Leela naidu biography of abraham
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Femina Miss India
Indian beauty pageant
Miss India, also known as Femina Miss India, is a national beauty pageant in India that selects representatives to compete in the Miss World competition, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.[1] It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group.[2][3]
The current Femina Miss India World is Nikita Porwal from Madhya Pradesh. She was crowned by the previous titleholder, Nandini Gupta, on 16 October in Mumbai.[4]
History
The first Miss India was Esther Abraham, from Calcutta, who won the title in The pageant was organized by the local press.[5][6]
In , two Miss India pageants were held. Indrani Rehman and Nutan were the winners.[7] Nutan was crowned Miss Mussorie, while Rahman was crowned at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.[8] Rahman later represented India at the first Miss Universe pageant in [9]
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Fashion quotient
More and more brand stores prefer Ludhiana as a destination
Gurvinder Singh
There was a time when Ludhiana was considered a second-tier city, but in terms of fashion and top brands it has always given the metros a run for their money. Designers and other people in the business of mode have been coming to the city for exhibitions in a bid to gauge the potential of the marknad. Off late, the likes of Pernia Qureshi and Sana Rezwan visited the city, bypassing some of the metros!
Alka Nishar, owner of Aza, multi-designer brand store in Mumbai and Delhi, on such a visit recently funnen the city a right platform. "Ludhiana is framträdande as a strong marknad for high-end luxury goods. I got a very good response during my visit; people here are very aware of the products and prices," she said.
Designer Neeta Lulla also feels that Ludhianvis have always been fashion-conscious. "Ludhianvis are very receptive to fashion trends. They travel to Delhi as well as Mumbai f
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Dustedoff
I have Richard, over at Dances on the Footpath, to thank for this. Several years back, Richard had linked a blog post to a URL from where one could download Balraj Sahni’s autobiography. Since I’m a fan of Mr Sahni’s, I did so, promptly (which was just as well, since sometime later, that link went dead). What with this and that, however, I didn’t get around to reading the book until a week or so back—and then I wished I’d taken the time to read it earlier.
Published, according to various sources, by Hind Pocket Books, this autobiography was originally written in Hindi. This version (it can be read online, here) is in English, so has obviously been translated by someone—I have no idea who. Chronologically speaking, it’s an interestingly placed book, because while it’s obviously been written sometime in the late 60s (Sahni refers to Haqeeqat, which was released in , as already having been made, but mentions Parikshit Sahni, whose first major film was Anokhi Raat,