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THE TIMES OF INDIA Tresses distress Dixit Banna Saturday, April 12, 2003 Eva Herzigova! Chahti Hai... Page 7 Page 8 TO D AY S LUCKY 869 Ulta-pulta Old age pension 858 877 Satte pe satta Year of Independence 847 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 6th April, 2003 Numbers already announced : 10, 82, 7, 1, 19, 15, 33, 41, 52, 71, 84, 75, OF INDIA 53, 32, 89, 40, 60, 9, 26, 39, 64, 28, 21, 6 MANOJ KESHARWANI Govt burns a hole in Delhi’s pocket The latest CAG report indicts the Delhi government for failing to deliver despite spending crores on projects ARUN KUMAR DAS almost seven years to complete. Mean- tivities in the vicinity of a prohibited achieve the intended objective of Times News Network while, the preliminary estimate of Rs area. As a result, a prestigious project planned development for the area. 4.95 was revised to Rs 12.11 crore in conceived more than 15 years ago is yet ‘‘So much so, even eight years after irst, the facts. Conceived a good 15 1997. After a tender was to take off and the expendi- its existence, the Trans-Yamuna Area years ago, the Delhi govern- finalised, work was ture of Rs 30.85 lakh in- Development Board has neither stud- Fment’s proposed city museum is supposed to commence curred in the initial ied nor identified the drawbacks in the yet to be born. This, despite expendi- in March 2001, and be stages has remained existing infrastructure of the trans-Ya- ture to the tune of Rs 30.85 lakh having completed in 2003. unfruitful.’’ What’s muna area to facilitate the formulation been incurred by the Sahitya Kala However, when work more, this Rs 30.85 of a unified and coordinated area Parishad, the body assigned the job of was commenced, the lakh is just part of plan,’’ says the CAG report. executing the project. As things stand Archaeological Sur- the losses incurred On the land acquisition front, the now, the project is confined to paper- vey of India (ASI) is- by officialdom —the CAG report makes an observation that work and this has fired the ire of the sued a show-cause no- PWD has failed to ‘‘Slow progress in completion of land Comptroller and Auditor General of In- tice saying that the recover Rs 17.68 acquisition and the incorrect calcula- dia (CAG), which has taken the Delhi construction of the lakh as outstanding tion of interest has resulted in excess government to task. museum could not be dues from a default- payment of Rs 263.4 lakh.’’ Besides, the Offering the sarkari side of the story undertaken as the site ing contractor. CAG has detected that ‘‘Expenditure is a senior official of the department of chosen was a pro- Of course, the propo- worth Rs 52 lakh has proved unfruitful art and culture: ‘‘In July 1986, based on hibited area. Conse- sed city museum does on account of deficiencies in the pro- the decision of the Delhi lieutenant quently, work was not make for the only curement of essential accessories and governor to construct a city museum, a suspended.’’ official project which failure to position trained personnel high-level committee was constituted While indicting has fed on the excheq- for public health services.’’ for the purpose in June 1987. This com- the Delhi government uer and has nothing to Easy come, easy go. In simple-speak, mittee, in turn, approved the location for its failure to exe- NEELABH show in return. The the Delhi government seems to have no of the museum on a 22-acre plot at cute the project, the CAG, on its part, has problems with creating a hole in its Kashmere Gate. Work on the project latest CAG report MONEY MATTERS criticised the city own pocket. Unfortunately, the money was assigned a budget of Rs 4.95 crore states: ‘‘It (the non-implementation of government for spending more than Rs lost due to official apathy pinches the in 1990. However, the procedure of the project) was due to the failure to 415 crore on the Trans-Yamuna Devel- common man’s pocket. inviting and scrutinising tenders took foresee restrictions on construction ac- opment Board, which has failed to [email protected] Action replay: Puri, Cells are cool at school! Times News Network So, I need the cellphone to keep in touch with my parents,’’ explains Alok, a class XII student. he history lesson seems to go on forever. While the cool crowd dumps old cellular Big B as top cops TThose trigonometry theorems are just two models for trendier ones as frequently as twice much. No sweat, Gen Next doesn’t let these mi- or thrice a year, the latest law on the school nor classroom problems come in SURESH NAIR time that Nihalani, who dir- block is: flaunt the latest cellphone mod- the way of communication. With Times News Network ected Jaya Bachchan in Haz- el, but don’t get caught. Sometimes, the cellphone increasingly becom- aar Chaurasi Ki Maa, will though, even the most fool-proof pl- ing a part of the schoolbag, stu- mitabh Bachchan and work with the Big B. ‘‘Amita- an fails and students do get caught. dents just SMS... oops, MMS... Om Puri. They are two bh and I have been wanting Then, the cellphones are con- A away to glory. of a kind with one striking to do a film together since fiscated and parents are ‘‘I have just got myself the similarity about their caree- the days of Ardh Satya,’’ sa- called to school. In certain cas- latest model in the market. rs. In 1973, Prakash Mehra’s ys Nihalani. es, a fine is imposed on the stu- Now,I can mail pictures to my Zanjeer turned an unknown Bachchan himself admits dent concerned. ‘‘Admittedly, girlfriend at Springdales,’’ re- Bachchan, playing an angry to being an ardent admirer students do have genuine rea- veals a Modern School stu- cop at war against the syst- of Nihalani: ‘‘I am appreciat- sons to carry cellphones to dent on the condition of em, into hot property.Ten ye- ive of all his films, though I school,’’ says DPS (Mathura anonymity.Schools, after all, YOU WIN SOME, YOU TWIN SOME! Delhi Times freeze frames the funky funda of fashion ars later, Puri drew national haven’t seen some of his rec- Road) principal MI Hussein, have a strict no-mobile rule. this season as Vijay and Ajay Balhara court the cool colours of Rohit Bal creations, at the recognition playing a simi- ent ones. But like his other fi- ‘‘But the communication of But rules are made to be bro- Taj Mahal Hotel (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) lar short-fused cop in Govi- lms, this one too is hard-hitt- students isn’t limited to con- ken, say today’s schoolkids. nd Nihalani’s Ardh Satya. ing. Yes, it has a commercial versation with parents. Stu- Aasna and her friends — And now, in 2003, Nihalani angle, but there is no com- dents start talking with each class IX students all — have achieves a casting coup of promise on realism.’’ other over their cellphones discovered a unique facility atten- sorts, bringing together Bac- As for Puri, it has been a and disturb the discipline at dant on cellphones. ‘‘Each time we Beep, beep: It’s Sehwag ki maa! hchan and Puri for the first long time since he has work- school. Also, cellphones are bunk school, we check with time in a film, titled Dev,in ed in a Nihalani film, consid- sometime lost or stolen and friends at school that every- NEELABH JYOTI SHARMA class X, I got him enrolled at a tutorial. But he which the two play cops. ering the duo had earlier do- precious teaching time is thing is fine back there. If a Times News Network would come up with excuses about how he ‘‘I am certainly very excit- ne movies such as Aakrosh, lost to searching for them.’’ teacher suspects that we are UPWARDLY MOBILE was not feeling well and not go for his coach- ed,’’ says Ardh Sat- While cellphone owner- missing, we return immediately!’’ says Aasna. ehwag ki maa ka phone hai. If the popu- ing classes. But, five minutes later, he would Bachch- ya and Dr- ship among students might be somewhat of a DOUBLE TROUBLE Of course, there are those who carry cell- larity of this ad is anything to go by, Kr- disappear to play cricket!’’ sore spot for schools, the fact of the matter is S phones to school for all the right reasons. ishna Sehwag is a celebrity in her own right. By the way, Viru wasn’t just passionate that today’s child is sold on the cell. No kidding! ‘‘From school, I head for my coaching classes. [email protected] ‘‘Nowadays, people stop me on road to congra- about cricket as a child, he was mischievous tulate me. Everybody wants to meet Virender. too! ‘‘Viru was a naughty child and we received I usually discourage them with the pretext th- complaints about him every other day,’’ says at he is not at home. But children are very en- Krishna, ‘‘I was always scared that he might thusiastic and ring our doorbell right through fall into bad company and, consequently, kept the day, asking to meet Virender. a strict eye on him. His friends, on When I ask them why they want DIAL TONE their part, would tell me not to to meet him, the worry and main- stock reply is that tain that Viru they want to tha- would make us nk him for perfor- all proud some ming so well.’’ day...he has.’’ Despite shari- With wedding ng the limelight bells ringing loud with her cricket and clear for star son, Krishna Rahul Dravid, Kr- Amitabh Bachchan and Om Puri will revive would rather not ishna wants her the angry cop act for Govind Nihalani’s Dev step beyond her son to follow suit: profile as a hous- ‘‘We have received an, ‘‘Om is one of our finest ohkaal. ‘‘I have been missing ewife. A referen- a number of pro- actors —not just nationally, him,’’ jokes Puri, ‘‘We had al- ce to the ad, thou- posals for him, but internationally. I have most got divorced!’’ gh, elicits a wa- but Virender seen his work; it is quite exc- Dev, in turn, is a gritty cop rm response fr- wants to wait. eptional.’’ And Puri is equal- flick about two high-ranking om her: ‘‘It is a Whenever he de- ly delighted. ‘‘It has been 26 officers who are close frien- very good ad. cides to get mar- years since I entered the film ds. Says Puri, ‘‘Two people One actually fee- ried, the girl will industry and I have been a who have been friends for ls as if a mother be of his choice. Bachchan admirer right fr- nearly 30 years.’’ And then, and son are talki- But I have told om the time I saw Anand.In something goes wrong. Dev ng to each other.’’ him that our bahu fact, I have closely watched also stars Fardeen, Kareena In real life, Krish- SUNIL KATARIA must be homely.’’ his early works when I was Kapoor and Amrish Puri. na might not call Virender while he is at the As for Viru developing into Master Blaster in the National School of Dr- For Bachchan, work is the crease, but her prayers are always with him. II, Krishna offers an interesting insight: ama.’’ Puri agrees that both antidote which helps him ‘‘There is always tension about him getting ‘‘Sachin and Viru look like twins when they of them got noticed after pla- get over the recent loss of his out. So, I keep on praying when he is batting. are at the crease. Though I haven’t met most ying similar roles in Zanjeer father. ‘‘Personal tragedies To see him bat is always a great feeling for members of the Indian team, I have spoken to and Ardh Satya respectively. are always painful,’’ he says, me.’’ Viru’s team-mates over the phone. For me, ‘‘Ardh Satya was my lotte- ‘‘One just tries to get over Still, Viru’s enthusiasm for cricket as a they are like my own children.’’ Krishna Se- ry,’’recalls Puri, ‘‘I had done them and move on with life.’’ child did give his mother plenty of sleepless hwag is a mother at heart. Yes, the inspira- nearly 10 films before that And he has. For, the Big B nights. ‘‘Though he never flunked at school, tional line in the cellphone ad isn’t a message and nobody knew me.’’ has a big heart. studies were always Viru’s second priority,’’ for Viru alone. Dev also marks the first [email protected] recalls Krishna, ‘‘He was weak in maths. In [email protected] ‘Practical ideas score over academic concepts’ You are a man- RAJIV osen as the Soft Management Book of self-professed class. agement consu- KHURANA the Year in 2001. I am readying myself What does the future hold for you? ltant, a regular CEO, for the release of my second book. Titl- There are a couple of executive action columnist and The Personnel Lab ed Your First Job, it is aimed at young books, People Delight Ideas, Getting an author. Whi- On the managerial professionals in search of the right Ahead —A Self Check For Sharpening ch role best de- skills required in job. It takes the reader from the stage Competence, and a light-veined book, scribes you? the corporate world of planning a career to the stage of Malice in Corporate Wonderland,whi- Consultancy is managing one’s self in a new job. ch will hit the stands this year. Anoth- what I am most What distinguishes your style of er book for beginners in IT-enabled se- comfortable wi- writing? rvices is being prepared in association th. In fact, the rest of it is all woven ar- Mine is a simple and candid tone. I lo- with Wipro Spectramind. I hope to pen ound this knack. It has been over a As an author, how has the journey ve humour,simple conversational lan- a book in Hindi as well this year. Mea- couple of decades now that I have been been so far? guage and straight talk, duly substan- nwhile, I am also working on the pro- into consultancy. The transformation Most satisfying. The response to my fi- tiated with examples and illustrations. duction of customised digital training into becoming an author was a natu- rst book, Sweet And Sour Soup For Ex- Your First Job, to be released by Vision videos. ral progression. ecutives, was overwhelming. It was ch- Books, is for the masses and not for the PALLAVI BORAH

