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A rocking career to put your life on a song
And it's not just their music that they experiment with. We were asked not to swear on stage, not to smoke and stripping was out of question, we did all of that, confesses the drummer of the band, Surojit Dev.While each of the Clones do have nine-to-five jobs, music has been first love and first priority which means whirlwind tours across the country, playing gigs at college festivals, pub shows, rock fests, corporate events and concerts- something that didn't go down well with parents at first. They kept stressing on the word "hobby" a lot, just go ahead with your "hobby", manage your "hobby", says vocalist Prithwish Dev.But hobnobbing with this hobby long enough is serious business. If you are to ensure that you can take that crowd for the moment and really entertain them, you need to be entertained yourself, which means you need to be honest with your music, says Prithwish.If you pump in enough commitment, 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh per show is what you can take home.
[Life Style] Benazir's biography kicks up storm
It's what he says about Benazir's carrying designs for a nuclear centrifuge to North Korea, on AQ Khan's behalf that has made the PPP furious.In Goodbye Shahzadi, Shyam Bhatia reveals a conversation he had with Benazir in 2003, but which he promised to keep secret during her lifetime.In it she told him that she was the ''mother'' of Pakistan's missile programme and that A Q Khan had asked her to carry designs for a nuclear centrifuge to North Korea on an official visit in exchange for their missile designs.The PPP were angry enough to have complained to LK Advani, who is reported to have said Benazir was his good friend, and anyone who knew her would be disturbed by the book and he also said that he regretted having attended the function.He said, ''Had I read the contents of the book, I would not have gone for the book launch.But Bhatia also writes that Benazir denied having made this confession in later interviews.Controversy always helps books sell but this time without Benazir around to deny or verify what Bhatia has written, a big question mark hangs over the future of Goodbye Shahzadi....[Life Style] Bagley Mischka's Riviera revery
Model walks the runway at the Badgley Mischka Cruise 2009 collection show in New York on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.Sometimes Cruise, or Resort, collections have little to do with warm weather vacations in exotic locals during the cold winter months following the purchase of one's fall wardrobe it's simply a retail signifier that new merchandise will be hitting the floor pre-spring.But Badgley Mischka's Cruise 2009 collection, which designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka presented on Tuesday afternoon, June 10, during an intimate runway show in their New York office, epitomized glamour on the high seas, particularly the kind that might be found sunbathing on a yacht in a Riviera harbor circa 1955.Grace Kelly and her mid-fifties films "Mogambo" and "To Catch a Thief" iired the collection, said Badgley, but a disco-era Grace - Jones, that is, would be another apt comparison, with all the criss-cross chiffon halter neck and lam owns making up the bulk of the duo's signature pieces....[Life Style] President's new wife pleases the French
More than two-thirds of the French feel good about their new first lady, model-turned-singer Bruni, and a majority feel her music career is "compatible" with her role as the president's wife.More than two-thirds of the French feel good about their new first lady, model-turned-singer Carla Bruni, and a majority feel her music career is "compatible" with her role as the president's wife, according to a new poll to appear on Sunday.On the downside, 35 percent are not smitten with the 40-year-old spouse of President Nicolas Sarkozy and 42 percent feel she should definitely drop her music career while he is in office, said the IFOP poll to appear in the weekly Journal du Dimanche.Of those polled, 64 percent felt Bruni, whose picture has been plastered over the French media since she and Sarkozy married in February after a three-month romance, "represented France well abroad.Sixty percent felt she was "renewing the role of the French First Lady", while over half, 52 percent, felt she was a positive influence on the president -- whose own confidence rating fell to 35 percent late last month.That poll by IFOP-JDD showed 64 percent of those questioned were "dissatisfied with Sarkozy," whose popularity plummeted earlier this year among voters worried about rising living costs and irked by his high-profile divorce and remarriage to Bruni.The telephone poll on Bruni questioned 1,005 people this week, as a new book entitled "Carla and Nicolas, the True Story," hit French bookstores.Written by two French journalists, it quotes Bruni as saying she had "no intention of changing jobs" but that she will not appear on stage while Sarkozy remains president.Bruni's third album is due for release on July 21 with 14 songs, most written and composed by her.More than two-thirds of the French feel good about their new first lady, model-turned-singer Bruni, and a majority feel her music career is "compatible" with her role as the president's wife, according to a new poll to appear on Sunday...[Life Style] Hayden Panettiere tells her lesbian experience
