Love

She was born on February 14, Valentine’s Day, known to be a celebration of all things heart and love. And it was a failed heart which cut short superstar Madhubala’s life. Her youngest sister Madhur recalls the meteoric rise and fadeout of Hindi cinema’s Venus, who lived only for 36 years to become a star forever... THE APA I KNEW “Right through my childhood, Apa (as she addressed Madhubala aka Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehalvi) remained busy shooting. Coming from a conservative Muslim family of Pathans, my father (Ataullah Khan) wasn’t keen that we study. But fortunately, I was sent to St. Joseph’s Convent, Bandra. Yes, she was the only earning member. My father worked with the Imperial Tobacco Company in Peshawar with the British. But being a Pathan, he was hot-headed. He couldn’t bear being badly treated and lost a 15-year-old job in seconds. He brought all of us to Mumbai. Apa, who was just seven, had talent; she could sing and dance. So she did her first film Basant as a child actor...

Love. Isn’t that what it’s all really about? (Aside from the hokey pokey, of course.) Regardless of how successful one is in possibly every other aspect of life, if there is neglect in the realm of love and affection, everything else seems to kind of fall apart … doesn’t it? So, if something is that important to our well-being and to the truly satisfying living of our lives, then why is it that we still seem to struggle so much with understanding it and embracing it for what it is, and what it can be? Maybe it’s because love is a chronic shape-shifter; romantic love, kindred-spirit love, familial love, brotherly/sisterly love, BFF love, mentor-mentee love, pet/pet-owner love, love as a metaphor vs. love as a (usually inconvenient) reality. With so many incarnations of one label playing a role in our daily lives in some way or another—whether with its presence or its absence—how can we be expected to be able to pinpoint and simply define what exactly love is, what it looks like, or wh...

True love is all about finding that one certain someone, and anthropologists have led us to believe that the quest for the perfect mate is evolutionarily based. Humans are, the researchers contend, a naturally pair-boded species. The standard scenario goes like this: Human babies are born about three months too soon because upright walking changed the female pelvis and babies have to get out before their heads grow too big. As a result, human babies are born neurologically unfinished; they can’t sit up or grasp or do much of anything. By necessity, adult humans are designed to respond to the cries and babbles of infants; we rush to feed them and pick them up. The burden of this kind of child care is so intense, they say, that it takes two parents to bring up even one baby. Women are prone to care for babies because they give birth to this packet of half their genes. But males will only help if the female pledges to be monogamous and the male is assured of paternity; the baby is onl...

Tiny bits of information for Valentines.There are five facts about love that people should remember and understand. Valentines is in the air.I can see stores filled with heart shaped decorations, shops full of heart chocolates and streets filled of flower vendors.Valentine’s Day,must be a great event to look for, I regard. Valentines is Love,many people would say.It is love, when couple go on a date and enjoy romantic moments with each other. It is also love when he/she says, “I Love You”. We may know a lot about love, but the most important facts about it, should be consider with utmost knowledge. The 5 Facts about Love are: 1.True love never surrender. It might get tired, but a little rest is enough because true love would never complain; it would always find a way to understand the pain. 2.Love takes effort and acceptance. It won’t always be a happy ride; you’ll cry when you’re hurt, you’ll be sad when ignored, but you should hold on and always remember. Love hurts when ...