Jhumka gira re… “Naino Mein

Badara Chhaye” … “Tu Jahan Jahan

Chalega” … Aap Ke Pehloo Mein

Aakar Ro Diye… Mera saaya saath hoga…

era Saaya lives on in our hearts through its amazing songs and Sadhana…

Each song is a trib-ute to the sheer beau-ty of Sadhana and

also her talent, though frank-ly, her dance left something to be desired her charm and chirpiness made the song Jhumka Gira re a super hit, her expressions and the won-drous speaking eyes more than made up for the lack of

‘street dancer steps! I loved her in all the songs but my favour-

ite is Naino wali ne… and yes.. she

had an amazing wardrobe in

the movie! The embroi-dered sarees and suits were car-

ried off by Sadhana with her usual aplomb and grace.

The gorgeous heritage property The Lake Palace of Udaipur serves as Sunil Dutt’s home (he plays modern roy-alty in the film) and was the perfect backdrop for the fabu-lous beauty of Sadhana and the romantic scenes and songs between the duo.

I loved Mera Saaya for Sad-hana, though Sunil Dutt was brilliant as the desolate wid-ower in the movie too and yes, the sweaters he wore were su-per! And truly Mera Saaya was a thriller keeping the au-dience guessing till the end. The Courtroom drama had all of us at tenterhooks as we hoped against hope that the beautiful tragic Sadhana in the dark coloured saree is in-deed speaking the truth.

I found Mera Saaya pretty fast-paced and I would keep on going back and forth mentally as the film moves between the past and present sprinkled with hints and mys-teries.

Sadhana essayed both her roles perfectly and gave one of her best performances, with shades of her other hit, Vo Kaun Thi peeping through, in which she was directed by Raj Khosla too.

Mera Saaya remains a must watch and I have been sweet enough to not disclose the ending and spoil the sus-pense for you!

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MERA SAAYA

One of the fringe benefits of reading First India is a vast repertoire of experiences on our pages and today we reignite your relationship with the most famous fringe of Bollywood-Sadhana in one of her best movies- Mera Saaya!

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It’s indeed easy to add turmeric to your daily

meals. Here’s how:

urmeric isn’t just the most adored spice of the Indian subcontinent but is also widely accepted around the globe for its numerous health and beauty benefits. In India,

we love our Haldi in curries, to treat wounds, cold, swelling, and even as a dye!

GEOGRAPHYCurcuma longa of the ginger family or turmeric is a tropical perennial plant that is grown annually for commercial pur-poses. This plant is native to South and Southeast Asia, and its vegetation requires a mod-erate temperature with a con-siderable amount of annual rainfall.

TEXTURE, COLOR & SMELLThe turmeric powder is pre-pared using the rhizomes, that are boiled in water and dried, post which they are ground into powder. The final product looks orange-yellow. Turmeric is known for its earthy aroma and bitter taste.

USAGEIt is consumed both in powder form as well as raw and fresh. The use of turmeric for me-

dic-i n a l

and cos-metic pur-

poses is also not unknown. Other

properties include add-ing it as a colouring agent

to cheese, butter, and packaged food like ready-made curry powders. Additionally, it is used to give boiled white rice a golden colour in most parts of Asia and South Africa and as a holy paste applied onto the bride and groom’s skin before marriage in India.

HISTORYIt is said that turmeric has a long-standing history in India. Its use dates back almost 4,000 years ago to the Vedic culture. One can find more about it in Ayurveda, Unani (a system of alternative medicine that orig-inated in ancient Greece but is now practised primarily in In-dia), etc.

MEDICAL BENEFITS Turmeric’s medicinal prop-

erties have been challenged, debated and won over a mil-lion times by experts. Cer-tain properties that could never be dismissed are its antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, an-tioxidant, antiseptic, and di-gestive activities.

Turmeric acts as herbal med-icine that helps the digestive organs cure disorders relat-ed to abdominal pain, disten-sion, liver and gallbladder.

Apart from that, it is com-monly used to treat cuts, burns, and bruises, and as an antibacterial agent.

Intake of turmeric has been proved to be the best way to help lower the risk of heart diseases, helping against neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and preventing cer-tain types of cancers.

In India, ‘Kacchi Haldi’ (translated as ‘fresh turmer-ic’) is primarily consumed for its wonderful health ben-efits, especially during the winter season.

VARIETIES OF TURMERICThere are over thirty types of Haldi cultivated across India (in Amalapuram, Armour, Dindigam, Erode, Krishna, Ko-dur, Vontimitra – to name a few places). Erode, which is also called Madras, grows the best kind of turmeric which is pop-ular worldwide. The aforemen-tioned are the most famous Indian varieties as well. The Indian states that overlook tur-meric vegetation for commer-cial purposes are Kerala, Ta-mil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Assam.