Actress Hayden Panettiere poses at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California March 29, 2008.Hayden Panettiere once had a lesbian experience. Hayden - who is rumoured to be dating her 'Heroes' co-star Milo Ventimiglia - refused to talk about her love life.She said: "People are more interested in who celebrities are dating than the events going in the world....[Life Style] Beckham bought vineyard for Victoria for her birthday
The vineyard went down a storm with Victoria, she was delighted.The vineyard is located in the Napa Valley, approximately an hour flight from the couples Los Angeles home.David, who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy, is said to have spent months researching vineries to find one that was just right for his wife.He apparently unveiled the present to Victoria by presenting her with a bottle with her name on the label while on holiday in the area last month.At present it is thought the wine will not be made commercially available and the couple - who have employed a team to run the vineyard - will keep it for family and friends.Other celebrity vinery owners include Sting, actor Gerard Depardieu and film director Francis Ford Coppola - who was one of the first famous people to invest in the Napa Valley....[Life Style] Paris Hilton's marry hurry
Kathy Hilton thinks the 'Simple Life' star should take her time to decide whether Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden is the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with, because they have only been together for a short time.Kathy said: "They've only been dating for three months! Paris recently revealed she thinks Benji is her "perfect match", saying she has never had such strong feelings for a man.She said: "He wants to get hitched and we've talked about it....[Life Style] book review : Investors' handbook
This book will, thus, be helpful to the investors and to-be investors to know the basics and dynamics of the Nepali share market.The rules of investing or picking a stock doesnot change with the conditions in the market; either one would invest on Initial Public Offering (IPO) or in the secondary market....[Life Style] Indian mango tastes bitter in the US
Given that a cartoon of about a dozen mangoes costs around $35 which is about $3 per mango only a select few rich people are really able to enjoy the delicacy and tasts of Indian mangoes in the US.A same packet of mango coming from Mexico or grown locally in California and Florida costs about $10, which is even less than a dollar per mango.''It is beyond our reach,'' said Vijay Singh, who went to buy a cartoon of Indian mangoes from the Indian market in Jersey City Thursday evening. The manager of the shop said most of the consumers come and ask the price of Indian mangoes and then finally buy the local or Mexican varieties.Asit Tripathy, chairman Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), acknowledged price is coming out a major hurdle in the promotion of Indian mangoes in the US market.Part of an Indian delegation to promote Indian mangoes in the US, Tripathy said given the circumstances in which these mangoes are being exported to the United States its prices are expected to remain higher for the next few years at least. Same is the case with the restaurants in Los Angeles.The first of the series of mango testing festival was held at the Indian Consulate in New York, which was attended by a large number of Indian American community leaders, local traders and mango exporters from India.The first shipment of fresh mangoes from India was received last year May 1 by the US Trade Representative Susan Schwab marking the successful culmination of a bilateral initiative to create new opportunities for Indian farmers and US consumers.''The success of the mango initiative signals the determination of both India and the United States to forge deeper and stronger trade ties and create significant new economic opportunities for the people of both of our vast countries,'' Schwab had then said.This year the export of Indian mangoes to the US is expected to touch $7 million mark against $1 million last year....[Life Style] Have a cheese sandwich to make the right decisions
London: Munching a cheese sandwich is not just a tasty delight, but might also be a mantra to successfully negotiating that pay rise.Psychologists at the University of Cambridge have revealed that cheese is a good source of the amino acid tryptophan, which is crucial to the manufacture of the brain chemical serotonin.And, they say, people with high levels of this brain chemical have strong chances of succeeding in delicate negotiations affecting their own interests.Revealing their observations during a study, the researchers revealed that the volunteers with low levels of serotonin were more likely to allow emotions rule their minds, and make decisions that harmed their long-term interests.However, people with high levels of the chemical behaved in a more rational way, and put their own material advancement ahead of the short-term satisfaction of telling their boss exactly what they thought of them.The researchers say that these findings cast light on why some people tend to over-react to a perceived unfairness, becoming angry and combative, when they have not eaten.During the study, the serotonin levels in 20 volunteers aged from 20 to 35 were manipulated.The researchers asked the volunteers to fast overnight, and then gave them a protein-rich drink in the morning.About four hours later, the volunteers were requested to participate in a financial negotiation called the Ultimatum Game, which involves one player proposing to split a sum of money with a partner....
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