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NIVEDITA MUKHERJEE |
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Fast
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It was like an ice cream eating
Olympics. The eating contest at Nirulas for children between 8 and
12 prompted the youngsters to sink their teeth into delicious tubs
with added enthusiasm.
The 10 contestants were chosen on the basis of a slogan writing
contest. They had to polish off a 500 ml tub of ice cream to win
triple sundae ice cream coupons and the one who finished first won a
gold medal
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A
prize-winning documentary script-writer and author of several books,
Amitava Kumar held the audience in thrall at the launch of his book,
Husband of a Fanatic,
at the British Council.
In the summer of 1999, while the Kargil War was being fought,
Kumar, who was born and brought up in Bihar, married a Pakistani
Muslim. This led him to examine the relationship not only between
India and Pakistan but also between Hindus and Muslims in India. The
book, says Kumar, now a professor at Pennsylvania State University,
is a fiercely personal essay on the idea of the enemy. |
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Huge interest |
| Arzoo
Govitrikar, sister of well-known model Aditi, is making her acting
debut in the country’s first ensemble film Let’s
Enjoy. A Mumbai-based
model, Arzoo is one of the four main characters in the ‘Hinglish’
film shot entirely in a farmhouse and revolving around a party.
Such was the curiosity about the film directed by Siddharth Anand
Kumar, which was announced at the recently opened chill-out zone
Agni in Park Hotel, that a sleek metal rod on which some of the
audience had perched themselves gave way under the weight. One only
hopes that the film carries more weight.
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 Playwright Neil Simon’s record-smashing
Broadway play Barefoot in the
Park premiered recently at the Taj
Palace Hotel. The Indian version had this added edge; it was directed by Divya
Arora, who is physically challenged.
The story of a young lawyer, who returns from his honeymoon to find that he
has just won his first case, and whose wife has chosen an overpriced apartment
up a wheezing six flight of stairs, had the audience in splits.
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Soap stars
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The queue of the winners of the Lux
Star bano
Aish karo contest was proof
enough that not many women can resist the offer to live like Aishwarya
Rai for at least a day. The prize included a makeover by the film star’s
preferred make-up artist Michelle Tung, a sari by favourite designer
Neeta Lulla and a Rs 50,000 gift voucher from Shoppers’ Stop.
Some winners, who came from Bangladesh, were received at the
airport amid flashlights and were driven to a luxurious suite in a
five-star hotel. The icing on the cake was a party where they got to
meet Aishwarya.
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