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10Mar/080

Adnan Sami wants Indian Citizenship

Poor Adnan Sami, for the last three years he is trying to get Indian citizienship. The singer, a Pakistani national, owns a house in India, has a PAN card, and has now even applied for his marriage at the marriage registrar's office in Bandra.

The singer-cum-composer is anxious for Indian citizenship and is wearisome the whole lot to get one. Adnan married Dubai-based Sabah Galadari last April and applied for the marriage registration in October. But the marriage is yet to be registered.

This is Adnan's re-marriage with Sabah. The couple had married in September 2001 and separated in April 2004 after completing divorce proceedings in Dubai.

Adnan was married to Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiar before he married Sabah.  He had stated many times before that Zeba was the real love of his life and the motivation behind his new sleuth look is the inspiration of Zeba. Meanwhile, his struggles to acquire Indian citizenship still continue. Initially, he seemed to have got a positive response to his application filed in November 2003. The singer had issued a notice in a newspaper in April 2005 announcing his desire for choosing Indian citizenship. However, it seems that his application is still pending.

8Mar/083

Women’s Day, 8th March , Bollywood Babes talk to us

Bollywood's leading ladies say they have never felt mediocre to men and mull over opportunities are escalating for women in the country. 
On Womens Day today i.e. 8th March,2008 ,BestDesi.com asked Bollywood stars on what they feel being a woman , this is what they opined:

Shilpa Shetty:Shilpa Shetty As a woman I've nothing to grumble about. Today when I go abroad I'm proud to symbolize my film fraternity, my gender, my country and myself. I guess I've been singularly lucky. I realize there're so many women in our country who are still aggressive to earn a living. But I think things are varying very fast. Opportunities for women aren't incomplete any longer. 

 

Hema Malini: Hema Malini  I'm proud to be a woman and an Indian. With the prominence that I've achieved I've no problem getting what I want. But I know it isn't so with a lot of women in our country. I sympathize with their distress and I do want to work towards getting better their lot. That's one of the reasons I joined politics.

Ekta Kapoor : Ekta Kapoor Being a woman is no annoyance. Though I won't say it's an benefit either in today's India - at least not in the corporate world. Yet lots of women in rural India are made to believe they're deprived by their gender. Yes gender bias is fading. I think our inherent advantage as women is that we're stronger than men even though we're more perceptive.
 

 

Bipasha Basu:  Bipasha Basu  The new Indian woman cuts across all age groups and class structures. We acclimatize better to situation because we are not playing by the rules of others. We are flexible and are able to bounce back from every prospect. I know women who go to work, take care of house and home, and be mothers without breaking a step. I don't know many men who can do that. Somehow we never tire out ourselves as much in the place of work as men do. 

8Mar/080

Rare: Female Indian Detective Bhawana Paliwal

Meet Indian women detective Bhawana Paliwal

Women are there in all types of job stream, teaching, secretatrial work, police, doctor etc.etc.  But her job is different.  Meet  Bhavna Paliwal of New Delhi is, a private detective being hired by Indian brides to investigate about their suitors.

Bhavna Paliwal, is among one of India’s wedding detectives, who are being hired here in growing numbers to dig out out the truth about prospective mates.

In India, hiring a wedding detective like that of Paliwal has become a familiar prenuptial habit, as important as the heavy wedding gold and the multi-cuisine ten-course meal served on plates.

Confidential detectives are in business in India for several years but today their services are more essential than before. As there  is a tremendous enhancement in the business class of Delhi, so is the augment of dowries. Those dowries, in turn, have boosted the encouragement for hoax.

Grooms from United States come in haste, marry, then rush back home with the booty, leaving behind what have become known as “abandoned brides”. Meanwhile, in India, young couples who meet over the internet are getting away with lies that gossip would once have exposed.

Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com, an internet portal that celebrated its millionth match last year says,

5Mar/080

Attention Housewives! Note these tips

This is just a hit and miss list which will confirm practical. Pin it up near your kitchen cabinet so that you can refer to it from time to time.

  • To keep rice separated, while boiling add juice of a lemon to the water
  • Add a dash of lemon juice to mushrooms when cooking them.
  • If you add one spoon of milk while boiling the cauliflower, it will still look bright white.
  • While boiling cabbage and broccoli, add a slice of bread to the water lessens the odour
  • To prevent beetroots from discolouring, cook them with 2 inches of the stem. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to the cooking water.
  • . Rub potatoes with butter before baking to improve the taste.
  • To remove the bitter taste of eggplants, soak them in salted water. Then drain and cook as desired.
  • Lettuce will look fresh, soak in ice water for 30 minutes and adding a little lemon juice to the water.
  • To slice mushroom in even sizes use an egg slicer .
  • Add lemon juice or soak onion in cold water before cutting them for salad.
  • Rub potatoes with butter before baking to improve the taste.
  • When making potato chips, fry them twice to get a crisp crust.
  • To keep red cabbage from discolouring while boiling, add a little vinegar to the water.
  • To keep the colour of vegetables while boiling, add a pinch of baking soda to the water, particularly useful for spinach.
  • Add a pinch of sugar to tomatoes to enhance the flavour.
  • To remove the skin of tomatoes, just dip them for a few minutes in boiling water. The skin will slip off easily.
  • To keep boiled syrup from crystallising, add a pinch of baking soda or a teaspoon of milk.
  • Don’t throw away bread crusts. To turn out a pudding in a jiffy, make coarse slices of the bread and add them to a mixture of milk and pudding powder. Stir in a few raisins and bake. A yummy desert is ready.
  • To whip cream, pour the measured quantity into a bowl and chill. Then whisk.
  • When separating egg whites (for a soufflé), break one egg at a time in a small container. This is to ensure that no egg yolk goes in.
28Feb/085

Ekta Kapoor denies reports that Pulkit Samrat of KSBKBT serial has won the court case

Pulkit Samrat, who plays Lakshya in the popular soap “Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi”, has accused  Ekta kapoor that she had poorly paid and under-utilised and this has bewildered the soap tycoon.

Pulkit has earlier filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against Balaji Telefilms Limited for non-payment and also for a contract that restricted him from working with any other production house for three years. He claims that the case has been won by him.

According to Ektha, “Pulkit seems to have misconstrued what the honorable bench’s verdict. My lawyers know exactly what the court said, and it is not what Pulkit is making it out to be,”

According to sources in Balajai,Pulkit wanted to give away serials and wanted to work in films. So for that intention, he made some lame excuses on health aspects and hence he could come for 3-4 hours in a day for the shooting. This has disturbed the whole situation as the time table was mismanaged. The whole matter started thereafter. But it is not true that Pulkit has won the case , as the case is still pending in the court. It is understood that he took a break when his track was at its peak in the serial and this has infuriated Balaji camp.

According to reports, Ekta will litigate the newspaper, Mumbai Mirror, for publishing the ambiguous report, which suggested that Pulkit has won the case.