Kundali Bhagya continues

TRP Report: Kundali Bhagya continues to reign for the second time in a row; Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai follows

The week 39's TRP list by Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) is out. Dheeraj Dhoopar and Shraddha Arya starrer Kundali Bhagya has again topped the TRP chart to be at the numero uno spot. Check out the full report right here.
Dheeraj Dhoopar and Shraddha Arya Kundali Bhagya is one of the most viewed shows as makers have been entertaining the audience with this engaging and interesting storytelling. As per Week 39's TRP chart by Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC), the show has topped the list again. For the unversed, last week too, it was on the numero uno position. The show received 8219 impressions.
Speaking of the second spot, the same has been grabbed by Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. The show has maintained the spot with 7883 impressions. Since the last few weeks, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai was on the numero uno position. The Kaira's reunion and with Vedika's entry, the makers made sure that the viewers have been glued to the screens.
Kaun Banega Crorepati season 11 is one of the popular reality shows and the latest TRP chart is the proof of the same as the show is on the third place this week with 7859 impressions. Last week too, the series was on the same spot.
Kumkum Bhagya which was reigning the TRP report since the past few months has been sliding down spots with no inclusion in the top 5 last week. This week it has bounced back and is back in the list 7124 impressions. Last but not least, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma has improved TRP points with 7043 impressions is on the fifth spot. Last week, it was on the seventh spot. What are your views on the same? Let us know in the comment section below.
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Bigg Boss 13:

Bigg Boss 13: Paras Chhabra says tried to finish relationship with girlfriend again and again, she claims ‘he’s mine’
Bigg Boss thirteen is understood the maximum amount for its relationships because it is for its controversies, really it's exhausting to inform each apart many times.
Paras Chhabra's budding romance with Shehnaaz appears to be a case in purpose.
daily when his girlfriend Akanksha Puri laughed off Shehnaaz Gill and Mahira Sharma's face-off over him, he has aforementioned on camera that he tried to finish relationship with Akanksha
again and again however could not as she would find yourself in tears.
sitting around every other: Bigg Boss 13: A romance seems to be within the offing between Shehnaaz and Paras.

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Akanksha aforementioned in associate degree interview to ToI, "I saw the newest promo of Shehnaaz and Mahira Sharma fighting for Paras and that i could not stop riant.
If he's creating 2 folks lose their focus from the sport and is creating them fight for him, then i'd say he's a true winner.
i'm completely enjoying myself whereas observation him on the show."
The actor aforementioned she wasn't jealous as she is aware of Paras is hers; she additionally aforementioned he has her name tattooed on her gliding joint.
"We don't seem to be teenagers to induce jealous or stricken by such petty things.
i would like to be his strength and not weakness.
i do not have any qualms though he's dalliance with anyone as i do know regarding his strategy and game plans.
i do know he's mine and that i do not have to be compelled to worry regarding something," she said.
Paras, however, painted a unique image as he spoke to Dalljiet Kaur and Aarti Singh.
"I have tried to break-up with my girlfriend again and again," Paras aforementioned, adding that whereas he loves her they're opposites.
He went on to mention that each time he tries to finish the link, she starts crying and he does not need to harm her.
He additionally aforementioned that she simply comes and sits at his home.
In pics: Bigg Boss winners: wherever square measure they currently
Also watch: Paras's girlfriend Akansha Puri gets angry on his closeness with Shehnaz (Provided by Dailymotion)

Shubho Bijoya:

Shubho Bijoya: The reckoning begins for successive pujas

‘Shubho Bijoya’. therefore there Durga Pujo is over and this is often however we tend to want one another on Bijoya Dashami, the tenth day of Durga Pujo, the day the immortal purportedly returns to her abode in Kailash.
The day of ‘Bijoya Dashami’ you bid farewell to Maa Durga giving her sweets and sindoor. Before bidding farewell to the immortal, the women assemble close to the idol, apply vermilion on her feet or forehead so smear chromatic on one another. this is often a region of the last celebration before the immortal is taken for immersion.

Back home from the mandap you bit your elder’s feet, embrace your peers, bless the small ones so do what Bengalis love most. Eat. You eat sweets, nimkis and narus, you eat a lot of to forget the sorrow that Maa Durga has simply left.
So it's one more year to welcome the mother immortal yet again. a new year of the triumph of fine over evil, quality over despair. anticipating another year of ‘adda’, endless footage of the immortal and infinite selfies.
But, just like the sudden moment of dullness on a Sunday evening after you notice that weekday is simply many hours away, the amount of Bisarjan may be a similar feeling with the joyous hangover dwindling away ANd addressing the conclusion that Durga Puja is finally coming back to an finish.
Now it's no straightforward deal coming back to terms with reality once a week-long craze, after all, U.S.A. Bengalis set our life-calendar consistent with Pujo.
People ar in grief and gloom as a result of Maa Durga finally departs then again the hope remains and doesn't die just like the pattern of human existence. The divine spirit dormant in U.S.A. will definitely show up with come back of Maa Durga, within the coming back year. ‘Asche bochor abar hobe!’
This is to mention that at the tip of the Pujas, as Bongs bid farewell to the immortal in tears, definitely they need a sense that the divine mother is smiling at them. A painted smile although, nevertheless it's all regarding forgiveness and blessings.
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Sindoor Khela event in Jaipur

