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EID SPECIAL

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Eid-ul-Aza is all about sharing happiness, joy and blessings

with the less fortunate ones. We asked some of our

celebrities how they celebrate Eid, their special Eid outfit and memories associated

with Eid and how much do they believe in giving back

to the community during this auspicious occasion. Here is

what they had to say:

01How are you celebrating eid tHis year? wHat does your itinerary for eid look like?

sHammal: Celebrating with my family. I

will be flying to Karachi on the 7th and will be back on the 8th

02How mucH do you believe in

giving back to tHe community during eid?

sHammal: For me Eid is not something

that should be celebrated with just family, but with

the nation as a whole. As we can see that we are passing through harder times, I think the festivities of Eid should

be shared with as many people around us as possible.

03wHat are you wearing for

eid? anytHing special about your eid ka joda?

sHammal: I am wearing a Munib

Nawaz creation that I saw at the fashion week. It has

a Phoenix embossed at the back of the Kurtz that I

thought was quite cool.


redaH: Redah: I am truly blessed to be going for Hajj this year.

So my Eid will be celebrated in Mecca! And what better

place in the world to be than near the house of Allah.



redaH: Redah: For the last two years, we have been celebrating Eid in simplicity, mainly because of the floods and many other

disasters that our country has faced. So instead of buying new clothes and trinkets I

donated the money to flood relief and urged my friends and family to do the same.



redaH: Redah: I will be wearing a

very special outfit indeed this year, the one that I have not worn before, a white Abaya

courtesy of Aasia Saail.

sHammal QuresHi(creative director and brand

ambassador of toni & guy laHore and label m.)

redaH misbaH (tHe Heiress to tHe depilex

brand)


aamina: Family and Family. Then head

to the beach, movie at the Atrium, watch Karachi the

musical and Eid get together with friends eating yum

food. And most importantly this eid is all about giving

generously.



aamina: I believe that ‘giving’

completes the cycle of the daily grind. But believing is not

enough. Acting on it is what matters. What better occasion

than Eid, to act upon it.



aamina: I don’t usually get anything

specially made for the occasion. I’ll probably put

things together last minute and accessorize it to funk it up!

aamina sHeikH (l’oreal pakistan spokesperson]

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EID SPECIAL

ZaHra saeed( fasHion designer)

01How are you celebrating eid tHis year? wHat does your itinerary

for eid look like?ZaHra:

I will be going to the graveyard to visit my grandparents and then spending time with my family. That’s what we did for as long as I can remember but

since I moved to the US, this is my first Eid-ul-Azha in Pakistan in 15

years so it will be nice.

02How mucH do you believe in giving back to tHe community during eid?

ZaHra: In everything that I understand about

Islam and what I have understood about the Holy Quran, that is what

has been stressed on is to be good to people. I try to do my part and hope that I can always be in a position to

help anyone that is in need.

03wHat are you wearing for eid?

anytHing special about your eid ka joda?

ZaHra: It’s a piece from my collection. Zahra

Saeed Lifestyle’s fall/winter collection, it is all about bold colours and royal

blue and emerald green is my pick for the special day. I just love the colours and the shaded effect with a hint of block printing. I love putting surprise

elements into my outfits and I enjoyed designing this one.

nida aZwer ( fasHion designer)


for eid look like?meHreen:

We are living in turbulent times, and the spirits are not too high, but Eid is something we can look forward

to. I believe this Eid should be about helping those in need and feeding our souls rather than our faces and our pockets. I hope to help those who are less fortunate and make merry by spreading happiness.

02How mucH do you believe in giving

back to tHe community during eid?

meHreen: I believe that for every act of giving to those in need we are blessed ten folds. So if you make even a small

effort, God will open 10 doors for you.


anytHing special about your eid ka joda?meHreen:

I am probably going to take out something from my closet but I

haven’t decided on the outfit. I feel that money should rather be spent on people who truly deserve it such as the flood affectees rather than

getting a new jora.


for eid look like?sania:

Sania: Inshallah, I will be spending a relaxing Eid with my family as up until Chand

Raat it gets really hectic with all the Eid orders and there are

lots of rush at the store.



sania: It’s important that we keep on

contributing in whatever way we can to our community not only

during Eid but throughout the year.



sania: For the first day I will be wearing

a Sania Maskatiya outfit, it’s from our luxury prêt line, its raw silk with

an interesting cut in shades of lemon and has block print detailing

with a contrasting black pallazo pants. For the second day, I will be wearing a screen printed cotton

tunic from our Prêt line with button detailing and will be pairing

it with a churidaar pajama.

sania maskatiya( fasHion designer)

saira riZwan (fasHion designer)


saira: As usual, I plan on spending

Eid with family, meeting friends and sleeping. Love eid

holidays :)



saira: Eid for us is all about giving

back. Instead of giving presents to each other, we collect all that

money and give it in charity.



saira: My Eid jora is from my new collection ‘Mughal Jehan’,

it’s a pret version of my BCW collection ‘Jehanara’


EID SPECIAL

kamiar rokni(sHoe designer)


kamiar rokni: I will most likely spend Eid

with family and maybe go to my cousins village.



kamiar rokni: The spirit of sacrifice is

what this particular Eid is all about. It is important to give to those who are less

fortunate. Everybody should give whatever they can.



kamiar rokni: A simple white shalwar

kameez.

meHreen raHeal (actress and capri brand

ambassador)


for eid look like?meHreen:

We are living in turbulent times, and the spirits are not too high, but Eid is something we can look forward

to. I believe this Eid should be about helping those in need and feeding our souls rather than our faces and our pockets. I hope to help those who are less fortunate and make merry by spreading happiness.


meHreen: I believe that for every act of giving to those in need we are blessed ten folds. So if you make even a small

effort, God will open 10 doors for you.


anytHing special about your eid ka joda?meHreen:

I am probably going to take out something from my closet but I

haven’t decided on the outfit. I feel that money should rather be spent on people who truly deserve it such as the flood affectees rather than

getting a new jora.


meHrbano: This year I will be celebrating Eid with my family as I have been traveling over the past

two Eids.


giving back to tHe community during eid?meHrbano:

I believe in the spiritual aspect of Eid more than the

worldly aspect.



meHrbano: It is a day that reminds us of sacrifice and our duty to

those who need help.

meHrbano setHi (creator luscious cosmetics)

Hassan danish(cHoreograpHer)

01wHat makes eid special for

you?Hassan:

Well, this particular Eid it’s all about dressing rough and heading towards the

adventure of finding the right animal! Then of course the Eid prayers and distributing

the meat!

