A new Girl in John's life!

There is a new girl in John Abraham’s life. She’s jewellery designer Paulomi Sanghavi. To say that a romance is brewing between the two would be an exaggeration. But yes, a friendship is certainly sprouting.

The tinsel tattle has it that John and Paulomi met through common friends and have been in touch since then. Paulomi is believed to have a wide circle of friends and an elite clientele in Bollywood.

Some friends who’ve seen John and Paulomi together swear by their camaraderie. And others claim there’s nothing romantic between them.

It’s been years since John and Bipasha Basu began dating. The two have been going steady despite the rumours that have linked John to many of his co-stars like Vidya Balan and most recently Katrina Kaif.

Says a source: “John and Bipasha are still together. Recently, before he left to shoot for Abbas Tyrewala’s film in London, Bipasha especially flew from Hyderabad to Mumbai to spend some precious moments with her man”.

Well, John-Bips love story continues for now. Advertisement

Gandhi's house in S Africa up for Sale

A house in Johannesburg, where Mahatma Gandhi had lived for three years when he was in South Africa, has been put up for sale by the owner, but it has so far found no takers with even the Indian-origin community members showing little interest in buying it.

Hidden away on a quiet street in Orchards, north of central Johannesburg, the house was designed by Gandhi's confidant and architect Hermann Kallenbach.

Its distinct thatched roofs and rondavel style gave the house its informal name "The Kraal". Gandhi lived in the house with Kallenbach for three years from 1908.

The owner of the house Nancy Ball, who has been living in the house for the past 25 years, wants to move to Cape Town and she has put the house on the market after failing to attract someone with an interest in preserving its historical legacy, the Times newspaper reported.

However, she did not reveal the price of the house.

She enlisted the support of Stephen Gelb, founding director of the Centre of Indian Studies in Africa at the University of Witwatersrand, on a voluntary basis, to try to find a suitable buyer.

Gelb tried to solicit the interest of prominent Indians in South Africa and even explored the possibility of Wits acquiring the property for use as a residence for visiting professors.

"There is little interest among members of the Indian-origin community and also from Wits University," Gelb told the Times.

Ball said: "Mahatma Gandhi left a lot of his peace here. It's a very special place."

The House in Orchards in Johannesburg is one of several legacies left by Gandhi in South Africa. In Johannesburg, there is another area known as Gandhi Farm, where Mahatma Gandhi and his followers stayed and practiced their philosophy of Satyagraha.

In Durban, the most famous Gandhi legacy is the Mahatma Gandhi Settlement in Phoenix, north of Durban, where Gandhi initially devised his Satyagraha philosophy.

Gandhi's fight against racial discrimination in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s is today recognized with several institutions, streets and religious and cultural organisations named after him. Advertisement

Kareena set to travel Europe for Shopping!

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is all set to leave for Europe for shopping. According to the reports the actress plans to visit fashion destinations like Milan, Paris, London and New York in search of world-class fashion to stock up her wardrobe.

Kareena says, “It becomes tiring for everything I wear to be in the media glare. I constantly need to be well-dressed.” She adds, “I have to…I’ve no choice. I’m looked at as a fashion statement.”

Kareena’s just released movie Kambakkht Ishq was a great hit at box office collecting more than Rs. 100 crores.

In the movie, the actress was appeared like a style icon. The movie saw her flaunting costumes and accessories from ace designers, right from Prada to Cavalli.

Kareena entirely gives the credit to designer Aki Narula for her chic, uptown, very stylish look in KI.

She says, “He went shopping for my clothes and accessories. This may be a film, but I’ve never worked harder in terms of styling…” Advertisement

Shahrukh Khan set to act in Tamil Movie!

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is reportedly set to act in a Tamil flick. According to the reports, King Khan would be appearing in the movie “Asal” in a new Avatar.

Reports say that the makers of Ajith starrer Asal are making every effort possible to contact SRK and request his cameo appearance in Asal.

Ajith was earlier a part of SRK’s Asoka as his younger brother. And now, King Khan may just decide to return the favour.

Bollywood’s hottest babe Sameera Reddy is playing the lead opposite to Ajith and the same time the movie is produced by Sivaji Productions. Advertisement

Misbah new Pak T20 Skipper?

When the two captains walk out for the toss at Colombo’s R. Premdasa Stadium in the sole Twenty20 International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on August 12, Misbah-ul Haq is most likely to be Kumar Sangakkara’s counterpart and not all-rounder Shahid Afridi as was widely believed.

According to sources close to the team management in Colombo, Younis Khan’s successor will be Misbah.

The interim committee chaired by Wasim Bari has more or less decided to hand over the captaincy to the 35-year-old.

Bari is believed to have got positive feedback from the present selectors (they had no say in the present composition of the team) about Misbah before he left for Sri Lanka earlier this month.

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Kate Hudson kisses Rodriguez in Public

Hollywood actress Kate Hudson has finally come out in the open about her relationship with hunky
baseball player Alex Rodriguez by kissing him in public. The actress who has till now denied the affair was seen passionately kissing the New York Yankees star in front of gathered paparazzi at the team's get together.
The couple, who were pictured spending time with their respective kids, have been linked together since November last year and the Almost Famous actress has since been spotted at
Rodriguez's every game in US.
The 30-year-old actress has a son Ryder from her first marriage with rock and roll singer Chris Robinson while Rodriquez has two daughters Ella and Natasha from his estranged wife Cynthia Scurtis, a psychology graduate. Rodriguez was rumoured to have dated pop diva Madonna
after her split from British filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Advertisement

Bollywood kisses more Romantic that Hollywood!

Bollywood may be late in kiss scenarios. But after all lets face the fact. Bollywood kisses are more passionate and natural than Hollywood kisses. Hollywood kisses are like something part of natural life. But Bollywood kisses make people sit up and watch!

Upcoming hot movies Love Aaj Kal and Kites have the lead pairs sharing passionate kisses on screen. But these kisses are far more breathtaking and romantic than Hollywood romances.

Hum Tum, Jab We Met, Dev D and Kambakkht Ishq set the stage for modern day open mouth French kissing in Bollywood. Yes, Bollywood learnt from Hollywood but perfected it like magic. It is like Japanese car makers learnt to build quality cars from the Americans but now Toyota builds far better cars that GM and Ford!

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