ABOUT CAULDRON SISTERSRatika & Richa Khetan, two Sisters, started Cauldron Sisters in 2015. It started as an exotic food gift ham-per business, but their love for food encouraged them to start culinary workshops, food deliveries, and slowly and gradually it turned huge as restaurants and cafes started approaching them for consultancy.

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ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Your dreams of achieving big are likely to be realised soon. Focussing on your career graph at this juncture will be a step that will take you far.

A rethink is in order for those going in for a heavy investment. Recovering a loaned amount from someone will not pose much diffi culty.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

A long journey may prove to be both tiring and uncomfortable. A major purchase may make a dent in your savings, but will help in keeping up with the Joneses!

Speculation may not be profi table and you can very well burn your fi ngers. Getting back in shape must be a priority.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You remaining on the saving mode will help you strengthen your fi nancial front. Those planning to study abroad are likely to get a chance of a lifetime. Your

innovative ideas on the professional front are likely to be well received. Spirituality will have a special allure for you.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

A profi table day for entrepreneurs is envisaged. You may be played upon for spend-ing on someone else’s needs and desires. Health matters gain priority and

will motivate for achieving total fi tness. Homemakers are likely to enjoy the day in the company of neighbors and friends.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

You succeed in putting an ambi-tious project on the tracks and cross all hurdles in making it a success. Love beckons and promises to give immense

joy and fulfi llment. Your consistency in performance on the academic front will be noticed by those who matter.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Homemakers will get a chance to implement their ideas. You are likely to be recognised for your efforts on the professional front. Some of you can be invited for

guidance or consultancy. Chance of a raise is possible for some. Timely and correct decision will help you in saving.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

It is one of those days when you will feel satisfi ed with whatever you do today on the social front! Those seeking love may not get lucky, but persis-tence will pay!

Those in the rat race may fi nd it diffi cult to pip the rivals at the post. A friend or relative can touch a sensitive nerve.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

A positive outlook will help you throw out the negativity within. Job prospects for those freshly out of professional institutes are set to brighten up soon. You will

manage to ignore distractions and inter-ruptions at work to complete a pending task in time.

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You will put in extra efforts to complete a task entrusted to you. Your academic aspirations may take some time to get realised. A contentious property issue

may not show any signs of getting sorted out amicably, so have a backup plan ready. An old friend or a relative may pay visit.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

Satisfaction is foreseen for the image conscious people trying to achieve perfect fi gure and physique. You will succeed in surmounting the odds to get

a stalled job back on the tracks. Your efforts on the academic front will keep you in contention.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

Although money is not a problem, you will have to curb waste-ful expenditure. Sticking to work-out routine may benefi t you on the health front. New opportunities will

be seized on the professional front. Meet-ing relatives at a marriage or party cannot be ruled out.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Your energy and dynamism will get you what you aim for today on the academic front. This is the day to play your winning card on the professional front. A lot of

time may be wasted in socialising, but you will love every moment of it. You might fi nd a suitable property.

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Quick Turmeric Quick Turmeric RECIPES:RECIPES:

It’s indeed easy to add turmeric to your daily

meals. Here’s how:

dic-i n a l

and cos-metic pur-

poses is also not unknown. Other

properties include add-ing it as a colouring agent

to cheese, butter, and packaged food like ready-made curry powders. Additionally, it is used to give boiled white rice a golden colour in most parts of Asia and South Africa and as a holy paste applied onto the bride and groom’s skin before

turmeric to your daily meals. Here’s how:

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TURMERIC SMOOTHIEIn your blender, throw in some bananas, pineap-ple, cinnamon, fl ax seeds, ginger and fresh turmeric. Add milk, if you’re lactose intolerant, use coconut/soya milk. Mix everything and serve cold. It’s an excellent detox summer drink for your post-workout sessions.

In your blender, throw in some bananas, pineap-some bananas, pineap-

KACCHI HALDI KI SABJITo make this, you

need cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, asafoetida, green chilli, garlic, ginger, grated Haldi, yoghurt, red chilli powder, coriander

powder and garam masala powder. You

may also choose to add some green peas.

This sabzi is a delicacy in Rajasthan and is enjoyed with roti or paratha in the winters.

TURMERIC LATTE/HALDI

DOODHAn invention of

India, the Haldi Doodh is now called Turmeric Latte around the world. We’re glad its popularity has travelled wide and far. The benefi t of drink-ing this beverage is to treat seasonal cold, fever and inner wounds. To make it, simply add powdered ginger (optional), powdered turmeric and powdered pepper to hot or cold milk. Add sugar or honey to sweeten it.