02wHat is your favorite eid

memories?Hassan:

.We were young sitting inside this park with three feet high

fences, watching the cows get slaughtered outside the

park. Then suddenly, this cow with a half cut head

jumps up, gets out of control and jumps inside the park. I remember yelling for help!

03How do you feel about tHe eid

spirit in pakistan?Hassan:

It’s great. I mean we can get the animals to our house,

slaughter them in front of us, enjoy the family get together.


EID SPECIAL

nickie nina (fasHion designers)


nickie nina: We’re at Hajj!


giving back to tHe community during eid?nickie nina:

Eid is a time for ultimate generosity, we believe in giving back as much as

possible.



nickie nina: It’ll be a special ‘Hajj’ edition

outfit!


you?Zainab:

The fact that everyone is in a festive mood.


memories?Zainab:

Collecting as much Eidi as possible!!


spirit in pakistan?Zainab:

I think is great that people even today celebrate Eid with as much enthusiasm as they

did 20 years ago!

Zainab ul mulk (bag designer)


you?ayesHa:

I enjoy Eid because i get to spend time with my family.


memories?ayesHa:

My favorite Eid memory is a joint one dish Eid party. They

were always so fun!


spirit in pakistan?ayesHa:

I’ll probably be travelling this Eid which means my Eid ka

jora is a pair of jeans and lots of warm clothing!

ayesHa kHurram( fasHion designer)


for eid look like?samia & aZmay:

We have a big family, so it’s family, family & more family - then friends.

(Also eating & sleeping)


sania: Immensely, but not just during Eid . We must make charity a consistent

part of our lives around the year.



sania: En vogue - churidars with a long

flowing kameez.

samia & aZmay sHaHZada (sHoe designer)

Eid represents the spirit of love and unity between Muslims twice a year. The fact that one gets to participate in family get-togethers is special to me. The joyous event only brings about the positive memories and one begins to recollect them. What I miss the most is my house in Lee Market, where my in-laws’ old house is, and going there every Eid is something even my children miss.

Eid brings with it joy and excitement in Pakistan that is unmatched with any other time of the year. I love how it brings families and friends together and twice a year they can celebrate as one. The Eid spirit urges me to make even more beautiful clothes for the occasion. The energy in the city before Eid approaches is always electrifying as people prepare for the big day. Furthermore, in today’s fast and stressful society I think Eid provides everyone with a reason to relax and celebrate.

uZma Hai (fasHion designer)

milli madiHa by madiHa abrar(fasHion designer)


on the go!

By Emanuel Sarfraz

EyEing ThE Fall inlondon


After the success of the Royal Wedding it’s almost time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. And then there are Olympics next year. London truly is a happening place. So whenever you land there be sure that you will get an opportunity to participate in something exciting.

Chilly wind was blowing almost like a gale. It was six in the morning and the daylight was yet to come up. Heathrow Airport was buzzing with activity. They say a plane lands or takes off every minute at Heathrow. I was to board the one that was to take off at 9 am.

Loaded with shopping for kids and family, I looked for the counter where I hoped to get back some money. Visitors to UK need not pay taxes on the items that you buy. The taxes that you pay on your shopping can be reclaimed when you fly back at the airport. After getting the VAT money, it was now time for security check after getting the boarding pass. I had heard a lot about the strict security measures and the embarrassments that Pakistanis had to go through during the checks. The thought of taking off my shoes and going through physical frisking sent a chill down the spine. And there I was at last lined up in the queue. I took off my belt like others in front of me. Put the coins and the laptop in the box for screen-ing and that was all. I was cleared the security check. I could not believe that it was over, so soon!

On board, the plane peering through the window flying over Europe, my thoughts ran

london

Kids sitting in the lap of a lion scuplture at Trafalgar Square

Enjoying the season of fall at St James Park

An aerial view of London


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back to the first day when I arrived in Lon-don and the two weeks that I spent there, as a fantasist roving through the modern and the old parts of the city. I was in London to attend a higher education conference. The visit had been sponsored by the British Council Pakistan. The first day was perhaps the most exciting. Autumn had started back in Lahore and I was looking forward to experiencing the British Autumn season. I was in for a surprise as a couple of days before coming to London, some friends talk-ing on skype had been complaining about the hot weather. Shortly after we landed, however, there was rainfall for half an hour or so. After that the weather was chilly and I had to sport a light jacket. Living in South Kensington, it was amazing to see the local people going about their life in T shirts and women wearing light evening dresses. The first thing after checking into the hotel was to get a UK sim for the phone to remain in touch with family back home. Phone sims of different companies are easily available ranging from 4 to 5 pounds. The first food that I had in UK which I relish till now is the Fish and Chips. There are restaurants all over UK selling this scrumptious food. It is not that spicy as the fish made here in Pakistan but the fish meat is very tasty.

After three days, leaving all the serious stuff of conference behind, I embarked on exploration of the city, which history has it that it was established soon after the Romans invaded England in AD 43.

It is easy to get around the huge, restless and exciting city, which has a very good public transport service. It has seven under-ground lines and the double decker buses are comfortable. Train travel is possible

till midnight while the bus travel is round the clock. First step is to pay a refundable £5 deposit for an Oyster Card at a station. Without the plastic card, a single tube journey costs £4. With it, £2.50 peak and £1.90 off-peak, and your travel costs are capped for the day. Since I had to travel up-country later on I brought the one-day off-peak Travel card for £7. Seven-day Travel card costs £27.60. It is more convenient if you are staying in London for a week. Then began my hop on hop off journeys to explore London, which due to its position historically when Britain rule stretched across the globe, has given it a unique identity. Ancient and modern elements coexist in this city that is so full of life. Medieval alleyways, fashionable high streets, historic churches and soaring skyscrapers all give the city its unique character.

