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• No set shelf life theStack EACH ORGAN OF HUMAN

for actors: Preity BODY IS EQUALLY CRUCIAL
LITTLE THINGS
By Dipen Shah; Penguin The book Second Go is a first-hand account of a liver
transplant recipient’s journey in India, chronicled
If female actors devote as much time from the patient’s perspective in vivid details
as their male counterparts to the film Adapted from Dice Media’s similarly titled web series, the book SECOND GO CHRONICLES the story of Radhika
“Little Things” has a simple message: You don’t need big things to
career, it would be possible for heroines • Sara Ali Khan is a happen. A little love, a little togetherness and a little Sachdev a single mom and breadwinner of the
to have a longer shelf-life, believes Preity born star: Kareena happiness are all you need. Whether it is in dealing family. Her life takes a turn when she finds out
Zinta. The 43-years-old actor points out Actress Kareena Kapoor with a bad day at work, trying out a new restaurant or that she had a tumour in her liver. But despite
the fact that the society is still patriarchal Khan, on the side lines of the experiencing FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) on a week- the gravity of her illness, Radhika stays strong
makes it tough for women to pursue their recently held Lux Golden end, the protagonists Dhruv and Kavya go through a and determined.
careers and same is the case with movie Rose Awards 2018, said that series of simple yet charming incidents. This book “The irony of life is that four years down the
stars. “If a female actor dedicates that her step-daughter Sara Ali offers a peek into the life of a young couple who line, I had to stand in the organ recipients’ queue
many years then she would also (get Khan is a born star. Kareena knows how to find meaning in the ‘little things’. Its for a liver transplant, and have luckily lived to tell
author, Dipen Shah, was born in Mumbai and spent
my tale. I know for sure that my mother’s donated
that kind of stardom). Lot of actresses shares warm bond with her his childhood in Doha. He loves comedy and wishes to eyes fetched me the liver from a cadaver donor
get married, have children, take a break. step-daughter Sara Ali Khan be a comedian some day. that I now host in my body today,” said Radhika,
I personally took quite a few years who will soon mark her Hindi -------------------------------------------------------------------------- the author of the book.
film debut with Kedarnath
of break. One has to compare apples and at the trailer launch of Penned in real time, from the hospital bed
to apples. You can’t compare apples the film, the debutante said I DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE EXPECTING while battling for life, on a Samsung Galaxy
to oranges. The moment an actress that she wants to imbibe By Richa S MUkherjee; HarperCollins smartphone’s 4x2 inchk-
gets married and has children she is professionalism of Kareena. eypad, the only device
taking care of the children, she is out of On the debut of Sara, Kareena Nothing fazes Tara, who is living a blessed life in the maximum city allowed to Radhika the
circulation,” a PTI report quoted Preity as said, “I am quite sure that the with her husband Abhimanyu and is at the pinnacle of her career in patient in her super-san-
her 30s — not even a foul-mouthed best friend or a
itised recuperating room,
saying. “Having said that, it is a patriarchal film will be a super hit but ir- food-burning arch-nemesis in the form of her maid. this book follows a hybrid
society but the real test of time will be respective of that, I think she And then, Tara discovers that she’s pregnant, and, format of medico-psycho
is a born star.” In a separate
with newer bunch of actors who is getting interview with film critic suddenly, all that well-honed composure crumbles. thriller, interspersed with
married and still working, to see how things Anupama Chopra, Kareena, It doesn’t help that she’s got an equally jittery (if SMS chats, transcripts of
go. It is unrealistic to compare heroes and the doting mother, spoke supportive) husband by her side. Now, Tara must face medical records, and other
heroines as their lifespan is different.” The about why it is important to her anxieties about parenthood as she navigates workings of an addled mind
actor believes the approach towards women just spend quality time with friendships, marriage and career, all the while dealing overcome by sickness, yet
has changed both on- and off-screen today. your child without necessar- with the fact that her body and mind are steadily determined to pull through.
It is a first-hand ac-
“Who would have thought Veere Di Wedding ily engaging in any specific feeling like they belong to someone else. An irrever- count of a liver transplant
ent, honest and funny journey down the road —
with all women do Rs 90 crore (business)? activity. The actress said she potholes and all — to (accidental) parenthood! recipient’s journey in India,
likes to spend most of her
Nobody. It is the most exciting time for an quality time with Taimur. ---------------------------------------------------------- chronicled from the patient’s perspective in vivid
actor like me as well.” detail as a series of dramatic events unfold in her
THE PROFANE life, completing the cycle from sickness to health,
By Satyajit Sarna; HarperCollins despair to hope. It also tells the story of a single
mom and breadwinner of the family, her strong
bonding with her adoptive daughter, and her fam-
A brew of art, politics, religion and mythology, “The Profane” poetry
• WHEN TWEET WAR ISN’T SO SWEET TROLLING IS collection has poems of heartbreak and disillusion, of loneliness ily and friends’ support.
and mortality, but also of passion for life on earth in all its mud and
“Health wise, these two years have gone by
ARIANA HITS OUT AT PIERS MORGAN FOR CRITICISING MOTHER, BAND LITTLE MIX BOTH GOOD glory. Kurt Cobain, Napoleon and Amir Khusro meet in the pages of remarkably smooth. But going forward may not be
Singer Ariana Grande has slammed jour- AND BAD’ this collection — and Homeric tough guys get what they deserve. In as simple or easy. Yesterday’s blood report indi-
nalist Piers Morgan after he criticised UK the third sequence in the poem titled “Let Me Tell You About Delhi”, cated that my AFP level has shot up again, so I am
girl band Little Mix and her mother, Joan. Khusro is addressed directly, albeit too late. “Khusro, your bazaars scheduled to undergo another PET scan tomorrow
The journalist went on to Twitter to blast had flowers and incense/spice and dung, silk and cotton. We have to rule out the recurrence of the dreaded #HCC,”
the pop band for their nude promotional thrown/open the doors to a world of plastics, to wear/ said Radhika.
photo for their album ‘LM5’. “Hey @Little- and to adorn, to hold and to decorate...” Together, “These past three years, I’ve lost count of how
Mix when are you going to admit you stole the poems make for a pleasent read about the oft- many tests, and scans I’ve undergone; and how
this idea from @dixiechicks?” he taunted. ignored aspects about our daily lives. It’s a human much money and effort has gone into keeping me
Soon after, Ariana’s mother Joan came out book which tells us it’s okay to be human.’ — Matthew alive. It should eventually, be worth something —
in support of the band. “Honestly what is Dickman ‘Sarna has something rich and meaning- hence, my feeble attempts at sharing my experi-
wrong with you @piersmorgan? Didn’t your ful to communicate, and the lyric sensibility, love of ences with other patients,” she added.
mother teach you if you have nothing nice to language, beat and rhyme, and inventive zest to bring The author hopes that this book will give
say, don’t say it,” she wrote. Morgan hit back alive on the page all the vividness and pleasure and courage and direction to other patients whose
at the singer’s mum by saying: “Hi Joan, my Niharica Raizada plangency of life. This is a book to savour and treas- lives are hanging by a thread, patients awaiting a
• Star vs scribe The Ariana-Piers fight is on mother taught me to speak my mind.” (In an interview) ure for all the years it will stand on your shelf.’ life-saving cadaveric organ donation.

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