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"It was a challenge designing for Vidya Balan"

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1. Vidya Balan comes with a very strong traditional image, owing toher use of saree as a preferred garb at most times. How tough wasit for you to transform that image and mould it into something else?It was a unique experience and great challenge for me to designVidya’s character, considering the audience is used to and loves see-ing her in sarees. We haven’t seen Vidya in western outfits for a while now. So,the constant pressure of whether or not the audience will love her as much inwestern clothing was always there. But, since Vidya is an actor who gets involvedin the smallest of details of the character she plays, she would let me experimentwith various silhouettes to figure which looks best on her, at the same time keepingin mind her character. We went through several rounds of ideation to freeze on thecharacter she’s playing and I must admit that she never lost patienceover the number of trials we did.2. Since Vidya’s body structure is unlike most actresses today, whatcuts, styles, colours, etc, did you give her clothes in this film?Keeping any restrictions in colour palette wasn’t required just be-cause she has a curvaceous body. I just played with warm colours toshow the fun side to her character. The colour palette has been frombrowns to corals, greens and blues. While working on silhouettes, Ihave given her straight-cuts to A-line outfits, in various lengths.Of course, I have given her few maxis to bring out the dormant hippinessin her character. I visualised and designed the character not in cou-ture clothes, but fused in flea market and high street brands to achievethe free-spirited vivacious upper-middle class Trisha.3. How much of a free hand do you get while styling the look of afilm? How much does a star involve himself / herself in the stylingprocess?

While working on Shaadi Ke Side Effects, I had absolute freedom oncostume designing and styling the characters in the film. Both Farhanand Vidya were great fun to work with because they gave me absoluteliber ty to create each and every look. They never inter fered with mythought process. Of course, they were the ones who would alwayshelp me keep the characters rooted.

‘ IF YOU ARE A SHOE LOVER, IT’S TIME TO LOOSENYOUR PURSE STRINGS AS FOOTWEAR BLOG, THESOLE SISTERS, IS OUT WITH THEIR FIRSTCOLLECTION OF SANDALS

“It was a natural progression from the blog,” says ChondammaCariappa, founder of The Sole Sisters. The footwear bloghasrecently launched its maiden footwear collection, titledThe Ikat Collection.EACH DESIGN IS AVAILABLE IN FOUR DIFFERENTCOLOURS“I had always planned to star t The Sole Sisters’ line ofshoes. I wanted to design and create the kind of footwear Iwould love to wear,” adds Cariappa.The collection comprises sandals, each of which are madefrom 100% genuine leather with hand-tied and hand-dyedIkat fabric.“There are two designs on offer currently. Each design isavailable in four colours. They are a limited edition seriesand are made to order,” says Cariappa, adding that she used Ikatbecause she loves its asymmetrical, graphic and random patterns,which look beautiful. “No two sandals, even in the same colourend up looking the same,” states Cariappa.Both designs are priced at R1,800. “Having just launched theshoes, they will be available for the next two months,” shesigns off.

NEW ERA BEGINS AT DAYTONA WITH IMSACONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTSCAR CHALLENGE

The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28returns to its racing rootsthis week when the all-new

Camaro Z/28.R race car debutsin a 2.5-hour endurance raceahead of the 52nd Rolex 24 AtDaytona. It will be one of themost product ion-based com-petitors on the track, sharingae ro , eng ine and even ax l ecomponents with the new 2014Camaro Z/28.S tevenson Moto rspor ts andCKS Autospor t will campaign Z/28.R race cars in the GS classof the IMSA Continental TiresSpor tsCar Cha l l enge . TheDaytona race begins at 1:45p.m. EST, on Friday, Jan. 24,kicking off the 12-race 2014season.“The original Camaro Z/28 wasdesigned for racing and becamean iconic per formance carthrough its hard-fought victories,”

said Mark Kent, director of rac-ing for Chevrolet. “A new chapterin racing begins this week, as thenew Camaro Z/28 makes its com-petition debut in one of the mosthot ly contested ser ies inmotorspor ts.”Developed alongside its produc-tion counterpar t, the Z/28.R incor-porates the same per formanceelements that make the 2014Camaro Z/28 the most track-ca-pable Camaro ever. To enhancegrip, for example, the Z/28.R’sbody shares the same downforce-generating aero package as theproduction model, including:* Front splitter* Rear spoiler with wickerbill* Hood extractor vent* Rockers, wheel-house exten-sions and front tire deflectors* Belly pan.

