Entertainment/ Lifestyle
Summer beauty trend 2014: Bright eyeliner
The soft, muted, pastel shades of spring-summer wardrobe are being contrasted with bright make-up and pink and orange lips, but don’t shun bright eyeliner either as it is in vogue like never before. |
Got a romantic story idea? Try for Romance Screenwriters' Lab
If you have a gripping idea for a romantic story and you wish to see it manifest into a book as well, try your luck with the Romance Screenwriters' Lab, a new initiative by NFDC Labs and publishing company Harlequin. |
What's cooking? Awadhi cuisine over slow flameBy Venkatachari Jagannathan
Apart from ingredients, it is the flame that plays an important part in imparting taste to food; in Awadhi cuisine, the food is cooked over slow fire, said a senior five star chef. |
Try fun prints, fluid fabrics this summer
Fluid fabrics and fun prints will be in vogue this summer. An expert says the hot weather is all about looking stylish in soft and comfortable drapes that enable ease of movement. |
Masaba Gupta to design for women's cricket league
Young designer Masaba Gupta has been roped in by Women's International Cricket League (WICL) to bring a twist of fashion and design into women scricket apparel. |
Nigerian filmmakers seek tie-ups with Indians to take on HollywoodBy Francis Kokutse
Nigeria, one of Africa's largest nations and its most populous, is keen to collaborate with the over $2-billion Indian film industry to promote better understanding between the two countries and provide competition to Hollywood. |
Movies help me reach more Indians: Chetan BhagatBy Subhash K. Jha
Four of Chetan Bhagat's five novels have been adapted for the big screen - the latest being "2 States", based on his book "2 States: The Story Of My Marriage". The author says movies help him expand his reach among Indians. |
MF Husain’s last paintings at London exhibitionBy Prasun Sonwalkar/ Hindustan Times
The last nine paintings of painter MF Husain commissioned by the Lakshmi Mittal family are, for the first time, to be put up for public display at an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum next month. |
Ship of Theseus takes top honourBy Zia Haq/ The Hindustan Times
From being fixated with an "India that does not exist" - to borrow Satyajit Ray's phrase - to focusing on "Bharat", Bollywood has come into its own. Now, it is pitching tents in even newer terrain, from the metaphysical to women's lib in rustic villages. |
Of amateur photographers and less-known monumentsBy Sumegha Gulati/ The Indian Express
A photography exhibition displaying less-known monuments in Delhi will be held at the Red Fort this World Heritage Day. The month-long exhibition is set to begin on Friday and will showcase works by 40-odd 'non-professional' photographers, including students, doctors, businessmen and lawyers. |