Drifting aimlessly on foot can be an exciting and perhaps the best way to explore the city. Back home we hardly walk around Lahore to do our chores. London it was a different experience. With fresh breeze blowing all the time walking is an altogether a beautiful experience. During the autumn season clouds cover the sky all the time and there is hardly any sunshine with rainfalls coming in now and then. The city of London manages over 10,000 acres of green space in and around London for the recreation and enjoyment of public. Hyde Park is the largest of public parks. Regent Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park and St James Park are huge open spaces that are also very beautiful lush greeneries and places not to be missed for encounter with nature. Hyde Park one can go for horse-riding, boating, rollerblading or swimming. Also there is the

View of Regent Street

London Eye

London is a great place for food lovers. The variety of food is remarkable. In noon be it sashmi on-the-go or a gourmet sandwich or a lamb meat samosa, there is something for everyone.


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world famous Speaker’s Corner near Marble Arch. Unfortunately when I went there were no speeches going on. People were just loitering around waiting for the charged speakers to appear on the scene.

Though I did not try it, many visitors en-joy cycling around London. The Barclaycard Cycle Hire scheme is open to users with a credit card. Access to the ‘Boris Bikes’ – as Londoners call them, after the cycling Mayor of London, Boris Johnson - costs £1 for 24 hours, £5 for seven days and £45 per

year. Usage is free up to 30 minutes. Some locals, however, warned that cycling around the city can be dangerous as some bikers lost their lives in accidents.

The big bus tour is a brilliant way to see central London. The informative com-mentary comes in eight languages and the tour is hop-on, hop-off, so you can stop for breaks anywhere that takes your fancy. The ticket price also includes three walking tours and a river tour. The bus tour takes you to all the major landmarks including Madam Tussaud’s, St Paul’s Cathedral, The London Eye, Tower of London, London Dungeon, Ripley’s, London Aquarium, Kensington Palace and Tower Bridge.

Walking across London’s many bridges and on the embankments is also a memo-rable experience. But the greatest feat that one should not forget to do is to take a river cruise. Thames River has a charm of its own. The wind blowing was like a gale but you enjoy it considering there is no dust. You feel as if you are standing by the seaside. On the river you get to see the many ships anchored permanently. These are the ships that had their day of glory in World War I and World War II. There is commentary in English going on describing all the places of interest that come along the way. Some cruises take you all the way up to Greenwich (GMT). You can also marvel at the way

Making jalebi at South Hall

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament

Inside the subway station at Bond Street

Crowd near Oxford Circus tube station

Einstein at Madam Tussaud’s

Moving around on foot, it was interesting to note that most of thoroughfares in London use ‘street, ‘lane’, ‘gate’, ‘wall’ or some other word.

water management has been done. It is suggested that one should take the

river cruise from London Eye - the world’s tallest observation wheel. On London Eye you get the chance see breathtaking views of London from high above the River Thames. Your entrance also includes the London Eye 4D experience. It is something that a visitor should never miss.

The familiar Black Cabs are the only ones allowed to ply for hire and are only available if their orange lights are on. Flag down is £2.20 and fares jump after 8pm and again after 10pm. Visit to London is not complete if you do not take a ride in one of these cabs whose door open the other way round. Five people can sit inside and the journey is very comfortable.

Moving around on foot, it was interest-ing to note that most of thoroughfares in London use ‘street, ‘lane’, ‘gate’, ‘wall’ or some other word. For a person coming from Pakistan it was a pleasant surprise. I could not find the reason for this fact as we

have so many roads but London has none. Another interesting thing was the visit to public toilets. There are separate hot and water taps in the basins. You are supposed to wash your hands or face after filling the basin with water from both taps. Most of the basins did not have water stoppers. It was funny to watch people opening both the taps and first putting hands under one tap and then another. I tried it too first the cold water and then the hot water.

London is a great place for food lovers.

The variety of food is remarkable. In noon be it sashmi on-the-go or a gourmet sandwich or a lamb meat samosa, there is something for everyone. In evening the dining could be your memorable experience. From simple eateries to posh restaurants serving tandoori food you can get any kind of food you like. Some of the best English foods can be tasted at the centuries old pubs across the city. British food on the saltier side may not be as rich as ours but on the sweet side the variety is amazing. The mouth-watering pastries and baked foods should not be missed. Three things that impressed me the most were milk, cheese and yogurt. These three food items are so tasty that you feel like drinking milk the whole day. And the variety and quality of cheese is something that you may never forget.

London night life is something that should never be missed. The Piccadilly area, Lester Square and the Trafalgar Square are full of people enjoying the lights, the lights and the aura of London. We can even see people street dancing enjoying their weekends.

After the success of the Royal Wedding it’s almost time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. And then there are Olympics next year. London truly is a happening place. So whenever you land there be sure that you will get an opportunity to participate in something exciting.


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View of the fountains at Trafalgar Square

Bikes ready for rent near Russell

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School children outside the British Museum

St Paul’s Cathedral


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By Sadaf Pervez

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his age of anthems has cultivated the interests of numerous established musi-cians but many are joining the league just to assort, and serve the music for a social change. Laal band is one such band that formed in a discussion between the teacher and student about the country’s never ending crisis. Taimur Rehman, a teacher at LUMS and Shraham Azhar came with a solo hit “Umeed-e-Sehr” that touched the hearts of millions. Since then there is no looking back, one after another song, their music is stir-ring the chords to underline the issues for a revolutionary move to emancipate the people from the chaos.

The ones, who have not read the famous poets Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Habib Jalib, can now better comprehend the reasons for remembering their works as still alive and relevant in the present time. These evocative verses continue to be lyrically done by Laal band, to speak up for the right. ‘Jhoot ka Uncha sar’ is also another benchmark for the band. The strong vocals and video both are uniquely done in the tongue and cheek man-ner to ensure that the words of Habib Jalib are delivered with an impact.

Recently, Laal band has released another single ‘Dehshatgardi Murdabad’ which is written and composed by Taimur Rehman himself. Like the previous song, Jhoot ka Uncha sar’ which was banned by TV chan-nels, this again will be under censorship. But the members of the band are not afraid of the consequences.

The song is about the duplicitous com-plicity of the US, our own establishment and the fundamentalists. “It reinforces the view that only the broad masses of people united can defeat these forces,’ he said.

