4 DECCAN HERALD * * * 1 2 3 Monday, January 7, 2019 Send your e-mails to: Metrolife on the move [email protected] Month-long vegan festival on he objective of Vegan- uary, a UK-registered What is veganism? Some Veganuary events T Veganism is a plant-based diet lifestyle, which seeks DAIRY ALTERNATIVES ‘THE END OF charity, is to inspire people to give up meat to exclude, all forms of exploitation of and cruelty to NINJA WORKSHOP MEAT’ MOVIE and dairy and go vegan. It animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. Venue: Carrots Restau- PREMIERE has come to India for the Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or poultry. Vegans, rant, Koramangala Venue: JustBe Cafe, first time with a festival in in addition, do not use other animal products and When: Jan 12, Saturday Sadashiva Nagar Bengaluru. by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leath- Time: 4:30-6:30 When: Jan 20, Sunday Meghana Rajanahally, er, fur, silk, wool, cosmetics, and soaps.. Time: 11 am to 1 pm city lead for Veganuary, REVERSING DIABETES spoke to Metrolife about AND HYPERTENSION FUN WITH FERMENTED the campaign, and what Venue: Taj Vivanta, MG FOODS CLASS visitors can expect at the Road Venue: JustBe Cafe, festival, held at multiple When: Jan19, Saturday Sadashiva Nagar locations. Time: 9:00-5:30 When: Jan 24, Thursday “As part of Veganuary, Time: 11 am to 2 pm we encourage people to VEGAN SPEED DATING sign up for a 31-day vegan EVENT BY ALL THINGS PLANET PLAY challenge,” she says. LOVE CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP You can take up the Venue: Carrots Restau- Venue: Mimansa challenge by singing up rant, Koramangala restaurant, on www.veganuary.com. When: Jan 19, Saturday Koramangala Veganuary helps you fight Time: 4:30-6:30 When: Jan Saturday dairy and meat cravings by Time: 11 am to 1 pm mailing you food recipes VEGAN WARRIOR: AN and dairy alternatives EVENING WITH MONICA VEGAN every day. DOGRA MARKET Aparna, market analyst, Venue: Mimansa restau- Venue: Enerjuvate, took up the vegan chal- rant, Koramangala Jayanagar lenge on January 1. “I miss When: Jan 19, Saturday When: Jan 27, Sunday my tea with milk but I have The concept of observing Veganuary started in London. It’s now catching on in the city. Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Time: 12 to 7 pm now found a vegan alterna- tive for dairy,” she says. years ago, understanding Rohan Hingaroni, TV the need to make a change reality show star and for a better lifestyle,” he Discount month ambassador of Veganuary, says. Vegan restaurants such as Enerjuvate, Carrots, told Metrolife about his He was suffering from Crave by Leena are offering deals and discounts for experience of going vegan. allergies, and was able Veganuary. Green Theory has put together a special “I turned vegan five to overcome them with a menu. Burma Burma, Mimansa, Little Green Cafe, Jumping Beans, Habibi Falafel, and House of Seitan are also joining the Veganuary movement. Veganuary is encouraging people to take up the 31-day vegan challenge. Vegan support. Veganuary is Susmitha, one of the Youngest vegan providing exactly that. It is owners of Carrots restau- Kian, a three-year-old boy, is one alternatives Susmitha Subbaraju Kian a helping hand,” she says. rant, went vegan in 2003. of the youngest vegans in the for dairy Turning vegan has “I took to this lifestyle city. plant-based diet. lining the role of a vegan helped her overcome some after opening my eyes to Sunny Gurnani, Kian’s n Curd: Peanut Rohan uses Instagram community. Anushka problems. the cruelty in the dairy father, says, “We give him and rice milk and YouTube to create Manchanda, well-known “I used to have a lot of industry,” she says. Her soya milk, almond milk n Butter: awareness about veganism. singer and actress, went ve- menstrual cramps earlier. interest in cooking and and cashew milk as alter- Coconut oil “Helping people in their gan three years ago. “The Turning vegan helped in baking developed after she natives to dairy milk. My wife and peanut transformation phase is important thing for anyone that, and with a lot of other went vegan. prepares everything at home.” milk Obsessive Chocolative Disorder Ice Cream at ‘Carrots’. necessary,” he says, under- making the change is the health issues too,” she says. Rakshitha MN Remake of a classic song he iconic song ‘ABCD’ from ‘Hum