Sindoor Khela event in Jaipur

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Resplendent in their off white Bengali sari with red borders and traditional finery, the members smeared each other’s faces with Sindoor - Photogallery

Resplendent in their off white Bengali sari with red borders and traditional finery, the members smeared each other’s faces with Sindoor. (BCCL) Resplendent in their off white Bengali sari with red borders and traditional finery, the members smeared each other’s faces with Sindoor.&n... Read More Resplendent in their off white Bengali sari with red borders and traditional finery, the members smeared each other’s faces with Sindoor. (BCCL)Read Less

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas 'have 18-FOOT CAKE' at Christian wedding in Indian palace

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas 'have 18-FOOT CAKE' at Christian wedding in Indian palace

By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:31 EDT, 3 December 2018 | Updated: 02:37 EDT, 12 April 2019

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas reportedly had an 18-foot wedding cake.

The confection is said to have been served up at their Christian ceremony at the Umaid Bhawan palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on Friday.

Nick, 26, brought personal chefs over from Kuwait and Dubai to whip up the extravagant dessert, according to the leading Indian showbiz magazine Filmfare.

Married in style: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas reportedly had an 18-foot wedding cake at their Christian wedding in Jodhpur on Friday; they are pictured at the Sangeet on Saturday

These chefs also prepared the spread at Sunday's Hindu ceremony after visiting local eateries to perfect their grasp of the local Marwar cuisine. 

Nick and Priyanka's Hindu wedding at Umaid Bhawan was preceded by a two-hour breakfast and then the Haldi (turmeric) ceremony, the Bombay Times reported.

At the Haldi, the bride and groom separately have a turmeric paste smeared over the skin as a sort of cosmetic measure, somewhat similar to a spa mask.

After the bride washes off the turmeric, she has the Choora ceremony, where she puts on the ceremonial bangles for which the ritual is named.

Word on the street: Nick, 26, brought personal chefs over from Kuwait and Dubai to whip up the extravagant dessert, according to the leading Indian showbiz magazine Filmfare

Ahead of a Punjabi wedding such as this one, groom wraps on a sehra, an elaborate nuptial turban with fringe over his face.

The men closest to him - in this case, likely including Nick's brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Frankie Jonas - wear less ornate headpieces called pagdis.

Priyanka and Nick's Hindu festivities reportedly featured a 40-foot floral canopy called a mandap, and the bride and groom took an elephant ride around the venue.

Ready to party: These chefs also prepared the spread at Sunday's Hindu ceremony after visiting local eateries to perfect their grasp of the local Marwar cuisine

The horse he rode in on: The groom had a Baaraat - a procession in which the groom arrives at his wedding on a horse; Nick's is pictured here

The groom had a Baaraat - a procession in which the groom arrives at his wedding on a horse, surrounded by his dancing loved ones and a live band.

Priyanka wore an outfit by the highly regarded designer Sabyasachi Mukherji, who was glimpsed arriving in Jodhpur on Friday.

The Hindu marriage was sealed with a ceremony called Saath Phere, in which the bride and groom walk around a fire seven times to represent seven marital vows.

Flash: Priyanka and Nick's Hindu festivities reportedly featured a 40-foot floral canopy called a Mandap, and the bride and groom took an elephant ride around the venue

Her Christian ceremony, which was officiated by Nick's pastor father Paul, saw her decked out in Ralph Lauren - a romantic touch, considering they both represented that fashion house at the 2017 Met Gala more than a year before their engagement.

This is reputedly the first time Ralph Lauren has put together a wedding dress for a bride who is not a member of his family.

After the Christian ceremony on Friday came a chockablock Saturday, with the Mehendi during the day followed by a Sangeet at night.

Party on: On Monday, Priyanka and Nick were spotted heading to New Delhi for a Tuesday reception that will reportedly play host to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Newlyweds: Priyanka was wearing her choora, a ceremonial set of bangles, as well as her sindhoor, a streak of vermilion along the part in her hair indicating she is now a married woman

Typically held the day before the wedding, the Mehendi is when the bride, as well as female guests at the wedding, have henna tattoos applied to their hands.

According to the Bollywood gossip site PinkVilla, Priyanka attended her Mehendi in a gown by the duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, who have been acclaimed for their work in such Hindi movies as Devdas.

