Monthly Archives: January 2013

Nach Baliye 5: Shoaib Malik sweeps Sania Mirza off her feet

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Sports

The couple throw a stunning performance in the dance reality show

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik perform during a dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye 5’. (Screen grab)

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her husband, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik’s chemistry was nothing short of electric as they waltzed on the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye 5’.

The couple who was a little nervous before their performance was unstoppable when they started twirling on the stage.

Their chemistry and expression spoke volumes about their relationship and love. The impact was such that even the judges were mesmerized with this flawless performance by the sportstars.

They danced in perfect co-ordination. Sania looked lovely in a pink outfit while Shoaib would make any girl go weak in her knees in that formal suit.

As special guest they have been in the news for a while and will be finally seen this Saturday performing together in the celebrity dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye-5’.

Though Sania was skeptical about her dancing skill, she is confident about Shoaib’s talent and hopes he makes it up for the two. Shoaib apparently is a good dancer and has right proved on the floor.

Shy Sania has been practicing rigorously to put her acts together. So much so that she practices her dance moves more than her tennis strokes. Sania tweeted: “Started the day at 5.30 in the morning, 2 hours of practice followed by a 11 hour shoot for nach baliye..Its safe to say I am exhausted!!!”

Phew!! That’s too much of hard work for a guest performance.

Sania and Shoaib look absolutely smitten with one another. Their love-story is no less than a movie script and hence they have decided to enact it on screen!

Both Sania and Shoaib faced all odds before their marriage. The couple belongs to two rival nations; Shoaib Malik was also tainted as a cheat who first married Ayesha Siddiqui and later dumped her.

Sania stood firm supporting Shoaib though the legal and social hassle. Both faced all snags but finally decided to listen to their hearts.

Their love story went on to culminate in a marriage that had everyone mesmerized. Now Star Plus will capture their journey in the show that’s all about love, chemistry & compatibility.

Sania-Shoaib’s strong, ardent love story is perfect for a show where the two partners showcase the power of their bond. This is the first time that they will be featuring on television on a celebrity dance show.

But we expect Sania and Shoaib to bring in some twist in the show.

India’s celebrity dance show, ‘Nach Baliye 5’ has come back with a brand new season and a brand new promise to wow audiences every weekend.

The previous seasons were a massive hit with the small screen audience, Season 5 promises to be bigger, better and more glamorous.

The three judges this year are Bollywood’s favourite, Shilpa Shetty Kundra; director & actor; Sajid Khan and celebrity choreographer Terrence Lewis.

This will also be actress Shilpa Shetty’s first on-screen big project after her she delivered a baby boy.

source: http://www.emirates247.com / Home> Entertainment / by Staff / Wednesday, Janurary 02nd, 2013

London Telugus pledge to protect Brown tomb

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Historical Links, Pre-Independence, Nri's / Pio's

The impact of the just-concluded 4th World Telugu Conference was such that there were immediate outcomes. Telugu associations in different countries came out with announcements to extend their part of service. The London Telugu Association has pledged to take all the necessary steps to protect the tomb of C. P. Brown, British officer who worked in Andhra and did yeoman service to Telugu language by authoring and publishing the first English-to-Telugu and Telugu-to-English dictionaries. The association’s representatives K. Chandrakanth and K. Mallesh, said they were undertaking various activities for Telugus in the UK.

The Malaysian delegation, on the other hand, announced that it would conduct a meeting of the World Federation of Telugu Associations in their country on April 12 and 13 next. They said their children pursuing education in Telugu were handicapped with lack of trained teachers and non-availability of textbooks.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> National / by M. Malleswara Rao / Tirupati, December 30th, 2012

JNTU Anantapur to tie up with Carnegie Mellon

Education, World Opinion

JNTU Anantapur, is all set to start a new Masters programme in Information Technology starting next year in collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon University located at Pittsburgh in the United States.

Speaking to ‘The Hindu’, the Vice-Chancellor of JNTU-A, Prof. K. Lal Kishore said that the new Masters programme, which has been an integral part of the academics of JNTU at Kukatpally in Hyderabad since the last 10 years, would be a two-year full time programme based completely out of JNTU-A.

Professor Raj Reddy, a senior professor at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), was at the JNTU-A on Monday to discuss the proposal to start the Masters programme from the next academic year besides the intricacies of the programme.

A meeting of the administration along with Mr. Raj Reddy was held at the university going into various details of the programme.

Mr. Lal Kishore, explaining the course structure to ‘The Hindu’ said that the university was aiming to take in close to 50 students as a start. Any student with an engineering degree would be eligible for the course.

However, all such interested engineering graduates would have to pass an entrance test following which they would be put into a preparatory programme followed by an exam. Those students who clear the exam with a minimum of 80 per cent marks would be the ones eventually eligible for the new Masters programme.

Going further, Mr. Lal Kishore explained that the students of this course would be expected to devote a lot of time to their studies as the completion of each subject would mean successfully completing close to fifteen or more modules, for all of which an online test would be held by the CMU.

“Special and dedicated infrastructure would be provided to the students of this programme. Students would also be helped with financial assistance through various banks,” said JNTU-A V-C K. Lal Kishore.

Meanwhile, a special recruitment drive is also scheduled to be held aiming at the successful running of the programme in which existing professors might be trained to teach the students of the programme besides recruit those who had earlier completed a similar programme from CMU.

Earlier, Prof. Raj Reddy was felicitated by the JNTU-A V-C Prof. K. Lal Kishore at the university campus.

‘Students will be helped with financial assistance through various banks’

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by  Staff Reporter / January 01st, 2013