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2 DELHI IS TALKING ABOUT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 Photos: SUNIL KATARIA THE WORLD OF VENUS omen power. This is what ni Maniratnam, ‘‘There is no rea- the seminar — Women, son to draw a line between men and W Cinema & Society — on women. After all, they are both hu- Wednesday morning had in abun- man beings. What we need to focus dance. Discussing the various roles on is respect for each other, rather played by the fairer sex and the than proving our own greatness by projection of the ‘typical Indian letting the other down.’’ devi’ on Indian television, the event Ditto was the opinion of director Jaya Bachchan with Surekha Kothari saw the presence of some of the Tanuja Chandra (who also greatest artistes that the Indian sil- fought for the cause of Ekta ver screen has seen. Kapoor’s ‘K series’), direc- Amongst those to steal the show tor Mahesh Bhatt, former that morning was none other than actress Vyjayanthimala Jaya Bachchan. Dressed in a cream Bali and the one who cotton sari, with diamond-studded walked in post-lunch bangles and earrings, and not to Neena Gupta, forget the diamond-studded specta- dressed in her cles completing the picture, she ‘‘favourite had almost every individual clap- Saans sari and ping hands for her. Incidentally, it off-shoulder was her birthday — ‘‘a secret blouse.’’ leaked out by Shashi Kapoor’’ as The oth- she told us: ‘‘This is an embarrass- ers spotted on Suhasini Maniratnam Vyjayanthimala and Deepti Naval ment of a lifetime. Is umar mein the occasion ter of state for infor- bhi Shashi ji aisa karte hai....’’ were minis- mation and broad- And in casting (independent case you charge), Ravi thought that Shankar Prasad all, in their and film person- traditional alities Deepti outfits, were Naval, Mrinal fighting only Sen and Shashi for the cause Kapoor of women, and writer you are Bhawana PARTHIV PATEL:ON A GREAT WICKET wrong. Said Somaya, arthiv Patel is on a roll, Any particular Bangladeshi play- editor and ac- among tress Suhasi- Mrinal Sen with Shashi Kapoor having returned from the er that he is slightly wary of ? Mahesh Bhatt and Ravi Shankar Prasad Neena Gupta others.... World Cup campaign in ‘‘Frankly, I don’t know them much. P South Africa. Having My only strategy is to put in my SMS joke played at the Duleep Trophy in Hy- best without taking them lightly.’’ WHAT’S HOT ’N’ HAPPENING? derabad, he’s ready for Dhaka for He lists his gratitude towards his of the day the India-Bangladesh tour. The 18- colleagues. ‘‘Thanks to Adam To usher in the week-long from semi-precious gems is year-old baby of the team gives his Gilchrist, the Australian wicket- celebration of Easter, the on display. Wife 2 husband walking take. keeper-batsman. While all my team- around naked: The Delhi Chocolate Club is or- 26-A, Sardar Patel Marg ganising a chocolate sam- On till April 14 ‘‘I took five catches but could only mates were a great help, including neighbours can see your pling session at the pastry 11 am to 6 pm score 10 runs off my bat,’’ he says, my idol Sachin Tendulkar, I owe it thing! about his Hyderabad match, his dis- to Gilchrist who taught me how to shop. „ Husband: So they can, so Capitol, The Metropoli- appointment apparent in his voice. be mentally strong,’’ Parthiv says. wot? tan Hotel Nikko Central Cottage Industries Five catches — that’s pretty good, So was it this mental strength 3 pm Emporium presents its you point out, remind- which helped him Wife: They’ll think I Summer Collection 2003 „ ing him that it’s pre- SPOT LIGHT cope with the disap- married u 4 your money! ‘Summer Cool’, comprising cisely what he’s meant pointment, if there On the occasion of The exquisite sarees, dress fab- for.‘‘Yeah, but I could’ve done better ever was, of being unable to play a Songkran Festival 2003, rics and children wear. with my bat,’’ he trails off. Anyway, World Cup match? ‘‘I knew before- Ning Khurana and Ko On till April 19 time to lighten up the mood, you hand about my status as a reserve Srikuruwal are organising Central Cottage Industry think, and ask him about his prize wicket-keeper during the World a dinner. „ Bangkok 1 money and his new house. ‘‘I Cup. There was no scope for disap- A-1, Cariappa Marg A new Indian cuisine resta- haven’t really planned anything pointment at all,’’ he states. 7 pm urant ‘Seven’ crafted by about the prize money. I still have A celebrity at 18. With money to food maestros Jiggs Kalra my Maruti Zen which I bought be- last a lifetime. Does he then need to „ and Marut Sikka. fore the World Cup. As for the new continue his studies and appear for An exhibition and sale of Crowne Plaza Surya house, it’s less chaotic, certainly. his boards next year? ‘‘I certainly summer jewellery crafted 8.30 pm However, I can’t really say that I’m will. I think everyone should at missing it, since I’ve been in and least complete graduation.’’ Right, out of home all this time.’’ One look now though, sports tops his priori- at his schedule, and you know why: ties. And keeping that in mind, we He’s been travelling from Ahmed- only hope that his catches win us abad to Hyderabad to Delhi to back the matches in Bangladesh! home before leaving for Dhaka. RAHEEL DHATTIWALA The brides of spring aute days are here again.... Set- pinks and reds on the catwalk were dor Tofial K Haider and ting the ball rolling for the sum- complemented with jewellery by many others. H mer months was a collection by Uma Rathi. Ashima and Leena’s The ambassador of Roma- Ashima and Leena Singh, which was coup-de-grace were two outfits in nia Petru Petra and his showcased at the embassy of Uzbek- stunning gold and maroon creat- wife Emilia seemed bowled istan. Titled Brides of Spring 2003 the ed in the National fabric of over by the exquisite cre- designer-duo’s creations were for the Uzbekistan. Needless to say,they ations on the ramp. spring bride. Stunningly eye-catching, received the maximum ap- Calling it a joint ven- their clothes, modelled by top models plause. ture between India including Tina Chatwal, Joey A totally relaxed affair, the and Uzbekistan, the Matthews and Aparna Kumar, fitted in evening saw Leena sport- ambassador of Uzb- perfectly with the mood of season. ing one of her own cre- -ekistan Ibrahim Divya Gurwara and Ria Singh Suits, saris and lehengas in soft pastels, ations in lime green and Mavlanov seemed flaming oranges, Indian yellow and Ashima in a eager to host more lovely majenta one, as such events in the Ashima and Leena Singh both personally near future and with Ibrahim Mavlanov (below) looked after all the said he loved the guests at the cock- collection which tail-session which was showcased th- followed on the at evening. He sure embassy lawns. seemed to be enjoy- The diplomatic ing the first fashion circle was well show hosted at his represented by the embassy and was ambassador of heard saying to a Russia Alex- guest, ‘‘Amongst ander Kadakin all these brides together with of spring I am the Bangla- the only gro- desh ambassa- om!’’ Petru and Emilia Petra hts RONJOY GOGOI Photos: Sealing relationships hen a contem- W porary PR- guru comes a-call- ing, the whole corpo- rate community takes notice. David R Drobis, the chair- man of Ketchum, a top global public re- lations firm was in town to speak on how effective media strategies depend both on IT and a keen knowledge of Bobby Drobis & Sumita Kumar local media customs. Needless to say,David was a nology’s South Asian-chief hit among the audience. Sharad Srivastava, among Those present at the do others. As drinks did the rounds, Drobis spoke about his ‘‘in- creasing fascina- tion for Delhi.’’ His love for all things Indian was matched by his charming wife Bobby’s....