“It shows that these so-called Jihadis of today who claim to be against NATO occupation, were themselves all created by CIA funding during the cold war. It tells the youth of Pakistan about their true character as former mercenaries of imperialism that are

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Satire in music is entailing to be one of the popular tools to lament the political aggression in the society of Pakistan. Musicians, who were once just the entertainers, are now proclaimed as the activists for bringing a change.

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today out of anyone's control. These are not forces of progress, anti-imperialism or progress. These are forces of darkness, barbarism, ignorance and violence. If we do not stand up against them, we will lose all our freedoms. We will have no modern education, no women's rights, no democracy, and no security. We will only have fascism,” he elaborated.

The video begins with the statement of Hilary Clinton which continues to be supported with the glimpses of American,

ISI and CIA dignitaries’ contribution in waging of the war. It might be too much for the listeners to grasp. But Rehman said “Maybe, maybe not.”

He continued “Bob Marley said "I want to disturb my listeners". What did he mean? He meant that I wanted to wake them from their slumber. I don't want to put them to sleep with fairy tales of sweet nothings. On the contrary, I want to jolt them out of their complacency, apathy, and call them to action. This

video follows that principle. If it disturbs people that means it is successful.”

Taimur Rehman is the General Secre-tary of the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, which continues the Marxist revo-lutionary legacy of people like Faiz, Jalib, Sajjad Zaheer, Hassan Nasir, Major Ishaq

and so many others who were brutalized and persecuted in their lives by the Pakistani establishment because they spoke up for the rights of workers and peasants. So he also advocates a socialist revolution.

S+ talked to Taimur Rehman about the band’s journey and their

newly released single:S+: The message is very direct

and bold. Who has penned down the lyrics for this song and com-posed the song?

Rehman: Dehshatgardi Murda-bad is the most directly political and the boldest video we have done to this date. This is because it directly takes on forces in the country that are responsible for the death of 37000 Pakistanis. If we were from

Pakhtunkhwa, we most certainly would already have become targets

of the fundamentalists.The song was written, composed,

and performed by me. But it is not merely a song. In fact, from the You-tube link people can access my video and written lecture on the subject of religious extremism. Hence, it is a well researched view that invites Pakistanis to unite against the murder and black-mail in our country by religious fanatics and extremists.S+: How should the listener grasp the message?


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Rehman: The song is an anthem, it is a call to arms, it is in your face, this is the truth, deal with it, sort of song. In this song, we have not held back at all. We have spoken the truth even if it is not played on the media. We don’t care about the consequences.S+: The video has a lot of real im-ages to support the lyrics. Who has conceptualized the video?Rehman: I had been working to develop this video for a long time. From the research that went into this question, to our work as activists, to the recording of the song, and then the making of the video. All of this has been a journey that represents something much deeper than making one video. I directed the video so that it would reflect the dark reality of Pakistan today and it took a long time to gather all the images of past US involvement in Pakistan and then to edit them effectively. The research took much longer then the shooting itself.S+: The video will be censored from TV and radio. Has viral communica-tion become more effective with the passing of time?Rehamn: We know it will be censored. But it offers leftists like us the opportu-nity to bring to people a message that may not find support from channels. We believe that as the internet grows, this will become the main mass medium of the future.S+: What was particularly with the song ‘Neend Ati nai’ that you chose to give a tribute to Junoon? How was the experience of rendering the song?Rehman: It was a lovely experience

because we recorded it as a duet with my wife Mahvash Waqar. Both of us have loved this song since our teens. I believe it was the first song that launched Junoon on PTV. Rendering the song brought back all those memories from our age of innocence. S+: Your next album is in pipeline. Will it be another push of political satire?Rehman: Absolutely, this one is more centered on Faiz in terms of poetry and it will also look more deeply at the question of religious extremism in the country.S+: When will your next album hit the market?Rehman: The album is recorded and ready, the CD cover is just being de-signed. So we are hoping that recording companies will release it shortly after. S+: TV channels have shown resis-tance to telecast the video ‘Jhoot Ka Uncha Sar.’ What was the con-troversial aspect about the video?Rehman: TV channels felt that it was anti-army because there is a scene that shows that intelligence agents were unable to trace Osama Bin Ladin while he was walking casually among them. In our society, it is fine to make fun of poli-ticians but making fun of the army and intelligence agencies is something that channels are unwilling to broadcast.

S+: The video conceptualized in a unique way with the girls domi-nating the space. What was the inspiration behind to deal the song in this way?Rehman: The video was meant to show how hypocrisy in society has become completely normal. Most of this hypoc-

risy comes from the corridors of power that are highly male chauvinistic and misogynist. So an attempt was made, in a humorous way, to show the connec-tion between misogyny, hypocrisy and class oppression. That is why women dominated the video. S+: Do you think with this kind of music you are creating an impact in the society?Rehman: Of course it does. Progres-sive music, art, and culture will lead to progressive society. But to make a pro-gressive society, it is not enough that one band addresses these concerns. Rather all thinkers and artists must come together and in their own way address these important questions and concerns. S+: Are the members of the band still intact?

Rehman: All members are intact but our lead vocalist is in the US for his further studies. As a result, Laal's vocal performances are performed by myself and Mahvash Waqar (who was only do-ing backing vocals previously).


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I thInk therefore I amThe principle of Descartes, that thought exists, is the philosophy behind Casa Hamza. Cogito ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”), states that we exist and therefore we create and design immaculate pieces. We are filled with motivation to defy the impossible, to be inimitable and to shine like stars in all that we do.Is your living possible to a world of exception?This is the reinvention of Casa Hamza’s showroom and lifestyle.

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Nida Butt and Hamza Jafri held a preview concert and press conference to allow media, friends and family a sneak peek at the original tracks which have been composed for their upcoming musical. The event’s media and PR was managed by Voila PR.

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Qyt Events organised the grand launch of Nickie Nina at Tehxeeb. The makeup and styling was done by Babloo Salon.

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Sakura was launched with a bang at Pearl Continental Hotel. Models wore outfits by FahadHussayn& make up was done by Babloo. Reema inaugurated the Japanese joint & PR was handled by Rezz events. Savvy PR & Event managed the event.

