Archive for May 18th, 2012

‘I walked hand in hand with my husband in Secunderabad’

‘I walked hand in hand with my husband in Secunderabad’

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Living life and enjoying every moment is Jayanthi Jaisimha, wife of late cricketer ML Jaisimha and granddaughter of cricketing legend CK Nayudu. Talking to Sudeshna Koka, she recalls her memories of Secunderabad I have been living in Marredpally since 1947. This was at that time when most people knew each other. Secunderabad was clean and [...]

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Women’s ill-health is cause for big concern

Women’s ill-health is cause for big concern

| May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Anonymous Alien A friend of mine was having severe pain. She refused to go to the doctor. I couldn’t figure out why, and insisted that she go. She refused. I basically said you are going whether you like it or not, then called around and got a referral to a gynaecologist at a top [...]

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Return of the folk heroes

Return of the folk heroes

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Among the most popular folk rock bands in the country, Swarathma talks to us about their latest album, the Restless tour, music and more Back in 2009, a singing-dancing troupe that seemed to have emerged straight from the pages of a old-forgotten story book, from the age of burra kathas and kathputlis burst onto the [...]

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Quick action  saves life

Quick action saves life

| May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a basic technique that can be useful if someone around you suddenly collapses. It’s time to learn the basics “A recent case can be seen where a 20-year-old man collapsed at the airport, the timely action of the team which performed CPR helped save his life,” narrates Dr Mahesh Joshi, [...]

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Pent-up emotion reason for record

Pent-up emotion reason for record

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Hannah Cockroft My coach and I have this saying: “Hit ‘em like you hate ‘em.” Basically: Hit your wheels like you’re hitting something you hate. Last Tuesday I had plenty of pent-up ammunition, so much so that I ended up with a world record, the first ever set at the Olympic Stadium in London. The [...]

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Decoding diet: Just do it right

Decoding diet: Just do it right

| May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

Gym Diaries Even before I started working out, my colleague who is also my gym buddy had told me about the various diets that we would have to follow.So naturally, when I started going to the gym my first question to my instructor was “When will I start my diet?” He would just smile and [...]

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Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco died of lung cancer: reports

Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco died of lung cancer: reports

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

  Michael Thurston LOS ANGELES: Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer, who topped the charts repeatedly in the 1970s and 80s with raunchy hits like Love to Love You Baby and Hot Stuff, died Thursday aged 63. Known as the Queen of Disco, the singer whose hits also included I Feel Love and She Works Hard [...]

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iT’S IN YOUR JEANS

iT’S IN YOUR JEANS

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

As the fashion world gears up to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of blue jeans on May 20,we look at the different denim styles in vouge right now.   Pale Vintage Distressed, vintage, pale, washed denims are the ones which are processed in a manner that make it seem worn out. They are intentionally [...]

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Dalits turn video journalists to fill gap

Dalits turn video journalists to fill gap

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Rachel O’Brien MUMBAI: One video shows police beating protesters with sticks. Another shows two lifeless, dirty bodies dragged from their workplace in the sewers. In a third, a man explains why his hand was slashed. The disturbing clips and personal stories have a common thread; all the victims are Dalits, who are at the bottom [...]

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I am ready to don a bikini: Parineeti Chopra

I am ready to don a bikini: Parineeti Chopra

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

  Newbie actress Parineeti Chopra, who is basking in the glory of her latest film Ishaqzaade, says she is ready to don a bikini. Parineeti, 24, started her career with Ladies vs Ricky Bahl in 2011 and said she has set no limitations for herself as an actress and will also do intimate scenes if [...]

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