Usually caused by infection, suffering from sore throat can get very irri-tating as it burns and you also face difficulty swallowing your food. How-ever, you can cure this condition by trying one of these natural remedies.Salt water gargle: Though old-fashioned, salt water gargle is quick andeffective sore-throat relief. Besides being a mild antiseptic, salt helps toclear out the phlegm from your throat and reduce its swelling. Add half ateaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water. Stir it thoroughly, so it dis-solves and gargle. Repeat about three times a day.Honey: Easily available on kitchen shelves, honey is a traditional sore-throat remedy. Due to its antibacterial properties, it can speed up thehealing process. Add a teaspoon of honey to one cup of hot water or haveit with herbal tea.Ginger tea: Though it has a spicy flavour, ginger works brilliantly as asore-throat remedy. It helps flush out toxins from your body and boostsyour blood circulation. Its anti-inflammatory properties also help kill badbacteria. So, grate some ginger root in in a warm, soothing cup of tea.

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Secret affairs will eventually backfire on you. You will meetnew romantic partners through the company you keep. Self-improvement projects will payoff in more ways than one.

Don't count on getting any help from those you live with.Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

Sudden changes regarding your domestic sceneare probable. Insincere gestures of friendliness arelikely to occur. Only bite off what you can chew. A

need to express yourself may come out in creative ways.Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

Your intellectual charm will win hearts and bring op-portunities that you least expect. Catch up on yourreading and correspondence. Trips should be your

choice. Make plans to meet again in the near future.Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

You will have to control the way you feel. Don't beangry, but be on your guard. Try to do things withchildren that will enable you to bond closer to them.Spend some quality time with your lover.

Your lucky day this week will be Friday.

It might be best not to spend your money onluxuries this week. Set the ball in motion and berelentless until you complete the project. You willfind that money could slip through your fingers.

Do not let them blow situations out of propor tion.Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

Some situations may be blown out of propor tion.Calm down and take a step back. Keep your feet onthe ground, if you can. Don't overlook that fact thatsomeone you care about may be hiding something.

Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

Plan a nice evening for two. This may not be the dayto get involved in risky joint financial ventures. Becareful when dealing with female members of yourfamily. Oppor tunities for romance will develop

through activities with large groups.Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

Travel should be on your mind. Problems with in-laws may cause friction in your personal relation-ship. You can take advantage of oppor tunities if youare quick to make a move. Moneymaking oppor tu-

nities will surface.Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

Family members may feel anxious if you makepromises you don't deliver. You will make newfriends through physical activities. You can expectchanges at your work place. Someone you live with

may feel totally neglected.Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.

You will be confused about the intentions of some-one you work with. Be diplomatic and honest, andthat person will only be made to look bad. Don'tbother trying to make someone you live with see

your point of view. Don't depend on coworkers to help; they may onlyhold you back.Your lucky day this week will be Sunday.

You can enjoy enter tainment if you join in and fol-low the crowd for a change. Enlist coworkers inorder to get the job done on time. You can makechanges to your living quar ters, but not everyone

will be pleased with your effor ts. Focus your effor ts on your work.Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

Don't let someone try to bully you into doing thingstheir way. Proper ty purchases should be on yourmind. You could come into extra cash. Help if youcan, but more than likely it will be sufficient just to

listen.Your lucky day this week will be Sunday.

