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lights, the US President Trump missed wishing Hindus in a ating tweet, festival lights, startingof a raging storm the US President Trump missed wishing Hindus in a social media; Trump later ting aover raging storm over social media; Trump later corrected the omission corrected the omission he hide and seek is over. Bollywood's much-loved couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, after two days of wedding ceremonies in the far and dreamy Lake Como setting in Italy, unveiled their first look as a married couple to the public on November 15, immensely pleasing their army of fans. Both Deepika and Ranveer shared two images — one each from their four-hour-long ceremony according to Konkani traditions on November 14 and a North Indian style nuptial on November 15. In one picture, the two are laughing away, sharing a jovial moment during the Konkani wedding, and in another photograph from the celebration they are all ears for each other. Deepika looks resplendent on both occasions dressed in ensembles rooted in tradition as she chose red and gold as her primary colors. Ranveer wore pristine white for the first ceremony, and was color co-ordinated with Deepika for Day 2. In a matter of 10 minutes of sharing the first pictures at around 8 p.m. India time on Instagram,
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NEW DELHI: He might be gone, but the world he created with strokes of his imagination will live on forever. BY A STAFF WRITER Stan Lee believed his universe of superheroes and BAPS super villains will ARTLETT, IL- This year, keep on entertaining people around Shri Swaminarayan Mandirs the globe, making his legacy eternal. In a rare interview to Indian media across North America marked back in 2016, Stan Lee had opened the auspicious festival of Diwali up about changing with time, his faswith Indian culture and the and its associated five dayscination of celebrations urge to keep on creating new charwith an elaborate Annakut, lighted divos, acters. “I think there will always be peofireworks, and even a special children’s Diwali ple who prefer to read traditional celebration. comic books over watching the Stan Lee had told IANS over For many visitors, thefilms,” most popular email when asked about films having attraction and a highlight an ofedge theoverfestivities comic books among today’s youth. is the Annakut festival on the fifth day. As A legend in the comic book world practiced by BAPS Swaminarayan who helped Mandirs, usher in a new era of superhero storytelling, Stan Lee died the Annakut is a unique and awe-inspiring at the age of 95 on Monday in Los Angeles — it hard for people sight of devotion where hundreds ofmaking different take in the sad news and pause to traditional Indian foods toacknowledge and even some his extraordinary contribution to the entertainment world. fusions with western cuisine are prepared He was best known for co-creatby devotees in the community and beloved arranged ing Marvel’s superheroes
tures, no phones, no drones policy' of the actors' grand destination wedding left the media and fans yearn for a glimpse of the couple or the celebrations. Amit, a cousin of Deepika, a daughter of badminton ace Prakash Padukone, said it has been a "magical week, steeped purely in love" for the family. "Fairytale union of the two most
kind, beautiful souls. Ranveer, welcome to the family! You've dethroned me as filmiest, but I'll cope. Deepika, never seen you happier; you deserve no less," Amit tweeted. That, apart from some long, wide angle shots and some hazy videos from the wedding celebrations, is all that people could get their eyes on.
f Macaulay Culkin was a little girl who was a far better actor than he, and if Home Alone was a tragic terrifying nervewracking exposition on a 2-year child left all alone in a house filled with electric gadgets and dangerous inclines and a dead parent, this is the film you would get. Let’s be thankful for the new wave in Hindi cinema that has gripped the Bollywood script in 2018 like an obstinate fever. Pihu pushes the envelope so far you can’t see the stamp of any other film on it. On seeing the trailer I had compared Pihu to Chetan Anand’s Aakhri Khat. And to a large extent that parallel remains pertinent. To simply watch a child fending for herself is the most heartbreaking ode to vulnerability on this side of Sadma. As Pihu prances, giggles, groans and finally weeps her way through the nightmarish emptiness of her well-appointed home, I kept wondering how the director would hold our attention for a fulllength feature film with just a 2year protagonist on screen... Or for that matter, how will he get the 2year child to go through the motions of an imminent catastrophic crisis?
said during a White House Diwali He repeatedly spoke of his close celebration. ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hi India Showing the trade Indeed, negotiators as Live He said, “We love your country. Entertainment highly skilled and making the talks has And I have great, great respect, as On both counts I am happy to been organizing the say Pihu scores high points. Not Spider-Man, for The X-Men, The Prime Minister you likeFantastic know, your sound difficult for the Americans, he only are we unconditionally rivetFour, the Hulk, Iron Man, largest Garba event ed to little Pihu’s instinctive surThor, Daredevil, Black Panther and said, “They are very good vival methods (don’t think Culkin, Doctor Strange. in thetraders, Chicagoland Modi.” think Tom Hanks in Castaway) the Despite focussing on creating a they are very good negotiators.” And he Sarna, “So please give little wonder-actress is astonishingfantastical world,told Lee was always area for the And past last ly clued in to the way the camera ahead of the times, rooted in reality of change — which and accepting 15 years, but since him showed turning to India’s Ambassador Navtej my warmest regards. We will be works. In no time we surrender to in his work and in his opinPihu’s distressful circumstance ions. 2014, they have joinedtalking Sarna, he said, “You would say (that), to him soon. while she remains oblivious to it. “It’s wonderful to see so many At times her expressions of exasoptions out there with new digital forces with Shakti right?” —IANS peration at the mess that karma has platforms that can let anyone read suddenly dealt her, are so profound comics or watch these characters Group. In their own I felt I was watching a seasoned anytime. “ —Sugandha Rawal actress rather than a child who in front of the Mandir’s sacredofimages. In hometown Chicago, the evening, the Hemant offered dishes are served at Brahmbhatt dinner to everyone. HinAnother, Tom Phillips, tweeted, second tweet mentioning and Shakti Group’s In addition to the Annakut, the BAPS’ Ketan Patelspiritual organized duism appeared. His first tweet Diwali celebrations featured and “Trump’s Twitter account posted a cultural themed events, which engaged Chicago’s largest was from the second part of the Diwali tweet that didn’t mention both children and adults, in order to Garba event of the bringthat positiveset energy into thetrolls. New Year. Hindus, then deleted it, then... Diwali speech off the year and at the Renaissance Furthermore, visitors members learned A poster about callscriptural Jeff Young shot offand reposted it again with a different events related to Diwali, Schaumburg observed traditions such as rangolis and other link but still no Hindus?” a tweet, “Hey, whoever wrestled Convention Center, traditional forms of decorations. Finally, Page 6And so it went on tweet after over Trump’s phone away to post this:7,000 all children weredrawing invited to in participate in a fair and Kidshave Diwali some Celebration tweet, with media like Time magapeople. Pretty sure children’s Hindus also
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they jointly garnered over 4 lakh 'likes'. Social media users were pining for a glimpse into the very private celebrations, which marked the culmination of a six year-long love story which began on the sets of the 2013 film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Unlike most celebrity weddings which keep fans engrossed with social media updates, the 'no pic-
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