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Metro Cash’n’Carry Store recently organised ‘Family Fiesta’ which started off with a grand fashion show. The event was managed by Bilal Mukhtar Events & PR.

Family Fiesta

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hollywood

The Cast of Footloose were never

trying to reinvent the wheel,

but they knew the challenge of

adapting a well-liked teen film for

a new generation. For stars Kenny

Wormald and Julianne Hough,

they came in as dancers who were

not known for their dramatic

chops. For relative newcomers

Ziah Colon and Miles Teller it

was a chance to step into the

mainstream. Whereas for Andie

McDowell it was a chance to play

a challenging mother role. Our

interview with the cast follows.

footlooseand fabulous:the cast of remake speaks


hollywood

QWhat do you think of Craig Brewer’s retweeting of people responding good or bad?Jullianne Hough: I think it’s funny; the best are when people say things like “I can’t be-lieve they’re doing a remake, Patrick Swayze is going to turn in his grave.”Q: Did you revisit the original?Kenny Wormald: Seeing it a bunch as a kid we didn’t need to revisit it. I did for the audition, but once we were doing it, we knew it enough to not have to. Craig, who rewrote it had a lot of it in it, but you don’t want to have Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer in your head.JH: And in this generation there are a lot of things we’d do now that they wouldn’t do then. Ariel is a little more likeable in this, and not just because of character choices, but because there was more depth in the script.KW: I think a lot of things Craig adjusted helped me, having Ren’s mom pass away is huge, and Ren’s uncle in this one he embraces him. Craig’s from the south and that’s not who we do it in the south, if you’re family you’re family and we’ll stick up for you.Q: How long was your audition process?KW: How long was it really or how long would they like me to say it was? It was gruelling, but it was worth it. Finally when I danced for them five auditions later they got it.Q: Was it surreal to do the scenes you auditioned with in the final film?KW: Yeah, a couple of the ones we did together were weird, and the speech – that was the biggest part of the auditions. And the day we shot that Craig re-wrote the whole thing. Dude kept me on my toes, and I had to learn it on the way to set.Q: As professional dancers did you have to tone it down?KW: People are exposed to so much good dancing you could get away with it a little


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more. I think Ren could be better, but Julianne couldn’t, she couldn’t be pristine, nor the other kids in the town. Craig made it a point to cast to point heavy set girls and skinny scrawny nerdy dudes; he wanted the full spectrum from the town.Q: Did you know how to dance before-hand?Miles Teller: Yeah.Q: Is it harder to pretend to have no rhythm?MT: I was always tried to be off-rhythm but that didn’t work for me, so I tried to think about how dancer must think when they’re dancing, and that’s very self-conscious, and that was my in. If you’re good you know what bad is. Sometimes when people are bad, they don’t know they’re bad.Q: How was it taking on these roles?MT: I hadn’t seen the original, but I had done the play of Footloose, and I played the role of Willard, so for me I have nostalgia associated with the character, so I was nice to come in with a strong understanding of the part. And now I’m much bigger, when I was in high school I was scrawny.Ziah Colon: It’s intimidating now, but it wasn’t when I got it. Saturday Craig told me I had the roll, Wednesday we were working, so it was straight into work, I didn’t have time to think about anything. And we had so much fun that we didn’t think about it until now.MT: Recently there’s an awareness of how defensive people are about these characters. As they should be, but hopefully people will love it.Q: Was there much mixing and match-ing in the casting?MT: When I was first involved in it Thomas Dekker was the Ren, he was the first Ren that I tested with. They kept me, and went in another direction. I read with five Rusty’s in LA and they just could not find anybody who was authentic. Brewer felt that none of them were legitimately Southern. So they went down to Atlanta and got some home cooking. Q: What’s your familiarity with the original?Andie McDowell: I think – like everyone

else – I remember it as being ground-breaking in a way, and loads of fun and wild, and now it seems kind of subdued, but I think the new one is more contemporary in our progression and in our society.Q: Do you like to dance?AM: I like to dance, and I danced growing up, and my kids dance professionally, I was a dance mom. I love dancing, I don’t know if I’m any good, but I love to dance.Q: If you were presented with a similar situation, would you respond in the same way?AM: I think I empathize with the idea that these people have been so damaged, so the reaction is to protect the children, but I do like my character, you have given your kids a chance to be kids. They are going to make mistakes, and you can hide them or shut them up. And you definitely can’t tell them not to dance?Q: What was the auditioning process like?

AM: Craig wanted me right away. I was very lucky.Q: How often do you get people asking for projects? AM: It happens sometimes, I still am will-ing to audition. I much prefer to be given a job than audition.Q: When you found out you got the role, did you watch the original?AM: I watched it again just for fun, but they didn’t want me to be like Diane (Wiest), they wanted me to be less repressed and more contemporary, a stronger woman, like women would be now.Q: What was it like working with Kenny (Wormland) and Julianne (Hough)?AM: I knew Kenny because I carted my daughter around to dance classes, and she had taken his class. And the kids just adore him. And all the little dancers I know were fired up, because they knew him. And I was happy to support Julianne,

I think I empathize with the idea that

these people have been so damaged, so

the reaction is to protect the children, but

I do like my character,


movie

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The PloT:Ren McCormack (Wormald) is an

orphaned Boston kid who goes to live with his uncle in Georgia. What he doesn’t know about the town is that there’s laws against anyone under eighteen dancing and party-ing after a car accident which killed the son of the local Reverend, Shaw Moore (Quaid). The kids in town don’t care about the rules, though – especially Ariel (Hough) who’s dating a race car driver and likes to live wild. Ren is immediately picked on by the people in charge for listening to loud music, and seen as a disruption. On the bright side Ren quickly makes friends with Willard (Teller), while Ariel knows a good troublemaker when she sees one. But Ren’s actually got it together, and decides to fight the laws against teen partying.