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Why people started to drinkmilk thousands of years ago

WASHINGTON: A new study has tried to understand why itwas so advantageous to drink milk in different par ts of theworld over the last 10,000 years.Mutations that enabled lifelong milk drinking appeared inde-pendently in several par ts of the world over the last 7,500years, according to growing evidence. And those genes spreadrapidly.Today, about a third of adults around the world can drink milkwithout stomach problems, a trait known as lactase persis-tence.The study debunks one leading theory: that milk provided avaluable source of vitamin D, which would’ve helped peopleabsorb its calcium.Newly analyzed human skeletons from an ancient site in Spainshow that the milk-drinking gene spread just as rapidly in thatsun-drenched climate as it did in other places, suggesting thatmilk must have been beneficial there for some reason otherthan its vitamin D content.Oddny Sverrisdottir, an evolutionary biologist at the Universityof Uppsala in Sweden said that throughout the years, she hasheard so many evolutionary hypotheses about lactase persis-tence because they are so fun to coin.She said that for decades now, people have hypothesized that itwas because of lack of sunlight in the nor th of Europe thatpeople would have had to supplement the lack of calcium andvitamin D by drinking milk.Now, looking at this picture from Spain, she added that thecalcium-assimilation hypothesis either didn’t affect the evolu-tion of lactase persistence at all, or other forces were there aswell.Sverrisdottir has long been interested in how and why Europe’searly farmers began drinking milk, so she was excited whenshe got her hands on well-preserved samples of skeletal re-mains from eight people who lived in nor theastern Spain about5,000 years ago.That was well after the milk-drinking mutation had appeared innor thern Europe, and she was eager to find out if those ancientSpaniards were drinking milk, too. So the first thing she didwas test their DNA for lactase persistence.To figure out whether the recent and rapid spread of lactasepersistence in Spain was a fluke or if natural selection was atplay, Sverrisdóttir and colleagues compared the mitochondrialDNA of modern Spaniards with the ancient samples. Mitochon-drial DNA changes very slowly, making it ideal for tracing fam-ily trees over time.The researchers repor t that the analyses showed that the an-cient cave dwellers were indeed ancestors of people who liveand frequently drink milk in Spain today.

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CONTD. FROM PAGE 25The Z/28.R is also powered by the same LS7 7.0L V-8 engineas the production Z/28 and employs the unique, helical-gearlimited-slip rear differential found on the production model. Itis standard in the Z/28, helping the driver put down morepower to the pavement when exiting corners.“Apar t from series-mandated equipment and the specializedsuspension components needed for endurance racing, the Z/28.R is as close to a production-spec race car as you’ll find,”said Kent.Advancing the Z/28 legacyAs Stevenson Motorspor ts and CKS Autospor t kick off a fullseason of racing in the IMSA Continental Tire Spor tsCar Chal-lenge with their new Camaro Z/28.R race cars, they’ll ad-vance the legacy of Camaro endurance racing that dates tothe original Z/28’s 1967 introduction, when it was developedfor the Trans-Am series. More recently, the Camaro GS.R won six races from 2011 to 2013 in the Continental Spor tsCar Series Grand Spor tclass, helping Chevrolet achieve a runner-up finish in the GS championship last season.“The new Camaro Z/28.R is a significant advancement from the GS.R that won multiple races in the Continental Tire Spor tsCar Challengethe last three years,” said Lisa Talarico, Chevrolet program manager for the Continental Tire series. “We expect the new engine package, suspensioncomponents and aerodynamic improvements to help our teams to further successes in the 2014 GS class. The GS class is full of great competitors, and we believethe performance level of the new Z/28.R will provide us the opportunity to contend for a championship.”

