Celebs Spotted at Zee Cine Awards 2013

The recently held Zee Cine Awards was a star-studded event. Who did we spot on the red carpet?

Best fighting in Cricket : Let's get physical

Javed Miandad Vs Dennis Lillee, 1981, Perth: From what can be seen, Lillee came in Miandad's way as the latter was completing a run. A confrontation soon started, and umpire Tony Crafter tried to stop the two from clawing at each other. The Aussie then went on to kick Miandad, who responded by raising his bat.

Raman Lamba Vs Rashid Patel, 1990, Jamshedpur: During a Duleep Trophy fixture between Noth Zone and West Zone, fast bowler Rashid Patel picked up a stump and chased the late Raman Lamba.

 

Colin Croft Vs Fred Goodall, 1980, Christchurch: Colin Croft 'bumped' into umpire Fred Goodall as he was completing his delivery stride, venting out his frustration on what the West Indian team felt was biased umpiring. Marlon Samuels Vs Shane Warne, 2012, Melbourne: Shane Warne began by swearing at Marlon Samuels, tugging the batsman's shirt in what was the first part of the ugly episode. The second part saw Warne throwing the ball at Samuels even as he was in the crease, and the West Indian responded by throwing his bat angrily.Harbhajan Singh Vs Sreesanth, 2008, Mohali: After winning the game between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians, Sreesanth offered his commiserations to Harbhajan by saying,"Hard Luck". He got slapped in return, and burst into tears.Inzamam-ul-Haq Vs A Spectator, 1997, Toronto: After being called an aloo (potato) by a spectator, Inzamam-ul-Haq took a bat, crossed the ropes and charged at the man, only to be brought back onto the field, where he had to be restrained from going back by the security staff.Abdul Qadir Vs A Spectator, 1988, Barbados: Abdul Qadir wasn't very happy with what a spectator was telling him, and he expressed his displeasure by crossing over to punch the gentleman in question. The police weren't impressed, as they took the Pakistani leggie down to the station for an interrogation.Shahid Afridi Vs Gautam Gambhir, 2007, Kanpur: Gautam Gambhir collided with Shahid Afridi while taking a run, and the two began an altercation using language that isn't found in the dictionary. Umpire Ian Gould intervened to restore sanity.Darren Gough Vs Roshan Mahanama, 2000, Adelaide: In an ODI where Muralitharan was called for chucking, Darren Gough collided with Roshan Mahanama, and subsequently decided to 'rub shoulders' with the batsman. English skipper Alec Stewart added fuel to the fire by repeating the routine with Mahanama.

Celebs on Dabboo Ratnani's 2013 calendar

Daboo Ratnani's calendar is something that every Bollywood fan looks forward to. Here are some of the photos which were taken for this years calender.

 

 

Love and Lust In Amsterdam

Known as the erotic capital of the world, Amsterdam is unabashed in its celebration of human sexuality. This candidness, coupled with its unique smart shops and quirky sex museum, propels the city to the top of our honeymoon destination list. To discover this side of Amsterdam in a day by foot, Conde Nast Traveller whips up a titillating itinerary for lovers, honeymooners and the curious.

Appetiser
A day of carnal bingeing on the streets of Amsterdam begins at the Temple of Venus or the Sex Museum. Just ahead of Centraal Station, the Sex Museum is an unassuming little building on Damrak Street, and easy to miss on a crowded day. Inside you'll find life-size wax figures of legends like Mata Hari, the Dutch exotic dancer who was accused of espionage during the First World War, and American sex goddess Marilyn Monroe. Meanwhile, kinky artefacts from ancient times, sections focused on sadomasochism and fetishes, and footage of old, black and white erotic films, offer a scintillating view into the world of human sexuality.

Entrée
For an entrée, head to a “smart” coffee shop. Smart shops typically sell herbal drugs, weed seeds and artsy bongs, pipes and other such merchandise, and the ones in Holland also sell magic mushrooms. You might be tempted to try out baked products such as hash brownies and ‘space’ cakes, but unless you’re really feeling adventurous, it’s best to limit your experiments to coffee, kitschy souvenirs and window shopping.