Saath Saath THain’ is all set to be recreated for Rajshri Produc- tions’ upcoming film ‘Hum Chaar’, the teaser of which was released recently. Rajshri Productions is not just known for showcas- Disha Patani ing traditional values in its films but also for featuring melodious tracks. This is the first time the concept of ‘friends are family’ is being introduced Rajshri film. Directed by Abhishek Dixit, the film also marks the debut of four young faces, Anshuman Malhotra, Prit Kamani, Simran Sharma and Tushar Pandey. ‘Hum Chaar’ is all set to release on February 15. This will be Rajshri’s 58th production. The cast of ‘Hum Chaar’. Alankrita Sahai Swara Bhaskar ‘Brave girls Swara’s should be in music vivideo makeover supported’ ctress Swara ABhaskar set many benchmarks last year. Her film ‘Veere Di Wedding’ went on to enter the 100 crore club. Apart angana Ranaut, from her professional Kwho is awaiting growth, it was also a year the release of of exceptional trans- ‘Manikarnika: The formation for Bhaskar Queen of Jhansi’, spoke in terms of her fashion about the #MeToo choices. movement recently. Her surprising meta- The actress said, morphosis into a glamor- “Women need to be ous real-life ‘veere’ with empowered and sup- monochromes and pant- ported. But today in suits is worth a swoon. our society, there are A source said, “While a few girls like Rani she always embraced a Lakshmibai who are more out-of-the-box look very brave and coura- when it comes to her mov- geous. We should not ies and fashion, she has discourage them.” started opting for a more “I remember when chic and effortless style.” I was 16 years old, The source added, I lodged and filed a “Swara seems to indulge complaint against sex- Alankrita Sahai profusely into fashion ual assault. Girls are DishaDDD iii sss hhh aaa rarrr aaa nknnn kkk edeee ddd fiffff iii fff thttt hhh InsIII nnn sss tattt aaa aesthetic of ‘power dress- now taking a stand for ing’ lately. Her styling themselves and they seems to be inspired by should be supported’,” ollywood actress Alankrita Sahai, who was recently influenciii nnn fff lll uuu eee nnn ccc ereee rrr ssss iniii nnn IndiaIII nnn ddd iii aaa Hollywood celebrities like Kangana said. Bspotted in ‘Namastey England’ alongside Arjun Meryl Streep and Sandra She also threw light Kapoor, is back with a Punjabi music video ‘Coka’. Bullock.” on the critical issue Arvind Khaira will direct the music video, Jaani has Commenting on the of child empower- penned down the lyrics and Sukh-E Muzical Doc- isha Patani has added yet another feather to her cap. The artiste is now among same, Swara, said, “It ment. The National torz, who had earlier also collaborated with Badshah for Dthe top five Instagram influencers in India. Interestingly, Disha has overtak- is as dramatic for me as award-winning actress the BAMB song will lend their voice. en many popular B-Town names including Deepika Padukone, Akshay Ku- hard as it is for others to said, “Even children Alankrita says, “Punjabi music is a part of me and be- mar and Sonam Kapoor. ignore. My team knows need to be empowered. ing a Punjabi and doing the song with the leading names The four films old actress has been extremely popular on Instagram with over 16.6 me well and is doing a However, it is only nec- in the industry is quite exciting. The song strikes a chord million people following her. wonderful job according- essary at certain places the first time you hear it. It really made me groove. I am Disha secured the current place in the influencers’ list for having the most engaged ly, which makes me relax and not everywhere.” sure the audience will love it too.” audience. The top positions went to Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli followed by and feel confident about ‘Manikarnika: The Earlier, Alankrita earned critical acclaim for her por- PM Modi. Priyanka Chopra secured the third position and Alia Bhatt is in the fourth whatever I’m wearing. I’m Queen of Jhansi’ will trayal in 2018’s Netflix original ‘Love Per Square Foot’, position. On the work front, Disha will be next seen in Salman Khan starrer ‘Bharat’. still in love with ethereal hit the theater on where she shared the screen with Vicky Kaushal. (Compiled by Jaideep Pandey) Indian wear yet I want to January 25. The teaser of the video is already out. The video will explore more.” release of January 9..