Praveen Rikhy and SC Khanna were Ketchum’s Indi- an partner MelCole’s M L Kaul and Praveen Rikhy, Thomas Cook’s Vikram Dhawan, Essar’s for- mer head Gopal Sax- ena, Seagate Tech- ML Kaul & David Drobis

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SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA DELHI IS TALKING ABOUT 3

Photos: SATISH JAISWAL

Indu Jain and Satish Kumar Modi Raghu Rai Satish Gujral and Abha Modi he evening when the tas and make a global impact For programme-specific sug- who’s who of the Cap- can write to gestions and queries, visit Tital’s art-circles came [email protected] www.iifaindia.org together at the residence of Small screen, the Times Group chairman Indu Jain, opened a new episode in the chapter of art appreciation. For, artists BIG CANVAS! and art-lovers not only shared their passion for art; an insight into their soul. they drafted a blueprint for Later, one of their creations taking Indian art on to an is auctioned. The third international platform. episode, to be aired this The president of the In- week, features Jahangir ternational Institute of Fine Sabavala and Lilette Dubey. Arts, Satish Kumar Modi, A three-year long effort, set the ball rolling by talk- Modi’s dream turned into ing of Art Show, a half-hour reality after he got into a programme being aired on partnership with the Times CNBC every Saturday at 9 Foundation. pm. The repeat telecast goes Meanwhile, the interac- on air every Sunday at 12 tive discussion highlighted pm and 9 pm. The pro- the need to make art appre- MK Raina, Usha and Keshav Malik, gramme is anchored by ciation a household subject Jaya Jaitley, S K Modi and Indu Jain Mallika Sarabhai who talks and art a common platform to the guest-artists and gives that unites talent from Bhaskar Chatterjee across the country, about the mass reach of the breaking barriers of age electronic medium, Samata and rural-urban classifi- Party leader Jaya Jaitley cation. emphasised the need to give While Bhaskar Chat- folk and tribal art its due ap- terjee, secretary,tourism preciation. and culture, informed Other eminent people that fine arts is already a that evening included, poet- subject in the syllabus critic Keshav Malik, Satish for class XII, Aditi, the and Kiran Gujral, spiritual young niece of SK Modi, guru Jaya Rao, theatre spoke of the need to artistes Roysten Abel, MK bring the younger gener- Raina and Ram Gopal Bajaj. ation closer to art. Emi- A free-flowing discussion nent photographer ensued in which Indu Jain Raghu Rai suggested a requested all guests present further widening of the to promote the rich art and canvas so that photogra- cultural heritage of India. phy, despite being only Interested corporate hous- 150 years old, can also be es, galleries and collectors viewed as a work of art, who want to join hands with and talent in this field is the Times Foundation to Aditi Modi encouraged. Talking take Indian art to new vis- THE DAY OF THE STAR Photos: NITIN MALIK fon saris comple- mented with low- cut sleevless blous- es. And to top it all were the cocktails and snacks round. And what could be heard was any- thing and every- thing about the ac- tress, more than the store. Those spotted on Sanjay and Anju Chaturvedi the occasion were n evening of style, Anita Kaul Basu, former beauty, elegance and cricketer Atul Wasan, and a Agrace — an abundance few designers.... of all these and more were un- (With contributions from veiled at the store — Embla- Divya Vasisht, Allen O’ Brien, zon — on 1 MG Road. And Jyoti Sharma and Shivani Chandra) heading the list that evening was none other than the stunning actress Dimple Kapadia, who came wearing a lovely cream and gold saree. Talking about this charm- ing lady, chairman of the Shamken Group’s HB Chaturvedi said, ‘‘We want- ed someone who knew all about home decor and fur- nishing. That is why we wanted her to do the need- Dimple Kapadia ful — inaugurate our store.’’ HB and Maharani Chaturvedi