BELL LET'S TALK DAY

On the four th annual Bell Let's Talk Day, the Mental HealthCommission of Canada (MHCC) is encouraging Canadians fromcoast to coast to coast to join the growing national conversationon mental health. It's Bell's national campaign to get individualstalking, tweeting, and sharing suppor t for reducing the stigma ofmental health problems or illness by star ting a conversation

with family, friends, and co-workers with proceeds goingtowards mental health-related initiatives.On January 28, 2014, Bell will contribute $.05 to mental health-related initiatives for every text, mobile or long-distance callmade by its customers, for every tweet using #BellLetsTalk,and for every Facebook share of the Bell Let's Talk Day image."The Mental Health Commission of Canada is proud to suppor tBell Let's Talk Day," says MHCC President and CEO, LouiseBradley. "Bell Canada, a foremost Canadian corporation, isleading the way towards change as to how Canadian viewmental health in the work place."Since 2010, Bell has committed more than $62 million to mentalhealth-related initiatives in Canada - many of which resonatewith the strategic directions outlined in the MHCC's MentalHealth Strategy for Canada."Bell Canada's focus on anti-stigma, community care andaccess, workplace mental health, and research are crucialareas of focus for both the MHCC and for par tner organizationsacross the country," states Bradley."The Bell Let's Talk campaign is helping move the needleforward and making life better for the hundreds of thousands ofCanadians who are living with mental health problems orillnesses every day."

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PLAYING FOOTBALLCAN HELP REDUCE

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TASTE AND AROMA OF TEAUNDER SERIOUS THREAT DUE

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London: A new Scottish study has found that playingfootball can help obese men shed off the kilos and keepthem off. Initially, 748 overweight soccer fans weregiven healthy-eating advice and weight management tipsduring the study by Glasgow researchers, the BBCrepor ted. Then only half of the total men were invited topar ticipate in a 12-week programme of training sessions attheir local football club. After a year of participation, researchersfound that the 374 men had lost about 11lb each and maintainedtheir reduced weight.The researchers concluded that male-friendly weight loss planswork. The study is published in the journal The Lancet.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REPORTEDLYAFFECTING THE CULTIVATION OF TEAIN CHINA, WITH CHANGES INTEMPERATURES AND RAIN-FALL ALTERING THE TASTE,AROMA, AND POTEN-TIAL HEALTH BENEFITSOF THE BEVERAGE

“WASHINGTON: A researchteam headed by Tufts Universitybiologist Colin Orians will studythis development in a four-yearproject funded by a 931,000-dol-lar-grant from the National Sci-ence Foundation.The study will first examine how cli-mate change affects the concentrationof chemical compounds that are respon-sible for tea’s stimulant, sensory and health-ful proper ties.

Their work will build on preliminary research conducted insouthwestern China’s Yunnan Province by co-prin-

cipal investigator and tea expert Selena Ahmedwhile she was a graduate student and later Train-

ing in Education and Critical Research SkillsProgram (TEACRS) postdoctoral fellow atTufts. Green tea, Orians notes, is widelyknown to contain high concentrations ofantioxidants that are believed to help pre-vent or moderate a range of health prob-lems associated with the heart, bloodsugar and digestion. The study findingsmay also help scientists and growersbetter understand climate change’seffects on other agricultural prod-ucts such as grapes and cher-

ries. In addition to studying the con-centrations of tea’s key chemicals,

the researchers will survey consum-ers to determine how tea drinkers re-

spond to teas of diminished quality.

Spirituality and religion may protect brain from depressionThe study by Lisa Miller, professor and director of Clinical Psy-chology and director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teach-ers College, Columbia University, involved 103 adults at eitherhigh or low risk of depression, based on family history.The subjects were asked how highly they valued religion or spiri-tuality. Brain MRIs showed thicker cortices in subjects who placeda high impor tance on religion or spirituality than those who didnot. The relatively thicker cor tex was found in precisely the sameregions of the brain that had otherwise shown thinning in peopleat high risk for depression. The results suggested that spiritualityor religion may protect against major depression by thickeningthe brain cor tex and counteracting the cor tical thinning that would

normally occur with major depression.The study is published by journal JAMA Psychiatry



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Beauty expert ShahnazHusain gives you tips toget rid of them. The skin

around the eyes is very delicateand thinner than most other areasof the face. It has no oil glands

Home remedies to cure dark circles

and has a fine texture. This arearequires special care and reflectsneglect, abuse, aging, stress,internal health and lifestyle veryeasily. In fact, dark circles aroundthe eyes can also develop due to

hereditary factors, lack of sleep,illness, stress and nutritionaldeficiencies. Therefore, alongwith external treatment, it isadvisable to take these aspectsinto consideration in order toestablish the cause and bringabout the necessary changes.