At the Mehendi, Nick's mother Denise Jonas presented her with a $79,500 pair of Van Cleef And Arpels Snowflake earrings, the Bombay Times claimed.

Hours later at the Sangeet, the bride danced to her own film songs before her movie star cousin Parineeti Chopra and some friends acted out the story of her life and relationship with her groom, according to a report in the Bombay Times. 

Lots to do: After the Christian ceremony on Friday came a chockablock Saturday, with the Mehendi during the day (pictured) followed by a Sangeet at night

Festive: Typically held the day before the wedding, the Mehendi is when the bride, as well as female guests at the wedding, have henna tattoos applied to their hands

Bollywood choreographer Ganesh Hegde, who worked with Priyanka on the 2006 film Don, cobbled together the dances for the evening.

Though Priyanka has sung professionally, these numbers were sung by playback singers for the actress to dance to onscreen, as is de rigeur in the Hindi film industry.

The bride and her mother Madhu Chopra danced into the sangeet to Ram Chahe Leela Chahe from the 2013 romantic tragedy Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela.

Glamour: According to the Bollywood gossip site PinkVilla , Priyanka attended her Mehendi in a gown by the duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla

Luxury: At the Mehendi, Nick's mother Denise Jonas presented her with a $79,500 pair of Van Cleef And Arpels Snowflake earrings, the Bombay Times claimed

For the song Gallan Goodiyan from 2015's Dil Dhadakne Do, Priyanka got a little help from her bridesmaids, including Parineeti and the heiress Isha Ambani, whose father Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in Asia.

Both sides of the family hit the stage for the dance numbers, as seen in Priyanka's Instagram album of the Sangeet - where eagle-eyed fans could catch Joe Jonas' fiancée, Game Of Thrones star Sophie Turner, hoofing it to the music.

The Sangeet attendees arrived to the sight of staff and Kalbeliya tribal dancers carrying torches and modeling the local dress of Rajasthan.

Saturday's festivities concluded with a massive fireworks show outside Umaid Bhawan, which was captured on photo and video from a distance. 

Having a ball: Hours later at the Sangeet, the bride danced to her own film songs before her movie star cousin Parineeti Chopra and some friends acted out the story of her life

Family act: The bride and her mother Madhu Chopra danced into the sangeet to Ram Chahe Leela Chahe from the 2013 romantic tragedy Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela

Priyanka and Nick's functions happened to fall on the same weekend as the star-studded Bombay reception of Bollywood film star couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, who wore Sabyasachi to their wedding at Lake Como last month.

The celebrity guests at Priyanka's wedding functions include The Only Way Is Essex alumna Jasmin Walia, Armie Hammer's wife Elizabeth Chambers and the Ambanis. 

On Monday, Priyanka and Nick were spotted heading to New Delhi for a Tuesday reception that will reportedly play host to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Priyanka was wearing her choora, as well as her sindhoor, a streak of vermilion along the part in her hair indicating that she is now a married woman.

All together: For the song Gallan Goodiyan from 2015's Dil Dhadakne Do, Priyanka got a little help from her bridesmaids, including Parineeti and the heiress Isha Ambani

Spot Sophie Turner: Both sides of the family hit the stage for the dance numbers, as seen in Priyanka's Instagram album of the Sangeet

Though Priyanka has posted photos of the Mehendi and Sangeet to Instagram, the actual wedding photos have yet to publicly materialize.

Jose Villa, whose credits include Tamera Mowry's nuptials and those of Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, snapped Priyanka's wedding pictures and revealed on his Insta Stories that they will appear in an unnamed magazine on an unspecified date.

Before her whirlwind relationship with Nick, Priyanka was notoriously tight-lipped about her love life, but her name has been attached to famous men in the past.

She is rumored to have dated Aseem Merchant when she was a model, and her Love Story 2050 co-star Harman Baweja confirmed speculation they were once an item.

Glorious: Saturday's festivities concluded with a massive fireworks show outside Umaid Bhawan, which was captured on photo and video from a distance

Meanwhile: Priyanka and Nick's functions happened to fall on the same weekend as the star-studded Bombay reception of film star couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh

Priyanka was also linked to her three-time onscreen leading man Shahid Kapoor.

Built during the British Raj for the ruling family of the princely state of Jodhpur, Umaid Bhawan's name means 'Umaid's Mansion,' a reference to Umaid Singh, the Maharajah of Jodhpur from 1918 until his death two months before independence.

Indian royalty was abolished under Indira Gandhi's government in the 1970s and the palace became a hotel, since when it has reportedly played host to Mick Jagger and been the site of a Sting concert.

It joins several other Indian palaces in this respect, including the 18th century Lake Palace in Udaipur, now a fashionable spot for weddings and honeymoons.