Amit Chaturvedi and Atul Wasan After a long wait of almost an hour,one could hardly find space to stand once the star walked in. With yellow bal- lons and red ribbons adorn- ing the entrance, the gather-

Sunita Rana and Shalini Kochar ing was one of its kind. Rea- son? You could hardly hear the background music; it was only ‘‘wow’’ that could be heard. Not surprising be- cause the lady in question was Dimple Kapadia! Most men that evening walked in wearing formal su- its, while the ladies made sure to look their best in rich chif-

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4 LEISURE DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 DAILY CROSSWORD

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SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA POT-LUCK 5

Naivedyam, Rohini. What each dish authentic in its AROUND TOWN adds to culinary sojourn is It’s a foxy treat preparation. Also, the menu an the experience of try- translates fresh ingredients Steaming ing varieties of dishes from ame for a chefs specialising in different Gchange dur- delights South Indian traditional ing the weekend? recipes, served on fresh ba- Just walk into Fox as it presents the ime to get ready for some nana leaves. One World Cuisine light and low calorie The menu includes a wide T to you, with over 80 meal at the Steamboat festi- range of dosas to choose from. These include additions made to potato masala, veg- its existing menu. etable masala, pa- These include neer masala, butter mouth-watering masala, palak dishes right from masala, palak pa- lobsters, crabs, neer, butter rava ducks to the desi masala, mysore butter chicken. rava masala, co- The food evolves in tan- into healthy food. The varied conut rava and dem with the chefs passion texture and colour paint a onion rava dosas. dissolving all perceivable vivid picture on your plate And to begin wi- boundaries, merging and the taste leaves an indeli- th, every guest is cuisines into each other, ble mark on your palate. served a glass of complementary val on at Radisson. What’s butter milk.All more...you even get an oppor- this and some authentic tunity to pick up your ingre- recipes available at a price dients - both vegetarian and of Rs 70 onwards. non-vegetarian from a buffet of fresh uncooked food and cook it right in front of you. Sri Lankan The menu comprises a spe- cial spread of different vege- comes calling tarian and non-vegetarian food items like fish balls, he Pavilion, ITC Mau- chicken balls, sliced roast du- Trya Sheraton now ck, raw prawns, presents Twice as Nice — a snow peas, Chi- nese cabbage, noodles and bean sprouts. However, the stocks would be served directly from the kitch- en steaming hot in the steambo- at. All this and more priced at Rs 375 (non-veg- etarian) per per- son and Rs 350 (vegetarian) per person, excluding taxes. festival of exotic chilli crabs and delectable desserts. The fare is creat- Now some ed under the culinary ex- pertise of chef Sultan Mo- dosas & idlis hideen, who in turn brings in crab dishes from rispy dosas, soft idlis Sri Lanka and other south- Cand tangy chutneys — ern states of India — Goa, These are few of the dishes Karnataka, Tamilnadu you could expect as and Andra Pradesh. The curries are cooked in a way that the natural ingre- dients show through bring- ing out the freshness. You can even taste some Italian and Chinese crab dishes at the festival. Priced Rs 200 to Rs 600.

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6 CUTTING EDGE DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 New breast-cancer gene identified Behaviour modification

