Category: Arts, Culture & Entertainment

** Justin Narayan on winning Masterchef Australia

Justin Narayan, an Australian youth pastor of Fijian-Indian heritage, was recently crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia 2021 (streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Premium and Disney+ Hotstar VIP). The 27-year-old — who admires the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver — chatted with The Telegraph on what the win means to him, his earliest memories of food and his Indian cuisine favourites.

** Tannishtha Chatterjee roped in for ‘fiery’ role in ‘Cartel’

Actress Tannishtha Chatterjee who is known for her films like ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’, ‘Parched’, and ‘UnIndian’ opposite Brett Lee, has joined the cast of upcoming action-drama ‘Cartel’.

She plays a pivotal role of ‘Romila’ who is an author, opposite Madhu Bhau (essayed by Jitendra Joshi) in the series ‘Cartel’. The actress will be performing a pole dance in one of the sequences.

** Hongkong-Indian Former TVB Actor Q Bobo Is Going To Be A Grandfather At 52

While Chinese singer Li Quan recently revealed that he had just become a first-time father at 52, Hongkong-Indian actor Gill Mohindepaul Singh, better known as Q Bobo, has announced his impending ‘promotion’ to grandfather status at the same age.

Q Bobo became the first Indian actor to be signed by TVB in the mid-2000s and he went on to enjoy a successful career for years.

However, his drama offers started drying up in 2017, prompting him to leave the company in 2019 and move to Scotland, where his family is based.

** Independence Day Special: 5 memorials for Indian soldiers around the world

Not many of us know this, but there are numerous war memorials around the world dedicated to Indian soldiers who lost their lives in battle—even before India won Independence in 1947.

These war memorials are scattered across the globe, from Europe to Africa and even across the northern regions of Canada.

** On a mission to take ‘Dev Bhasha’ to people: UP man conducts free online Sanskrit-speaking classes

Around 25 years back, Class V student Hasan Khan would spend hours with his friends at the local Hanuman temple in his Mahoba village in UP’s Bundelkhand region, listening to the Ramayan verses. He recited the ‘chaupais’ and ‘shlokas’

** NFAI gets rare 450 glass slides of early Telugu cinema

In a major acquisition, the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has acquired over 450 glass slides of early Telugu cinema to add to its existing collection, it was announced on Friday.

These slides – made by pressing a film positive between two thin square glasses – were used to publicise new films before release or during intervals in cinemas, NFAI Director Prakash Magdum said.

“The film positives used to prepare the glass slide were actually miniatures of the film poster or publicity material for newspapers and magazines. They represent the pictorial history of early Telugu cinema from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s and feature lovely frames tracing the gravitas of Telugu films during the early decades of Indian talkie,” he added.

** Gulf Medical University Hosts first-ever ‘White Coat Fashion Show’ by healthcare heroes

Gulf Medical University along with DCOM designs, Root Square, and the Paint Brush Art Community, Dubai organized the first-ever fashion show in the region by Healthcare heroes. The event, called Walking Art, is a tribute by the artistic community of the United Arab Emirates towards our frontline heroes.

The program was attended by Prof Hossam Hamdy, chancellor of Gulf Medical University- the chief guest of the function, along with Dr Bu Abdullah, chairman of BU Abdullah group and Uttam Chand, consul of Visa and community affairs, consulate of India, who were the guests of honor.

The fashion show was started with an opening act by Gulf Medical University Alumni led by Dr Ramita, and comprising of participants Dr Afrah, Dr Kajal and Dr Sandra.

** From Mysuru To Mumbai: Railway Porter Badge No. 16 Takes Her To ‘Indian Idol’ Stage

Rizwana Banu’s story breaks free from dogmas of male-dominated profession

Wearing Porter Badge No. 16, Rizwana has appeared on the stage of the country’s biggest singing TV reality show ‘Indian Idol’ in Mumbai on July 6 and this has made her the talk of the town. But the celebrity status has not got into her head and she still lifts passenger luggage, smiling. Her amiable approach gets her a few rupees more than the normal remuneration.