 | A whole new
bald
game
ALTHOUGH I am married
with no plans to be single,
I recently signed up for
several online dating sites
as research for a book I am
writing. The process was fun until I
saw a question asking me to describe
my hair. I didn´t want to check the
"bald" box. I wanted to say I had a...
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| | IN NEW ZEALAND,
A MAN, A VAN, A PLAN |  EARLY on a chilly March morning,
my iPhone alarm clock
sounded. I extracted myself
from deep within a navy blue
comforter, sat up and opened
the door. I had momentarily forgotten
where I was.
Oh, right. I gazed out at Lake Taupo, a
sprawling lake on New Zealand´s North
Island. Ducks gliding along just offshore
were an invigorating sight. So were the
mountains that rose behind them, and
the predawn periwinkle and orange sky
beyond.
It was my third night in a camper van,
a miniaturised recreational vehicle –
mine was about the size of a plumber´s
van – that is New Zealand´s mobile lodging
of choice. I stripped the bedsheets,
rearranged the ... | | | Anouska named Best
Artist by Songlines |  SITAR player Anouska
Shankar, whose album
Traveller takes a journey
through the music of
India and Spanish flamenco
to explore their shared Gypsy roots,
was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine´s
annual world music awards.
At a time of political unrest in Mali, artists
from there took two awards - veteran Sahara
Desert bluesmen Tinariwen were named as
Best Group while their young compatriot
Fatoumata Diawara was Best Newcomer.
Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration went to
renowned American cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his
fellow musicians Stuart Duncan, Edgar
Meyer and Chris Thile, who combine classical
and bluegrass music on The Goat ... | | | Sanjay Dutt does not want
his kids to be like him |  ACTOR-PRODUCER Sanjay Dutt says
he wants to be like his late father Sunil
Dutt, who was like a pillar of strength
for his family. "I want to be like my
father. Dutt saheb was like a great support
in our lives. I want to be exactly like him. But
I would also tell my kids how I was during my
childhood days and not to be like me," Sanjay,
who had a turbulent life because of his drug
addiction, told reporters recently.
The actor has three children - the eldest is
daughter Trishala from his first wife Richa
Sharma who died of brain tumour. He has
twins - Shahraan and Iqra - from Manyata
whom the 52-year-old married in 2008.
Trishala grew up in the US and, as a
result... | |
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