esearchers have ide- adjacent to the oncogene can help obese teens... ntified a new gene that encodes HER2/neu (hu- R called C35 that ap- man epidermal growth fac- esearchers at Pe- by Robert Berkowitz, pears to be closely associated ORDINARY PAINKILLERS tor receptor 2). Development nnsylvania Uni- BODY BLUES MD, Associate Professor with breast cancer. Of the of therapy targeting R versity suggest of Psychiatry and breast cancer tissues tested, HER2/neu has been a major that a new medication Thomas Wadden, profes- more than 60 per cent over- ENEMIES OF BREAST CANCER advance for breast cancer pa- combined with a behav- sor of Psychology in Psy- expressed the C35 gene. esearchers have found that over-the- Annual Meeting of the American Associa- tients. iour modification pro- chiatry, also found that The study also found that R counter pain relievers like ibuprofen tion for Cancer Research (AACR), found The study showed that the gramme could help over- those receiving the med- the C35 gene was only over- and aspirin are able to protect women that women taking two or more NSAIDs protein encoded by the C35 weight teenagers to re- ication also reported expressed in breast cancer against breast cancer. per week (considered regularly) for five to gene was over-expressed in duce weight. greater reductions in cells and is not evident in The data, taken from the National Can- nine years reduced their risk of breast can- 65 per cent of the breast can- The ‘‘Weight and Eat- hunger. any normal tissues in cer Institute’s cer by 21 per cent. cers. Researchers compared ing Disorders Pro- The researchers inves- women. “While large-scale (NCI) Women’s The researchers it with HER2/neu, which is gramme’’ of the universi- tigated 82 adolescents clinical studies have not yet Health Initiative also said that ex- expressed in approximately ty reports the results of who were between 13 and been completed to confirm (WHI) Observa- tending the use to 30 per cent of breast cancers, the first controlled trial 17 years of age and had tional Study, con- 10 or more years and is associated with a in overweight teenagers an average body weight DEADLY FIGHT cluded that week- resulted in an more virulent form of breast of an FDA-approved of 228 pounds. Partici- ly doses of non- even greater re- cancer. weight-loss medication, pants treated by sibu- the prevalence of C35 in steroidal anti-in- duction of 28 per Researchers believe that sibutramine, with a tramine lost an average breast cancer patients, we flammatory drugs cent. The proba- traditional treatment meth- brand name of Meridia, of 17.2 pounds as com- are hopeful that C35 may (NSAIDs) had a bility of develop- ods alone will not be effec- for obese patients aged 16 pared to seven pounds in eventually become a target significant effect ing breast cancer tive against C35 positive years and above. the placebo group. of therapy and predictor of in reducing the was estimated breast cancer, much in the The findings, pub- Apart from the med- prognosis in breast cancer,” risk of breast and adjusted for same way that they are not lished in the Journal of ication the participants said Deepak M Sahasrabud- cancer. “These re- age and other effective against HER2/neu the American Medical As- went through a behav- he, director of the Hematol- sults suggest that breast cancer positive breast cancer. “We sociation, revealed that iour modification pro- ogy-Oncology Fellowship even women at high risk for breast cancer risk factors (eg. body mass, estrogen use, believe that future treatment adolescents treated for gramme in which they Program and Professor of may be protected by taking NSAIDs,” ex- family history,and exercise). of C35 positive breast cancer six months by behaviour were instructed to con- Medicine and Oncology at plains Randall Harris, the lead investiga- It was observed that ibuprofen was more will be a two-pronged ap- modification combined sume a nutritionally bal- the University of Rochester tor of the study, and also professor of the effective than aspirin in preventing breast proach. It may entail an with sibutramine lost anced 1,200-to-1,500-calo- School of Medicine and Den- division of epidemiology and biometrics cancer (49 per cent versus 21 per cent). Reg- agent targeting C35, together more than twice as much rie-a-day diet and to in- tistry,New York. at the Ohio State University. This study, ular use of low-dose aspirin (100 mg) had with standard radio or weight as those who re- crease their physical ac- The C35 gene was found to published in the Proceedings for the 94th no effect. chemotherapy to induce fur- ceived behaviour modifi- tivity to at least 30 min- be located on chromosome 17 ther tumor cell death. cation plus placebo. utes per day on four or The study, conducted more days of the week. new sexual preference — for each bile phone to let you know when its bat- other, rather than by themselves. tery is running down. “It is designed to According to scientists, they may work alongside the Robop which will give have changed their behaviour to in- the impression a falcon is on their terri- A Formidable Enemy: Dust crease their chances of survival. tory all the time and scare them off.” The The sexual switch is said to be one of falcon is programmed with random se- One new tool that had a role in predicting the two-day storm in Iraq last week was a computer model that translated the first direct examples of the way quences of wing and head movements weather trends and information on soil conditions into a map of the likelihood of windblown dust and sand wildlife is influenced by radioactive and automatically switches itself on and pollution. Scientists made the dis- off at dusk and dawn. Mr McIntyre said few wars ago, well,” said the colonel. covery while studying the long-term he and Mr Davie set up a company to the potent dust OPERATION DESERTSTORM Even with the accu- impact of the nuclear plant explo- market the original bird and they had en- A storm that pum- rate forecasts, the sion at Chernobyl, Ukraine, 17 years quiries from as far away as Australia, melled American-led storm last week, one of ago. Researchers compared the be- South Africa and Portugal. forces in Iraq last week the strongest in several haviour of aquatic worms living in would have roared out years, according to mil- two lakes. The lakes, one near Cher- COX-2, fish oil may of the desert with hard- itary officials, present- nobyl and the other 20 kilometres away, ly any warning. This ed a daunting obstacle. Billy Connolly ‘a had similar temperatures and chemical prevent colon cancer time, the troops knew Across 300 miles, it lift- composition. But worms in the Cher- new study has found that a combi- that it was coming more ed opaque clouds of tal- useful painkiller’ nobyl lake had received 20 times as much nation of low-dose COX (cyclooxyge- than five days in ad- cum-fine dust miles sychologists have found that A radiation as those in the other lake. The nase)-2 inhibitors (celecoxib) and a bio- vance, allowing com- into the atmosphere listening to Billy Connolly’s P researchers found that two species of logically active component of fish oil (n- manders to tailor battle while blasting anything comedy routines could act as a Chernobyl worms had changed from 3 PUFAs, such as docosahexanoic acid,

plans to the choking, on the surface with BREAKERS painkiller. asexual to sexual reproduction. Instead of DHA) may prevent, and even treat, colon blinding conditions. gale-driven grit. Heli- Academics at Glasgow Caledon- having sex on their own, they started cancer.This effect of the low-dose combi- In an arena where a copters sat unable to ian University claim he increases seeking partners. nation regimen on human colon cancer violent dust storm can protect troops. Tents people’s tolerance to pain by up to