History: Built during the British Raj for the ruling family of Jodhpur, Umaid Bhawan's name means 'Umaid's Mansion,' a nod to Umaid Singh, the Maharajah of Jodhpur from 1918 to 1947

Star attraction: After Indian royalty was abolished, the palace became a hotel, since when it has reportedly played host to Mick Jagger and been the site of a Sting concert

Bengali puja cooking tradition

Visit Ananda Mela to savour a cookery tradition of Bengali cooking

“Ananda mela is one amongst the primary rituals of Durga Puja. it's primarily the primary get along of Sharod Uthsob,” au courant Lopa Mukherjee, a member of D block Durga Puja Samity, Chittaranjan Park.

Bengali cooking is common across the country for its savories moreover as sweets. And Bengalis ar famed for his or her cuisine passion. this can be mirrored in their most significant pageant, Durga Puja. Dilip Guha describes a motivating cookery ritual, Ananda Mela.Food forms Associate in Nursing intrinsic a part of Durga Puja celebrations. This vivacious and spirited pageant, touch 5 days, reflects the depth and richness of Indian culture and one comes away with a sense of awe at its sheer grandeur and wonder. whereas fashion meets tradition because the girls graciously boast the terribly finest of ancient sarees ~ lovely ancient weaves of dhakai, tant and tussar ~ children in stylish outfits and men turning into “Bengali Babus” in dhotis and kurtas, the fusion of recent and tradition is seen within the food moreover. whether or not served throughout bhog or within the stalls that wake within the evening, it’s a tricky alternative for foodies.

Pandal hopping in Delhi NCR provides one an opportunity to cherish some delicious Bengali delicacies whereas enjoying the state’s culture through music, dance, poetry recitation, fashion events and drama acts that ar performed by the locals. Puja pandals so become the melting pots of creativeness and native artistes and kids get the maximum amount chance to show their talent as skilled artistes.

As a region of the event and adding color to the pageant, Durga Puja committees organise numerous competitions and fun-filled activities with exciting prizes. Mouthwatering cuisines, sweets Associate in Nursingd dishes ar an integral a part of this celebration. Ananda Mela is one such tradition, wherever native girls share their family specialties on the evening before the puja rituals begins.

This year, the mela falls on three October. It is, in fact, the primary event that sets the Puja celebrations rolling and is typically celebrated on the evening of the fifth day (Panchami) of Durga Puja. during this mela, a number of native girls provide home-cooked food. They got wind of stalls to show their specialties and sell to any or all those keen on smart food and banqueting.

A noteworthy feature of the Ananda Mela, or Ladies’ honest, is that the native girls ar inspired to sell their wares ~ tasty eatables ~ at nominal costs. The food stalls got wind of at the most puja venues provide a fashionable fare of Bengali and Mughlai cooking and attract large crowds. The food on provide will be something, from pakora to singara (Samosa), spring rolls to egg rolls, and even Biryani or sweets.

This, aside from being a fun event, is additionally a contest and organisers expect all the participants to follow the principles set and to confirm that solely food ready themselves reception ought to be displayed for decision making.

“Anandamela is one amongst the primary rituals of Durga Puja. it's primarily the primary get along of Sharod Uthsob,” au courant Lopa Mukherjee, a member of D block Durga Puja Samity, Chittaranjan Park. “The term Ananda Mela virtually suggests that ‘Fun Fair’. The conception was established so as to begin the Pujo with luscious /lip blow food and, of course, a colossal gathering. Residents of Cr Park prepare and sell authentic home-cooked Bengali cooking and welcome everybody amorously and heat.”

Anando Mela, she added, is additionally the time once a minimum of one amongst 5 sellers would provide aloo dum and luchi on their menu to the attendees, thereby providing them the style of authentic Bengali cooking. whereas the general public sell savoury dishes like Egg Chops, Chicken Kebabs and Ghugni, ancient Bengali sweets/desserts like Malpua, Chhanar Jilipi and Rosgollas, also are a giant hit throughout the fest she adscititious.

Echoing her, Shreya Chakraborty, a member of the Co-operative Ground, Durga Puja Samity, said, “Anando Mela, or a Fete of Happiness, is an incident that marks the start of the Durga Puja celebrations, wherever Bengali housewives prepare savoury and sweet delicacies reception and got wind of stalls at the Puja Ground to contend for the most effective dish award.” Bengalis ar famed for cuisine passion. thus once the Bengali community celebrates their biggest pageant, Durga Puja, food needs to play a really essential role within the celebrations, she added.

Kallol Acharyya, Secretary of Co-operative Ground Durga Puja Samity, said, “We extremely appreciate the efforts place in by all the homemakers and their families, WHO lend them a assistance in swing forth a decent show.”