The Good:More of a musical: The first film was

about dancing, but wasn’t much of a musi-cal – even if every song on the soundtrack

Reliving the 80’s

THE PLAYERS:

director: Craig Brewer

cinematography:Amy Vincent

actors: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Ziah Colon, Miles Teller, Andie McDowell

writers: Craig Brewer, Dean Pitchford

music: Deborah Lurie

genre: Comedy, Drama & Music

RATING: 7/10FOOTLOOSE

The 2011 version of Footloose is a remake intended for a new generation who have no interest in a thirty year old film starring that guy from X-Men

and that guy from that sitcom about aliens with the kid who was awesome in Inception. With Craig Brewer‘s slick directing that new generation is in for a good ride – even if the central conceit was a bit dusty in 1984.

Brewer finds the truth in overprotective parents enough to make this an entertaining and faithful (almost too faithful) adaptation of the original.

became a hit. That’s partly Craig Brewer’s gifts as a filmmaker; he makes films that are musicals without ever becoming full blown. But music is at the core of this movie, and it gives it a pulse and a vibrancy that is not felt in the original.

Wormald and Teller: These two hit a good rhythm early and are fun to watch play against each other, especially when Wormald’s Ren teaches Willard how to dance.

It’s about Respect: What I think makes both films work is about adults coming to respect teenagers for not being wild things and that works fine.

The Bad:It’s the Same Movie: When people do

covers there are usually two types, one that tries to reinvent the song for the new musicians who then make it their own, and the other tries to do a reasonably faithful (almost Karaoke) version. This Footloose is more the latter than the former. There are a couple of different touches here and there, but having recently watched the original film again made this version feel like a re-run. It’s not Gus Van Sant’s Psycho level stuff, but from Ren being arrested for loud music, to the “angry dance” to the sequence where they go to a honky-tonk bar, to the conclusion, to the film’s big speech, to Ariel telling off her parents, to the clothing, there are so many lifts that having watched this version in close proximity to the original, I didn’t know if it built the sense of the world

closing in on Ren as much as the original, or if I couldn’t tell because eventually I was just seeing sequences that felt too familiar to judge in the context of their narrative.

Julianne Hough: Brewer comes across as an actor’s director, and that he couldn’t get much of a performance out of Hough speaks to her gifts. A dancer (and she’s got some moves), on screen she comes across as another in a line of Jennifer Aniston clothes that seem to learn to act by watch-ing Friends. Which means when she’s got her big emotional beats they fall a little flat. Lori Singer’s character seemed suicidal, Hough could pull off bored and curious, but she can’t hit that deeper level of empathy the role requires.

overall:I thought the 1984 version was just okay,

and I think this version is just okay as well. It improves some things – I like that the kids basically don’t care about the dancing law, so much as it exists to show the divide between parents and children – where other elements in the original are slightly better (John Lithgow’s preacher trumps Quaid’s). The film is intended for that younger audi-ence who didn’t see the original, and that doesn’t defend it, it does raise interesting question about American culture. Are we still – in some ways – stuck in the 1980′s, or is it just our pop culture (especially in a weekend where one of the other big releases is a sequel to a 1982 film)?

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Kenny LogginsHunter Hayes

Miles Teller

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AT THE PREmIERE:

Seth Green & Clare Grant Kenny Wormald & Julianne Hough Ashley Tisdale Andie MacDowell

Enisha Brewster

Briana Evigan & Patrick Flueger Diego Boneta

Victoria Justice Samantha Harris Tyson Ritter Ella Mae Bowen Ser’Darius Blain

It’s a dubious hour to proclaim the triumph (much less the genius) of the “dismal science.” Western economies

are a wreck, the U.S. is suffering 9.1 percent unemployment, and Europe is teetering on the abyss of default. The economics profession bears no small

measure of blame—first for inventing or adopting modern risk management,

which failed so spectacularly during the financial crisis, and second for

believing that central bankers had unlocked the key to managing growth.

RIGHT OFF THE SHELF


In the U.S., politicians have been re-enacting a tired budget deficit debate from the 1930s. Whatever economics

we may have learned, we seem deter-mined to forget.Yet proclaim a triumph is precisely what Sylvia Nasar, author of the acclaimed A Beautiful Mind, sets out to do. Nasar has written a compelling history of modern economics, a story of the theorists as well as of their theories. Grand Pursuit retraces much of the same ground as Robert L. Heilbroner’s 1953 classic The Worldly Philosophers—which is to say, Nasar gives us Karl and Jenny Marx in their crowded London flat, Joseph Schumpeter, and, of course, John Maynard Keynes. Nasar is more idiosyncratic in her choice of subjects; she omits Adam Smith, almost entirely. On the other hand, she reclaims the lesser-known Beatrice Webb, a richly interesting and path-breaking Victorian who founded the London School of Eco-nomics and sold none other than Winston

Churchill on the need for a welfare state. Similarly, Nasar glosses over the Great Depression but lingers on the less familiar crisis in post-World War I Vienna because, well, Schumpeter happened to be there and was enlisted by the Socialist govern-ment to help stave off mass starvation and communist rebellion, none of which interfered with his conspicuous pursuit of women and Thoroughbred horses.

Nasar’s story is centered in Lon-don, and its appeal is enhanced by the inclusion of literary masters such as Charles Dickens, who was, she points out, obsessed by the great Victorian issue of eradicating poverty. Although not quite framed in these terms, Nasar’s narrative encompasses, I think, two motifs. The first is how economists came to decipher that capitalism is, ultimately, an engine of progress rather than despair. To focus on just one sequence within this theme, she starts with the Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus and his dire thesis that the sex

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drive condemns the masses to live at the edge of starvation.

Marx is similarly pessimistic, if for different reasons. He sees society and the Industrial Revolution, rather than nature, as the agent of human misery. “Poverty was not, of course, new,” Nasar writes, which the would-be revolutionary readily acknowl-edged. But the juxtaposition of poverty amid rising wealth made poverty seem “manmade, almost gratuitous.” Marx’s explanation was that the competition for profits impels factory owners to steadily reduce wages, leading to a downward spiral

in living standards. That the emigré Marx never bothered to visit an actual factory, or even to learn English well, is one of the human failings Nasar engagingly brings to the surface.

Nasar’s treatment of Marx and Marshall gives a sense of the vividness of her story. Her second motif, though she doesn’t frame it explicitly, concerns the evolution of the role of government: the great upheaval that was the welfare state, the struggle to regu-late—with or without gold—the money sup-ply, and the parallel effort to control booms and busts. The latter is especially relevant

today; thus, eminences from Keynes to the American Irving Fisher inquire whether panics and slumps are “generated by the economic system” or are “random shocks that originated outside the economy.”