PATH cells was more pronounced than the use stall an advance just as shredded. Eyes and three times. The team has just com- of each agent separately at high doses. abruptly as an enemy’s lungs burned. Engines pleted a three-year study which ex- “Any medications taken at high doses counterattack, forecast- and weapons clogged. amined alternatives to anaesthet- may be accompanied by negative side ef- ing is an essential element of tions and trained combat role in predicting the two-day But because troops knew ics, reports the Daily Record. fects, which may make them undesirable military planning. The mili- weather teams that take storm last week was a com- what was coming and where They surveyed 100 people to find out if for the prevention and treatment of can- tary meteorologists receive a measurements of winds and puter model that translates it was coming, they could comedy, music or mental arithmetic act- cer. Therefore, we were pleased to see in steady flow of information other conditions on the front weather trends and informa- shift to satellite-guided ed as a painkiller.Tests involved subjects our study that the combination treat- from satellites, weather sta- lines. The goal is to detect tion on soil conditions into a bombs and heat-detecting placing their hands in icy water while lis- ment of COX-2 and fish oil component patterns in the subtle, com- map of the likelihood of gun sights that can, in effect, tening to Connolly,music or in silence. (DHA) was effective at tolerable doses”, plicated interactions of windblown dust and sand. see through dust, military of- The amount of time they could keep said C V Rao, associate chief, Division of weather and terrain that “It’s one thing to say there’s ficials said. their hands submerged combined with Nutritional Carcinogenesis, Institute For signal when dry gusty con- going to be a big storm, but “The U.S. military is with- their assessment of how much they suf- Cancer Prevention, American Health ditions in West Asia will another thing to say where out a doubt the best in the fered produced the final results. Dr Ray- Foundation-Cancer Center, Valhalla, transform into a paralysing and when it’s going to be — world at exploiting the envi- mond MacDonald said: “Our own study blitz of flying, choking par- sand or a thunderstorm or ronment and the weather to a has led us to believe that listening to Con- ticles. The effort encom- where there’ll be cloud cover tactical advantage,” said a nolly could aid post-operative recovery. Robotic bird will give passes understanding the and rain,” said a colonel com- military meteorologist. We would like some clinical trials now to interplay of events as small manding an operational Generally,springtime dust be held in hospitals to research this fur- farm pigeons a fright as the near-microscopic weather squadron of the Air storms like last week’s blast ther.” tumble of a sand grain and Force. The squadron, at Shaw are the easiest to predict. wo inventors have developed a flying as large as the globe-span- Air Force Base, S.C., is the Their winds are generated by Chernobyl radiation T robotic bird of prey designed to ning wiggles of the jet main source of weather fore- clearly-defined clashes of scare off pigeons and seagulls by swoop- stream. casts for the forces in Iraq. contrasting air masses over makes worms sexual ing in on their territory. One new tool that had a “We hit this one pretty darn the Mediterranean. The real Bob McIntyre, 59, and Allan Davie, 60, orms caught in the radioactive fall- developed the fibreglass peregrine fal- test of military forecast- out from Chernobyl have found a ers’ abilities will present W con, which can move its head and call itself in the summer, like a real bird, to work alongside an ear- when dust storms are lier, non-flying model. The first bird, highly likely to rise once Robop, was launched last year and the in- again, but mainly as a re- ventors hope its sibling will work along- sult of relentless north side it to scare more birds away from winds called the farmland and fish ponds. New York. In the study,human colon can- “shamal.” The winds can Mr McIntyre, a former pest control of- cer cells were treated with several con- last weeks, reaching gale ficer of Longniddry, East Lothian, said centrations of celecoxib in combination force in the afternoon and he and Mr Davie wanted to keep details of with DHA, and either celecoxib or DHA producing sudden, highly the falcon under wraps until it was alone. Results showed that celecoxib localised upwellings of patented, including how it flies. “The and/or DHA inhibit cell growth and in- hot air that can loft vast bird is very high-tech. It’s got the pere- duce cell death at concentrations of less stinging clouds. grine falcon call thanks to a voice box than 100 micrometre celecoxib and less (NY Times) and it can be controlled by remote con- trol,” Mr McIntyre said. than 150 micrometre DHA in the human “It can even give you a call on your mo- colon cancer cell line HCA-7. The lingua franca of the ancient that clicks ome of today’s lan- was taught only to men for like “ju-twansi” except that guages still hold a initiation rites. the “tw” is a click sound like S whisper of the an- Some of the Bantu-speak- the “tsk, tsk” of disap- cient mother tongue spoken ing peoples who reached proval.) by the first modern humans? southern Africa from their All human groups are Many linguists say language homeland in western Africa equally old, having descend- changes far too fast for that some 2,000 years ago have ed from the same ancestral to be possible. But a new ge- borrowed certain clicks from population. But geneticists netic study underlines the the Khwe, one use being to can now place ethnic groups extreme antiquity of a spe- substitute for consonants in on a family tree of hu- cial group of languages, rais- taboo words. There are rea- mankind. Groups at the ends ing the possibility that of short twigs, the ones their distinc- LANGUAGE LINEAGE that split only tive feature recently from was part of the earlier popula- ancestral hu- tions, are man mother younger, in a tongue. genealogical They are the sense, than click lan- those at the guages of ends of long southern branches. Africa. About Judged by mi- 30 survive, tochondrial spoken by peo- DNA, a genetic ples like the element San, tradition- passed down al hunters and in the female gatherers, and line, the the Khwe, who include sons to assume that the click Ju|’hoansis’ line of descent hunters and herders. languages may be very old. is so ancient that it goes back Each language has a set of One is that the click speakers close to the very root of the four or five click sounds, themselves, particularly a human family tree. which are essentially double group of hunter-gatherers of Most of the surviving consonants made by sucking the Kalahari, belong to an ex- click speakers live in south- the tongue down from the tremely ancient genetic line- ern Africa. But two small roof of the mouth. Outside age, according to analysis of populations, the Hadzabe of Africa, the only language their DNA. They are called and the Sandawe, live near known to use clicks is the Ju|’hoansi, with the up- Lake Eyasi in Tanzania, in Damin, an extinct aboriginal right bar indicating a click. eastern Africa. language in Australia that (“Ju|’hoansi” is pronounced (NY Times)