KACCHI HALDI KI SABJIKACCHI HALDI KI SABJITo make this, you

need cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, asafoetida, green chilli, garlic, ginger, grated Haldi, yoghurt, red chilli powder, coriander

powder and garam masala powder. You

may also choose to add some green peas.

This sabzi is a delicacy in Rajasthan and is enjoyed with roti or paratha in the winters.TURMERIC KULFI

This is fresh turmeric in milk that is boiled and added with sugar is re-duced to its ¼. The milk is then poured into kulfi moulds and is frozen. While serving, re-move from mould and add some fi nely chopped pistachios.

added with sugar is re-duced to its ¼. The milk is then poured into kulfi moulds and is frozen.

TURMERIC LATTE/HALDI

DOODHAn invention of

India, the Haldi Doodh is now called Turmeric Latte around the world. We’re glad SALAD

Use chopped fresh turmeric, salt, lemon juice and ginger to make this salad or side dish or pickle. All you have to do is put all the ingredients in a glass jar and add cooked mustard oil from the top. This one has a long shelf-life.

TURMERIC FRAPPÉ Blend milk, ice cubes, maple syrup, turmeric powder, ground cinnamon, ground black pep-per, ground cardamom, and vanilla extract together. Serve while it’s cold!

RECIPES

COVID 19 pandemic has been just as hard on the entertainment industry as other sectors. Film production has come to a complete halt and there is mostly no back-

up source of earning for daily wage workers. Dancers, lightmen, spot boys, and other utility workers who thrive on the per day wages while walking out a film set have found themselves with-out any work or earning. Several celebrities have acted as good samaritans in these times and now Ak-shay Kumar joined hands with the legend-ary choreographer Ganesh Acharya through his foundation to donate a month’s ra-tion to 3600 junior danc-ers of the film industry.

—Agency

Good Samaritan

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First Swim Trunks

Elliot Page, the ‘Juno’ star has posted a shirtless photo in his “first swim trunks” for after coming out as transgender last

December. Elliot, who was born Ellen Page, shared the photo on Instagram. The actor wears a large smile while flaunting his muscles in maroon trunks in the photo. “Trans bb’s first swim trunks #transjoy #transisbeau-tiful,” he captioned the pic, which has over 2.3 million likes with fans over-joyed. —Agency

Actor Riteish Deshmukh and his wife Genelia Desh-mukh on Wednesday re-membered the actor’s fa-

ther and former Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh on his 76th birthday with hearfult notes on social media. Riteish who shared a

great bond with his late father, posted a throwback picture from his childhood featuring him sitting with his dotting father and brother. While Genelia, posted a heart-warming picture of herself hug-ging her late father-in-law during their wedding. —ANI

Bollywood actors Kriti Sanon, Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao, Abhishek Banerjee and filmmaker Amar Kaushik have

used their social media accounts to express discontent over YouTuber Paras Singh, who has been report-edly arrested after making racist remarks aimed at Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering. The YouTuber also allegedly said in his video that the state “was a part of China”. Filmmaker Amar Kaushik used his Insta-gram Story to react to a news piece that says a YouTuber has racially abused the Arunachal Pradesh MLA calling him non-Indian. “Totally unaccep-table,” reacted Abhishek Ba-nerjee. —Agency

Raincoats for the Police

Jacqueline Fernandes was recently seen going out and helping street cats and strays with her

foundation YOLO (You Only Live Once). She even posted in-formation about the campaign on her Instagram account. Tak-ing a step ahead, she has now provided raincoats to the Mum-bai Police Department. Given the unpredictability of Mum-bai’s showers, especially in the midst of the pandemic, this great cause of the actress seems gentle and appropriate.

—Agency

Blown BackwardBlown Backward Secret out

Rita Ora, Taika Waititi and Tessa Thompson sent fans and social

media into a frenzy earlier this week when their cosy photos

went viral. The trio were spotted partying away in Sydney on Sunday

and several snaps of them kissing each other surfaced. Taika is currently

in Australia to shoot Thor: Love and Thunder in which Tessa will be reprising her role as Valkyrie from 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. —Agency

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are celebrating an important relationship milestone! The couple who recently raised the heat on the BBMAs red car-

pet with their PDA are also celebrating one year of their relationship. The 31-year-old musician on Wednesday took to Twitter to mark a special day in his relationship with the 35-year-old ac-tress. He tweeted, “she said ‘i love you’ one year ago today.” —Agency