Main Course
If you have worked up an appetite with all the aspirational shopping, you are now ready to take a stroll down Amsterdam’s vibrant Red Light District. Keep your cameras tucked away, avoid direct eye contact and absorb the vivid sights of Amsterdam’s legendary tourist hotspot. Mostly for visitors, you will find people of all ages and from all over the world, along with sex workers behind glass windows. It is a perfectly safe and friendly place as long as you take your usual precautions. You are bound to bump into solicitors of drugs, and much more, but if you are unfamiliar with the terrain, it is advisable to refuse politely and walk away.

Dessert?
If all this indulgence has got you craving something a little more risqué, then Amsterdam’s erotic theatres, with their live sex acts, are the perfect ingredients to sweeten your multi-course experience. These are not sex clubs, or brothels. They are theatres with erotic shows integrating humour, art and a little bit of audience participation. Casa Rosso, Bananenbar and Amsterdam’s Moulin Rouge are the most famous of the lot, and tickets start at about 35 Euro (Rs. 2,269) per person.

Where to stay

InterContinental Amstel AmsterdamInterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Professor Tulpplein 1, Amsterdam (+31 20 622 60 60; www.amsterdam.intercontinental.com) Doubles from Rs 25,778

Hotel Okura AmsterdamHotel Okura Amsterdam, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH, Amsterdam (+ 31 20 678 71 11;www.okura.nl) Doubles from Rs 14,357

Hilton AmsterdamHilton Amsterdam, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG Amsterdam (+31 20 710 60 00; www1.hilton.com) Doubles from Rs 13,639

NH Grand Hotel KrasnapolskyNH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam, 9. 1012 JS Amsterdam (+31 20 554 91 11; www.nh-hotels.com) Doubles from Rs 9,724

Hotel CCHotel CC, Warmoesstraat 42, 1012 JE, Amsterdam (+31 20 527 00 27; www.hotelcc.nl) Doubles from Rs 9,071

General view of the canals in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam with its many canals and bridges, often referred to as the Venice of the North, is the country's tourist and financial capital. 

Huge letters in front of the Rijksmuseum let you know you are in Amsterdam.

 

Lamps signal places that practice the oldest profession in the Red Light District in Amsterdam.

 

General view of Bicycles on a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

A bike is parked in a side street in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 750,000 people who live in Amsterdam own over 600,000 bicycles.

 

Cyclists make their way through the city streets in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

A cyclist makes his way across a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Boys too are victims of sexual abuse

Mumbai, Jan. 9 -- Last October Anjana Prakash, principal of Hansraj School in Andheri, was informed by a teacher about a Class 7 boy who had stopped concentrating in class and always looked troubled. She was later told by his parents that the boy had been sexually abused and sodomised by some boys in his neighbourhood.

In the midst of the demand for safety for women and girls, experts feel young boys are just as vulnerable to sexual harassment in schools as well as in homes. "Many young boys tend to get harassed by older boys, and often are too scared to complain," said Prakash. "Usually, parents do not worry as much about the company of their sons, but it is necessary to understand that young boys are very vulnerable to sexual harassment."

Till 2007, boys of all ages in the Andheri school's residential campus stayed together in the hostel. However, after cases of sexual harassment came up, it was decided that only students in the same age group will be allotted the same room.

Several school counsellors receive frequent cases of boys who are sexually harassed. "I get at least two cases in a month where a boy complains of being sexually harassed by boys from higher classes, particularly in washrooms," said Shilpa Sharma, counselling psychologist at St Francis D'Assisi High School, Borivli.

Last May, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was passed in Parliament, which made rape a gender-neutral offence. The law came into effect on November 14.

"This Act can be used as a legal recourse in cases where boys have been sexually abused," said Pooja Taparia, founder, Arpan, a non-profit-organisation that works against sexual abuse. "Safety of boys usually tends to get ignored, and earlier there were no concrete laws to protect boys who were sexually abused."