khan at 
Surely the Miss Universe or Miss World pageants are no longer relevant to any of us. The only reason I know it’s happening on August 24, is because a superlative-filled, exclamation mark-riddled press release has dropped into my inbox. An unedited excerpt: “Pictures Attached! STAR World presents Miss Universe 2009; LIVE from Bahamas ! Watch Ekta Chaudhary...

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