Zee5, has announced that ‘Friends: The Re-union’ would premiere exclusively on the platform. The announcement elicited a lot of enthusiasm and anticipation among In-

dian fans. The show will broadcast simultaneous-ly with the United States and world on Thursday at 12:32pm. “Special unlimited viewing offer at least 12 hours in advance before the launch for a seamless experience.”, said Chief Business Offic-er, Zee5. —Agency

Irfan Pathan, an Indian cricketer, has got-ten a lot of backlash for blurring his wife Safa Baig’s face in a recent photo. Irfan loves his beautiful wife, Safa, yet he has

never showed her face in his social media pho-tos. We can see Irfan giving his son a piggy-back ride in the photo, while his wife, Safa, looked beautiful in a pink suit. However, Irfan blurred her face. “Together is our favourite place to be!”, he captioned. —Agency

As filmmaker-producer Karan Johar turned a year older on Tuesday, sev-eral B-town celebs including his friends and colleagues shared birth-

day wishes for him on social media. Kareena Kapoor Khan shared a picture and captioned it as, “Happy Birthday, Kjo... I love You,” she captioned the post. Along with Bebo, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Kajol, Neha Dhupia among others also wished Karan. —Agency

Celebrating milestone Streaming in India

Flaks for Post! B’day wishes

mily Blunt recently reminisced about the joyful time when she bagged her first SAG award in 2019 for her outstanding perfor-mance in her husband John Krasinski’s di-rectorial A Quiet Place. The star looked back at the time and shared the series of emotions she felt after she bagged the award. She said,

“I was shocked. I was absolutely blown backward by it,” Emily said of winning the SAG award. Emily fur-ther added that she hoped for her co-star Millicent Simmonds to receive the audience’s attention for

the promising role she played as Emily’s daugh-ter in the movie.

—Agency

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In the memory of...

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...Machine Gun Kelly’s post

...Irfan Pathan’s post

Poster of ‘Friends: The Reunion’

...Kareena Kapoor Khan’s post

Emily Blunt

Kriti Sanon

Rita Ora

...Elliot Pgae’s post

Jacqueline distributing raincoats to the policemen

Jacqueline Fernandes Akshay Kumar

...Genelia Deshmukh’s post ...Riteish Deshmukh’s post

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CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED

STAY MASKED

STIRRING THE SELF AMIDST CALAMITOUS COSMIC FORCESCITY FIRST

storm of cata-clysmic cos-mic forces one after another has caught humanity in its tight grasp

keeping everyone locked at home within the ‘four-walled pe-ripheries’. Therefore, the key to keeping one ‘self ’ free from such disastrous shackles that could deteriorate one’s mental and phys-ical health both lies in engaging oneself in constructive habits such as reading and writing.

In specific, while reading an autobiogra-phy, a person goes on the ride with the auto-biographer the way

he/she drives the nar-rative choosing the roads of reality and personal experiences so that one forgets their fatigue and en-grosses in the activity of self-healing.

A new book On the Wings of Life: Women Writing Woman-hood edited by Dr Shalini Yadav and Dr Krati Sharma, is a marvellous as-semblage of twenty-one erudite articles written on autobiogra-phies of illustrious In-dian women who could see the light of the day spreading their fra-grances in the aura; could fly on the wings of life in the realm of the world creating his-tories in various fields such as sports, busi-

ness, film industry, de-fence, and in various other professions. The cover of the book is apt, enthralling, soul satiating and an amal-gam of Indian tradi-tionalism with Global modernity.

Besides, the articles reveal the marvellous

prospect of engag-ing oneself in a monotonous set-ting for self-heal-

ing cum encourag-ing drive during the unprecedented im-pacts of viruses on the lives of people.

A well-off industri-alist and writer, Prab-ha Khaitan’s autobiog-raphy ‘A Life Apart’, reconnoitred by Sha-lini Yadav, is a perfect exemplar of how one can footstep on the ar-

duous trail between the passion for love, work and independ-ence.

Anjali Singh Chau-han, in the article enti-tled “Gayatri”, throws light on the life of Ma-harani Gayatri Devi from Royal Rajasthan who stood out as a woman writing wom-anhood.

Sumedha Mahajan’s ‘Miles to Run Before I Sleep’ and Gunjan Sax-ena’s ‘The Kargil Girl’ being a ‘Saga of Suc-cess and Reclamation of Identity’, encour-ages everyone to serve one’s nation.

This emergent ‘New Woman’ with her pow-er, her ideas and her story infuses the vac-cine of vigour.