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SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003 DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA ENTERTAINMENT 7 Stones may come rolling again... NYDIA DIAS says. Since the Stones’ nes and I would on- Times News Network concert was such a ly do this for them. success, would Dos- Or if any of them umbai may just rock to the hi be bringing do- ever want to perform Rolling Stones again later wn any other ac- here individually.’’ Mthis year. Dilip Doshi, for- ts? ‘‘No way,’’ as- Though Jagger has mer India spinner and close friend of serts Doshi. ‘‘I visited India before, it the band members, was instrumen- only listen to was a first for other tal in bringing the Stones to India. the Rolling Sto- band members. ‘‘It’s And, he says, they may rock the said there’s no better city again. Former spin ace compliment than yo- The Stones — Mick Jagger, Dilip Doshi, who ur arch rivals want- Keith Richards, Charlie Watts ing to play like you. and Ronnie Wood — had the au- got Rolling A few years ago, dience at Brabourne Stadium Stones here, when I met the late eating out of their hands on says band may George Harrison of the Beatles — John Lennon and Monday night, winning over in Delhi, he revealed he — wanted to be like the Stones. He even those who weren’t familiar return by to me that two loved their concerts so much, but was with their music. Says Doshi, year-end members prohibited from going to their shows ‘‘It’s definitely possible that the by Paul McCartney. He would Stones could play in India again actually disguise himself and at- this year. They’ve loved being tend their concerts,’’ says Doshi. here. After all, they’ve waited so The Stones, it seems, are des- long to perform here.’’ He adds, tined to end up like the blues leg- ‘‘The impact that they’ve had on ends they’ve admired for so long, India is permanent. All those at continuing to perform right into the concert now know why they their twilight years and beyond. are the greatest band ever.’’ ‘‘The band was touched at the tr- Doshi has been a friend of the emendous reception and it want- band for 30 years. ‘‘I first met ed to thank the government for Mick at a cricket match. I went levying taxes at a bearable level. up to him and struck up a con- This would not have been possi- versation, and the friendship ble without them,’’ says Doshi. simply evolved from there,’’ he [email protected] Cine designs Eva’s bad uess who might be doing G the costumes for Gurinder RAP Chadha’s Bride And Prejudice? Delhi designer Suneet Varma! hair day Varma let this slip whilst in Mumbai recently, adding that meeting the director of

WORLD Canadian lin- Bend It Like Beckham gerie company was a novel experience. is refusing to A ‘‘She seemed very pay model Eva Herzigova keen to work with $30,000 for a photo shoot she me, she has a great did for them, because she was sense of humour, having a bad hair day. Lawyers, act - and we got along Khan the ing on behalf of Herzigova s modelling well,’’ said Varma. agency 1 Model Management, maintain So, if budgets are that Czech-born Eva flew to New York ‘warrior’! approved, the in- from Paris last January for the shoot the-spotlight-at- rfan Khan is slowly which La Senza is refusing to pay the-moment I emerging as one of for, claiming that her hairdo wasn t up Aishwarya Rai the finest actors in the to the scratch. will be seen sport- country. While the buzz Lawyer Kenneth Sussman, address- ing a Suneet around Haasil is quite ing the issue of Eva s hair , added, Ms Varma! strong, Irfan is being Herzigova remains a very successful praised for his perform- model with this haircut to which you ance in the film. This ac- refer . Sussman states that La tor has acquired a repu- Senza owe them $30,000 for tation on the interna- the day s shoot, plus hotel tional scene with The bills, plus $6,000 com - Warrior. These days he mission for 1 Model balances between Bolly- Management. wood and the phoren A source close to screen with equal ease. the model claimed that she had her hair cut short for a Louis Vuitton ad.

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8 BACK BEAT DELHI TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA SATURDAY 12 APRIL 2003

Antara follows in The crossover genre ollywood is already ma- Madhuri’s steps Bking inroads in the in- am Gopal Verma’s next ternational market and lead- RMain Madhuri Dixit Banna ing them are the cros- Chahti Hoon is a film about how a sover films. Mons- village girl aims to become an oon Wedding, The actress and her journey from Guru and Bend It thereon. The filmmaker has Like Beckham are roped in Antara Mali to examples. Chand- play the lead in this one. The raprakash Dwiv- actress is trying very hard to edi, who has compl- grasp Dixit’s way, and we eted Pinjar starring hear that it just ain’t com- Urmila Matondkar ing to her too easily. Well, it and Manoj Bajpai,is sure takes much to be a Mad- also planning to dub huri, and we’re sure An- the film in English. tara will endorse this Dwivedi is all praise view too. Wotsay? for Urmila for her new character.

SRK’s back in action es, the King Khan is Yback on his toes, and in action. And he’s even left be- hind his pain in the neck in Lon- don, it’s pain in the back actual- ly. He’s not hopped back to his tedious string of shooting sched- ules as yet; instead he’s working on the post-production process of Chalte Chalte at break-neck sp- eed. SRK will be back in London next month for further treatment.

Aamir’s hour of glory he guy who made all TIndians proud with his fabulous film Lagaan was recently awarded the Padmashree, a great hon- our for any Indian. The Khan said that he felt ho- noured to be a part of the title, standing tall amongst all the great con- tributors to the country. Talk to him about the Os- car nominations and he says, ‘‘The Padmashree is the greatest award a per- son can receive. It sur- passes any Oscar nomi- nation.’’ Our salaam to this desi babu.

Ritesh: Back with a bang

ujhe Meri Kasam was just Tthe beginning for Ritesh Deshmukh. Besides being roped in for not just one but two of Vashu Bhagnani’s films, trade sources say that Ritesh has also been cast for Vijay Gilani’s next project Bardasht, that stars Bobby Deol in the lead. Rits will be playing brother to Bobby in this one. So, for some advice to all his contemporaries who wrote him off as competition — get ready with paper and pen to introduce his name to your list of competitors once again.

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