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Out of script, in character
What makes Nandana Sen bold, beautiful and brainy? RANA SIDDIQUI ZAMAN finds out in a freewheeling conversation
Columns

CAMPUS HANGOUT
Perfect pastime
What’s to love: The Delhi School of Social Work does not boast a vast campus. With its constricted access to space, the students primarily throng to the small lawns behind the main building. Most students are part of the hostel which ...


QUICK TIPS
When you stop training
There is a widespread belief that once you stop weight training, muscles will turn into fat. This is a myth.

With extended layoffs, the muscles may become loose and slightly weak. The rate at which the body expends calories may dip, making ...


METRO WORKOUT
On the run
S.M. HAMMAD discovers fitness and life lessons through a soccer camp
CHEW ON THIS
Empanada
A savoury pastry of Spanish origin, possibly Galician, it has now spread throughout the Spanish-speaking world, the Caribbean and the U.S. The dish comes from the Spanish empanar, meaning to coat or wrap in bread.

The filling can be fish ...


FINE WINE
Napa and the sense of community
Having meals with owners and representatives of wineries tends to proceed along familiar lines. Bottles of wine are opened with every course and you are walked through the repast with tasting notes, viticultural practices, wine-making techniques ...
Food

CHEF'S CORNER
A corn job
Chop, stir and fry and you have a delicacy on your hands
SIGNATURE DISH
Chocolate Lava

This is a delicious little cake filled with warm, oozing chocolate and dusted with powdered sugar. It is served with a scoop of ice cream to perfectly match the richness of chocolate.

Price: Rs.150 (plus taxes)

Ode to food
Enjoy the many courses of Italian food at Cibo
A continuum
United Coffee House’s Sequel lives up to expectations
Music

Sally comes to town
Norwegian band Something Sally on an India tour
Events

YOUR WEEK
Group Show

‘With The Best Intentions’, a group show on paper works, canvas and sculptures by artists like Amritah Sen, Kishor Shinde, Rajiba Pani and others.

Venue: Shridharani Gallery

Date: Till April 9 ...


TUBE WATCH
Cover Shots: Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos: Lava Hunter

They are some of the most iconic cover photos ever taken: a geologist silhouetted against a wall of flaming laves, a majestic Kalahari lion braced against the wind, a young African girl staring boldly at the camera from beneath a tattered ...


French Film

Solo Exhibition

Tyagaraja Aradhana

Sri Venkateswara Fine Arts Trust’s two-day ‘Saint Thyagaraja Aradhanai Utsav’. For info call 25391136.

Venue: Mookambigai temple, C-Block, Vikaspuri

Date: April 4 and 5

Timings: Day 1: ...


Music Recital

Tribute to renowned vocalist Shanti Sharma by her disciple Manjeet Singh on the eve of her first anniversary.

Venue: Habitat Centre

Date: April 9

Timings: 7 ...


Comedy Play

‘Kallu Nai, MBBS’ written by Moliere and directed by Shyam Kumar.

Venue: Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodi Estate

Date: April 5

Timings: 7 p.m.

Tickets: Rs. 100, 200 and ...


NOW SHOWING
8 X 10 TASVEER

Akshay Kumar moves away from the masala stuff as he turns to Nagesh Kukunoor for this supernatural thriller. He plays Jai, who has a special gift — he can peek into the past. Sharmila Tagore plays Akshay’s mum while Ayesha Takia ...


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