Neither Nasar’s topics nor her charac-ters conform to a neat, linear organization. Economics has no agreed-upon catechism, and Nasar has written the book she chose to write, not a book that a conventional reading of history demands. Overall Grand Pursuit is artfully rendered and a delight to read.

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Zodiac

Aries The Ram

(21 March to 19

april)

Neptune turning direct on the 9th afte

r

months of retrograde motio

n will enhance

your intuitiv

e and emotional fa

culties. Spirit

ual

orientation will

be evident. You will become

tolerant and understanding. M

eaningful faith

will be re

inforced. Dedicatio

n to a cause or to

the sick will

be apparent. Your s

ocial life w

ill

also blossom but you can be easily taken in

by friends and associates. A

fter t

he 11th, you

will rise to

prominence as far a

s employment

is concerned. Any atte

mpt at b

usiness will not

bode well. But a

liability

to get in

to arguments

with co-w

orkers will be evident. You will e

xhibit

an innate urge to

save, salvage and conserve

from th

e 11th onward. T

here is a likelihood of

success in industries connected with

the sick

such as nursing, medicine, pharmaceuticals,

preparation of health

foods, sanitatio

n and

hygiene.

TAurusThe bull

(20april – 20 May)

From the 9th onward, you will revel in

break-

ing barriers-scientific

ally, socially and po-

litically. Your circle of friends will

increase

or old fri

endships may be re

newed. You w

ill

also organize outings and arrange event as

the week progresses. Work perfo

rmance w

ill

also improve. P

ower, prestige and honors are

likely. From the 11th onward, you will

excel

in physical and creative self-expression. A

rewarding love lif

e will culm

inate in the next

couple of months – but you m

ay experience

a glimpse of it

this week. L

eisure activities,

strenuous sports, risky ventures and stock

speculation will be thoroughly enjoyed. M

uch

pleasure will

be derived fro

m your child

ren.

You will attract fin

ancially lucrative partner-

ships or sound in

vestments. Monetary gains

are likely. Y

our personal p

ower will

be at its

peak from the 9th till t

he 11th.

CAnCer

The cRab

(21 June – 22 July)

Recognition of your dreams and ideals

will become possible after the 9th. Phi-

losophy and religion will be your refuge.

Learning will also be fruitful. Transcen-

dental experiences are indicated at the

end of the week. Gains via your mar-

riage partner or others will also come to

the fore. Group wok will be auspicious

at the end of the week. Your luck factor

will also improve. Avoid m

ajor decisions

during the void-of-course Moon during

these timings on the 9th from

10:46 am

till 12:45 pm afternoon; the 11th from

9:27

pm till the 12th at 1:10 am

after midnight

and the 14th from 8:42 am

till 12:19 pm

afternoon. The full Moon on the 11th

will lead to the culmination of your hard

work. Remem

ber that emotions will run

high during the full Moon.

Leo 2011

The lion

(23 July – 22 august)

Love experiences are in the picture after the

9th. Emotional entanglements and mon-

etary issues connected with joint finances

will also ease at the end of the week. After

the 11th, you will become a contender in the

financial arena. Career matters will be fa-

vorable on the 9th. Friendships will become

difficult on the 12th-13th. Solitude and spiri-

tual retreats will strengthen your soul on

the 14th-15th. Watch your health from the

9th till the 11th.

sCorpio

The ScoRpion

(23 october – 21 noveMber)

Romantic matters will gradually improve

after the 9th. Domestic scenario will be-

come considerably favorable. Job related

success is likely on the 7th. Partnerships

will be favorable on the 9th. Financial

entanglements are indicated on the 12th-

13th. Spirituality, learning and travel will

yield good results on the 14th-15th. Diges-

tive complaints are likely from the 11th

onward.

Your sTAr

THis weekDr. Zaibun nisa


Zodiac

GeminiThe Tw

inS

(21 May – 20 June)

Some of your hopes connected with your

profession will come true after the 9th.

Cultivation of spiritual faculties will be no-

ticeable. Visions, intuitional forebodings

and strong faith will also be reinforced at

the end of the week. Profit in connection

with long journeys or foreign dealings is

also highlighted. Legal battles will be in

your favor. After the 11th, much energy will

be utilized to improve your dom

estic en-

vironment. You m

ay become exceedingly

aggressive in an attempt to form

a home

base. Accidents at home m

ay become

a source of concern. Friends will come

to your rescue on the 7th. Your personal

power will receive a boost in a positive di-

rection on the 12th-13th.

VirGo The ViRgin

(23 august – 22 septeMber)

From the 11th onward, Mars crossing your

ascendant will increase your will power

and self-confidence. Rashness and ag-

gression will be evident. Success in sports,

surgery and army is indicated. You will

shun no effort in order to succeed. Fi-

nancial gains and gifts are likely on the

7th. Travel, spirituality and learning are

positively highlighted on the 9th. Career

entanglements are indicated on the 12th-

13th. Hopes and aspirations will be fulfilled

via friends and acquaintances on the 14th-

15th. Migraines and acute infections may

be a source of concern.

sAGiTTArius

The aRcheR

(22 noveMber – 21 DeceMber)

After the 11th, you will become a risk-

taker, yearning for quick results. You will

become prone to gam

bling in your career.

Sports, the armed services, m

edicine,

catering, hospitality and public relations

work will be favored. Family scenario

will become stable from

the 9th on-

ward. Romance is positively highlighted

on the 7th. Success in service is likely on

the 9th. Difficult partnerships are in the

picture on the 12th-13th. Financial gains

are indicated on the 14th-15th. Health

will be delicate on the 12th-13th.

pisCesThe FiSh

(19 February – 20 March)

Personal matters will

dramatically im-

prove after t

he 9th. Afte

r the 11t

h, sud-

den marriages and divorces can occur.

Financial prosperity is indicated on the

7th. Travel will be lucrativ

e on the 9th.

Domestic matte

rs will be difficult o

n the

12th-13th. R

omance, children and specu-

lation will b

e auspicious on the 14

th-15th.