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CITY FIRST

The wedding ceremony of Gayatri and Sid-dharth was held on Sat-urday, May 22 at Re-

naissance Dallas Hotel, Texas. Siddharth is the son of Rekha & Prem Bhandari, Chairman

of Jaipur Foot USA and Gay-atri is the daughter of Bhaga-vath Geetha & Chandra Sekhar Bobba. The fami-lies celebrated Mehendi and Sangeet ceremony on May 21. More than 400 peo-ple from various backgrounds came and blessed the couple,

including deep and Sapna Chopra the senior officers of

Home Land Security, New York Police Department captain George Stanley Rajasthan Foundation

President KK Mehta, Jaipur foot USA members: Ashok Sancheti, Kanak Goglia, Man-

ish Daddha, Rajendra Bafna, members of Rana: Chandra Prakash Sukhwal, Ashok Pandey, Nishant Garg, Ash-win Upadhyay and Doctors from medical field Dr Deepak Sethia and Dr Harish Patel dr Hetal Gor among others.

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THE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS!

It is the responsibility and duty of every citizen to get vaccinated at the earliest. Rambagh Palace, Jaipur took it upon itself and organised a vaccination drive on Wednesday, May 26. During the drive, a total of 100 staff members were vaccinated. GM Rambagh Palace, Ashok Rathore said that the drive will be organised once again till all the staff is vaccinated.

The ration kits were distributed to needy families in Jaipur by Shakti Film Production and Shakti Helping Hand. Ambalika said that this is a small effort to help the needy and Shakti Helping Hand will continue to do such work in future also. Founder Ambalika Shastri said that Shakti Helping Hand will continue to do such work in future also.

VACCINATION DRIVE AT RAMBAGH

The birthdays of IAS Bishnu Charan Malick and IPS Gaurav Yadav were on Wednesday, May 26. We wish them all the best!

HAPPY B’DAY! DURING THE DAY!

Mr and Ms S&C Rajasthan 2021CITY FIRST

A unique and live Instagram ses-sion was organ-ised by Director

of Sash and Crow, Ajay Tiwari along with his team members Sakshi Chaudhary (Hospitality head) and Riya Shivani (styling head). The ob-jective of this session was to share the details of the concept of the upcoming event Mr and Ms S&C Rajasthan 2021. According to Ajay Ti-wari, it is for the first time not only in Ra-jasthan but throughout India that role models will be selected. The se-lection criteria in-volve not only ex-ternal looks but also other basic qualities of a person like smartness, confi-dence, intelligence.

The live session was attended by more than 100 participants online. All the participants

were highly excit-ed and took active participation in the

session. More than a thousand registrations are already received and the auditions are scheduled on Sash & Crown app in June 2021.

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A corona vaccination camp was held in Jaipur’s Krishna Balarama temple on Wednesday. All of the devotees serving at the temple had been vaccinated, according to Amitasna Das, president of the Hare Krishna Movement in Jaipur, who also encouraged followers to visit Hare Krishna online through the Jaipur channel. Dr. Raghuraj Singh, Kamlesh Bansal, Rajesh Bansal, and other senior devotees were present on this occasion.

Lockdown has recently opened in Europe. Rajasthan’s artists are overjoyed. The Dhod Band, which embarked on a Europe tour from Jaipur have finally got a chance to perform on the European soil. Rahis Bharti, the band’s renowned artist, has sent assistance to the people in need. He has supplied relief materials and food to 200 families in Rajasthan, as well as assisted weaker artists financially through his friends and family.

On the occasion of Buddha Purnima, Padmashri Tilak Gitai made a Buddha series painting. The painting depicts the sixteen sweet dreams of Lord Buddha’s incarnation.

Workers were seen fixing the damaged hoarding that collapsed on a nearby building due to cyclone Tauktae at Ashram road in Ahmedabad city on Tuesday.

The Bharat Vikas Parishad has launched the Shri Madhav Covid-19 Isolation Service Center in Ambabari, Jaipur, to help those who do not have enough amenities at home. The center can help people who have a temperature of 99-101, a saturation level above 92, are under 65 years old, have blood sugar of 60-180, blood pressure of 80-140, and a CT score of less than 10. The center is well equipped with oxygen concentrators, beds, doctor supervision, all meals, important medicines and tests with homeopathic, allopathic, ayurvedic and yogic approaches for treatment.

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

Mandap FeraPrem & Rekha Bhandari with son Siddharth Bhandari

Family and friendsBaratis caught ina candd momentBarat procession Dallas in Texas

Family enjoying Haldi function

Ajay Tiwari andSakshi Chaudhary

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

GM Ashok Rathore with his team during the drive

The staff members wait at safe distance from each other

Getting ready for the nextA staff member gets vaccinated