Dark circles can develop atan early age, like adolescence andearly 20s, although it is morecommon in older people. This isdue to the causes discussedabove. The way to prevent darkcircles is to have a nutritious andbalanced diet, including freshfruits, salads, yogurt and sproutsin your daily diet, along withunprocessed cereals, skimmedmilk, cottage cheese (paneer),lentils and beans.

Daily exercise, along withdeep breathing, helps bloodcirculation, oxygenation andcontrol of stress. Adequate sleepand relaxation are very important.

Gentle movements and alight touch are essential while

handling the area, to remove makeup or apply creams. It is betternot to massage the area, so thatthe skin does not get pulled orstretched in any way.

Any massage of the areashould be done during aprofessional facial, so that correcttechniques are employed. Acleansing gel or cream should beused to remove make-up, usingmoist cotton wool. Gels andcreams help to dissolve make upand grime and thus facilitate theirremoval.

A cream which has beenspecially formulated for the areaaround the eyes should beapplied. Heavy creams are notsuitable. It should be a cream witha light texture and consistency.The cream should be removedwith a moist cotton wool after 10minutes. Cream should never beleft on the area around the eyesduring the night. Normal facialmasks should not be appliedaround the eyes. An under-eye

cream, containing almond, isgood, as it not only nourishes theskin, but has a lightening effecton the colour tone, if used over aperiod of time. Facial masks areusually not applied around theeyes. Eye fatigue can also berelived with washing. Wash youreyes with warm water and followthis with cold water. Thisimproves blood circulation to theeyes and soothes them. It alsocleanses the eyes and relievescongestion.

Some home remedies can beused to minimise dark circles,brighten the eyes and reducefatigue:

- Cucumber juice is acommon remedy. It should beapplied daily around eyes andwashed off with plain water after15 minutes.

- Mixing potato juice withcucumber juice in equal quantitieshelps if there is puffiness alongwith dark circles. Follow the sameprocedure.

- Dark circles can also betreated by mixing cucumber juicewith lemon juice in equalquantities. Apply daily and washoff with water after 15 minutes.

- Tomato juice is also said tolighten skin colour.

- Consult your doctor aboutdaily exercises. Include deepbreathing exercises in yourexercise schedule. This helps todeal with stress and alsooxygenates the body.

- Along with external care anda healthy lifestyle, take time offfor relaxation, using eye pads.Take cotton wool and make twothick square pads. They can besoaked in cucumber juice or rosewater. Lie down, close your eyesand put the soaked pads on them.Keep them on for about 15minutes. Used tea bags can alsobe used as eye pads.

- Applying a compress oficed water or cold milk directlyover closed lids for 15 to 20minutes also helps.

WHEN TOLD FAILURE IS NORMALCHILDREN DO BETTERChildren do better at school and feel more upbeat if

they are told that failure is a just a part of learning,rather than being pressurised into succeeding at all costs.

“We focused on a widespread cultural belief that equatesacademic success with a high level of competence and failurewith intellectual inferiority,” said study author Frederique Autin,postdoctoral researcher, University of Poitiers, France.

“By being obsessed with success, students are afraid to fail,so they are reluctant to take difficult steps to master new material,”said Autin, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Generalreports. Acknowledging that difficulty is a crucial part oflearning could s top a vicious c i rc le in which diff icul tyc rea tes f ee l ings o f incompetence tha t in tu rn d i s rup t slearning. The findings are based on experiments involving

242 French sixth graders. The study could have importantimplications for teachers, parents and students, said Jean-C laude Cro i ze t , p sycho logy p ro f e s so r a t Po i t i ers whosupervised the Autin’s doctoral dissertation on the subject. Hesaid, “People usually believe that academic achievement simplyreflects students’ inherent academic ability, which can be difficultto change.”





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