AquArius

The waTeR beaReR

(20 January – 18

February)

Your financial scenario will

steadily improve

from th

e 9th onward. After th

e 11th, emotio

nal

outpouring will b

e intense. Quarre

ls and strife

connected with

inherita

nce, financing, invest-

ments and legacies may become common

after th

e 11th over th

e next couple of m

onths.

Travel and communicatio

n will b

e in your fa

-

vor on th

e 7th. Domestic scenario

is positively

highlighted on the 9th. Romantic entangle-

ments are likely on th

e 12th-13

th. Job re

lated

decisions will be favorable on th

e 14th-15

th.

LibrA The ScaleS

(23 septeMber – 22 october)

Job opportunities and an amiable work

environment will become a reality after the

9th. Romantic moments will also be ex-

perienced. After the 11th, much energy will

be utilized in self-sacrifice, covert methods

and secret matters. Benefit in dealing with

hospitals, charitable institutions and pris-

ons is also indicated at the end of the week.

Partnerships will be lucrative on the 7th.

Financial windfalls are highlighted on the

9th. Long distance travel, learning, foreign

dealings and legal matters will be cum-

bersome on the 12th-13th. Career scenario

will dramatically improve on the 14th-15-

th. Health will also improve this week with

Neptune turning direct on the 9th.

CApriCorn

The goaT

(22 DeceMber – 19 January)

Matters concerning travel, communica-

tion, siblings, neighbors and relatives will

gradually improve after the 9th. After the

11th, you will engage in extensive travel in

the next couple of months. Intellect will be

enhanced. Hastiness in speech and a hur-

ried approach to study will delay success in

studies. Family support is indicated on the

7th. Romance, children and speculation

will be favorable on the 9th. Job related

setbacks are highlighted on the 12th-13-

th. Your spouse or partner will be a source

of benefit on the 14th-15th. Watch your

health on the 7th-8th.


FOOD


Kashmiri rOghan JOsh

ingredients:l Lamb meat, 500 gramsl Plain yogurt, 1/2 cupl Salt, 1 tsp.l Cumin powder, 1 tsp.l Coriander powder, 1 tsp.l Red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp.l Poppyseed powder (kash-kaash), 1 tsp.l Fennel powder (saunf), 1 tsp.l Onion, 1 medium ground to a fine pastel Garlic paste, 1 tbsp.l Ginger paste, 1 tbsp.l Cardamom powder, 1/4 tsp..l Bay leaf, 2-3l Cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp.l Oil, 1/4 cup

method: Mix the yogurt with salt, cumin powder,

coriander powder, chilli powder, poppy seed and fennel seed powder. Marinate the meat and let it sit overnight in the fridge.

Heat the oil and add the bay leaves and cumin seeds, until you can smell their aroma. Add the onion, garlic and ginger pastes. Cook for about 5 minutes.

Add the marinated meat and cook on low heat until the meat is tender. The gravy would have thickened so you can add boiled water if you want more ‘soupy’ gravy.

Before dishing out, mix in the cardamom powder and stir well. Enjoy with rice or pip-ing hot naan bread.

Eidilicious Festilicious

namKeen gOsht

ingredients:l Mutton, large cube cut 1 kgl Green chillies, 6 finely chopl Onion, 2 large size finely choppedl Ginger garlic, 2 tbsl Salt, 1 1/2 tea spoonl Water, 1 litrel Yogurt, 750 graml 8 Cardamom, large l 7 Cinnamon (dar chini) stickl Whole red chilli, 12 round shapesl Oil, 1/2 cup

l Green chillies and green coriander for garnishing

method:Take deep pan put mutton, onion, ginger

garlic and all spices beside whole red chillies add water. Cover pan with lid cook for 35 minutes.

Add oil in mutton stir well until oil become on top.

Whip the yogurt and put into mutton add whole red chillies cover with lid cook until the mutton become tender garnish with chillies and coriander.

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FOOD

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spicy meatlOaF anD masheD pOtatOes

ingredients:l Beef mince, 1/2 kgl Oil ,3 tbsp. l Onions, 2 medium gratedl Tomatoes, 3 fresh blended with skinl Ginger/garlic paste, 2 tsp. l Tomato paste, 3 tbsp. l Green chillies, 2-3 chopped (omit if you prefer mild)l Red chilli flakes, 1 tsp. l Black pepper, 1/2 tsp. l Yoghurt, 1 tbsp. l Turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp. l Cumin powder, 1 tsp. freshly grinded l Lemon Juice, halfl Coriander, blended with some water to form a pastel Eggs, 2l Breadcrumbs, 3-4 tbsp. l Ketchup, 2-3 tbsp.

method:Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions and

sauté until translucent. Then add the ginger and garlic paste, followed by the mince.

Fry it until it starts to brown, then add some salt, the tomato paste and blended tomatoes. Add the turmeric, cumin powder and 2 tbsp. of the coriander paste.

Let this simmer covered until all the water is gone, then add the yoghurt and stir together.

Add the green chillies and red chilli flakes, adjust salt and keep cooking it down on medium heat until it dries up and starts to stick to the bottom of your pan.

Switch off and add the black pepper plus the lemon juice and let this mixture cool for about 15minutes.

Now beat the 2 eggs in a bowl and pour it into the mixture, stir it in using a fork, then sprinkle the breadcrumbs and combine.

Pour this mixture into your mould, even a deep plate will do, then bake in an oven for about 20-30mins at 180 C or until it

darkens and solidifies and has a lovely brown colour. Remove and add the ketchup on top and then put it back in the oven for a few more minutes.

Garnish with coriander and serve with mashed potatoes, dinner rolls and gravy. It should easily serve 3-4 people.

For mashed potatoes, use about half a kg of good white potatoes. Peel and cube them, then boil in water with some salt. Make sure you cover the pan when the water starts boiling. Test the potatos with a knife to check when done, and if it sinks into the cubes easily, drain the potatoes and spill them into a big bowl. Add a tbsp. of butter, some salt and 2-3 tbsp. of milk. Mash them whilst still hot for best results, they will be soft and creamy! Adjust salt and garnish with coriander. I sometimes like to add a bit of black pepper and lemon juice in my mashed potatoes, but that is entirely optional.

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