Rohini Nair (The Asian Age)

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A bitter aftertaste

Much has been said about the city’s “booming”, “evolved” food industry, but on a list that honours the very best restaurants in the world, Mumbai’s gourmet stars don’t even rate a mention. Restaurant magazine’s hallowed annual San Pellegrino World’s 100 Best Restaurants list was released recently, and its only nod to the Indian subcontinent has been in the form of the capital’s Bukhara (placed at 84).

The child of good fortune

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Bollywood and Lucky Morani would seem to have an inescapable connect. Born into the prominent Nadiadwala family, Lucky married into a family that was just as steeped in the business of making films.

Journal of a travel junkie

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It’s not just cricket that Jonty Rhodes has on his mind these days. It’s his home country, South Africa, or rather, promoting it.

How a revolution was typed

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Few, if any, feminists are likely to mention the typewriter when they think of the developments that made women a part of the modern workforce. But much before the advent of the computer, the typewriter wrought a quiet revolution, democratising society in a way hitherto not experienced.

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Some promote causes, others conscript others into the oddly magnetic concept of flash mobs, while others give wickedly light-hearted social commentary. But would they all have a voice, fame — or notoriety — so fast, so soon, in a world without Social Network?

Back in the spotlight

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She left her fans heartbroken when she bid adieu to the big screen at the peak of her career, so the amount of interest being generated by Karisma Kapoor’s comeback film, Vikram Bhatt’s Dangerous Ishq, is understandable.
With everyone from her director to her fans looking forward to seeing her on screen again, Karisma says there are two people who are more excited than most: sister Kareena and daughter Samaira.

He’s talented & Ambi-tious

For someone who seeks expression through the non-verbal, emotive medium of music, Ambi Subramaniam — the son of violin virtuoso Dr L.

An ugly love story

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A Beautiful Wife begins with a man sitting by his pool. The camera follows him as he walks into a lovely sterile glasshouse where his wife is waiting for him.

It’s so hard to grow up good

With the release of her latest album Speak Now, Taylor Swift has been credited with doing what a lot of other young entertainers can’t: Make the transition from teenager to a young adult in a mature w

The big ‘L’ and ‘F’

Funnyman Chris Rock is coming to Broadway in a new play that aims to take a fresh look at love and fidelity.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.