Mom in the making
Mom in the making
Actor Genelia D’Souza heads back home after a routine check-up at a Khar clinic
In sickness and in health
If practise makes perfect, then the couple, readying to move in together into their pad at Bandra shortly, seems all set to play house.
Stirring up a storm
Just as the unexpected squall was felling trees on Tuesday evening, two global experts stirred up a storm at the NGMA courtesy the Vinod & Saryu Doshi Foundation. Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, winner of the Oscar-grade Whitley Gold award, gave a riveting presentation on the mountain gorillas of Uganda, the mutual health threats between them and local communities as well as tourists, and how tourism, conservation and community development can work for one another. Dr Devra Lee Davis, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007 for her work on climate change, environmental health and disease prevention, had the audience both riveted and scared with a presentation on her research into radiation, especially today’s hazard from cell phones. While there weren’t any gorilla experts among the audience, there were several on cellular radiation. So a lively interaction followed. Gladys’s talk was followed by a conversation with our own conservationist Anish Andheria. Juhi Chawla, who is an articulate activist on the subject, engaged Devra. Among the rapt audience were Dolly Thakore, Tasneem Mehta, Pheroza Godrej, Debi Goenka, Devika Bhojwani, Bakul Patel, Meher Banaji, Dr Narendra Pandya and, of course, Saryu Doshi and her antiradiation daughter-in-law Rohita.
Finger-licking good
We all know what a foodie Sachin Tendulkar is. However, very few know that the Master had always wanted to have an Onam sadhya (festive lunch) but never got around to sitting down for one during his playing days. Thus, when he was in Kochi yesterday to spend some time with footballers of his team, he didn’t want to pass up the golden opportunity to savour the authentic fare. He took the entire squad out for a full banana leaf lunch. And seeing the legend going at the spread with his hands in true desi style, the squad enthusiastically followed suit, with marquee signing David James taking the lead. We’ll give them all three points for that alone.
Tailpiece
It may be the Mecca of Indian motorcycling, but there is no high like traversing the breathtaking 475-kilometre Manali-Leh road on a bicycle. The most recent to be bitten by the adventure bug is Pravin Dabas, who undertook the punishing ride with a group of 16 and completed it in eight days. The actor said the ride was a kind of spiritual awakening for him and his group, though everyone was hit by the altitude and the thin air. “I was shooting a film in New York before going on the trip and trained in the lanes of Central Park to build my stamina. There were physical challenges which no amount of training could prepare me for, but the journey was a deeply spiritual experience for me. After reaching Leh, I felt I had won the world.”
Actor Genelia D’Souza heads back home after a routine check-up at a Khar clinic
In sickness and in health
Earlier this week, she booked a suite at a SoBo five star and called his friends, including Ayan Mukerji, over for a memorable birthday bash. On Tuesday, Katrina Kaif was dutifully by his hospital bedside as boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor underwent surgery for a deviated septum at Breach Candy Hospital. While the hospital’s VIP floor was aflutter with the stars in their midst, the two of them kept it low key.
If practise makes perfect, then the couple, readying to move in together into their pad at Bandra shortly, seems all set to play house.
Stirring up a storm
Just as the unexpected squall was felling trees on Tuesday evening, two global experts stirred up a storm at the NGMA courtesy the Vinod & Saryu Doshi Foundation. Dr Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, winner of the Oscar-grade Whitley Gold award, gave a riveting presentation on the mountain gorillas of Uganda, the mutual health threats between them and local communities as well as tourists, and how tourism, conservation and community development can work for one another. Dr Devra Lee Davis, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007 for her work on climate change, environmental health and disease prevention, had the audience both riveted and scared with a presentation on her research into radiation, especially today’s hazard from cell phones. While there weren’t any gorilla experts among the audience, there were several on cellular radiation. So a lively interaction followed. Gladys’s talk was followed by a conversation with our own conservationist Anish Andheria. Juhi Chawla, who is an articulate activist on the subject, engaged Devra. Among the rapt audience were Dolly Thakore, Tasneem Mehta, Pheroza Godrej, Debi Goenka, Devika Bhojwani, Bakul Patel, Meher Banaji, Dr Narendra Pandya and, of course, Saryu Doshi and her antiradiation daughter-in-law Rohita.
Finger-licking good
We all know what a foodie Sachin Tendulkar is. However, very few know that the Master had always wanted to have an Onam sadhya (festive lunch) but never got around to sitting down for one during his playing days. Thus, when he was in Kochi yesterday to spend some time with footballers of his team, he didn’t want to pass up the golden opportunity to savour the authentic fare. He took the entire squad out for a full banana leaf lunch. And seeing the legend going at the spread with his hands in true desi style, the squad enthusiastically followed suit, with marquee signing David James taking the lead. We’ll give them all three points for that alone.
Tailpiece
It may be the Mecca of Indian motorcycling, but there is no high like traversing the breathtaking 475-kilometre Manali-Leh road on a bicycle. The most recent to be bitten by the adventure bug is Pravin Dabas, who undertook the punishing ride with a group of 16 and completed it in eight days. The actor said the ride was a kind of spiritual awakening for him and his group, though everyone was hit by the altitude and the thin air. “I was shooting a film in New York before going on the trip and trained in the lanes of Central Park to build my stamina. There were physical challenges which no amount of training could prepare me for, but the journey was a deeply spiritual experience for me. After reaching Leh, I felt I had won the world.”
