He just walked away with the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, butFarhan Akhtar admits that when he entered the industry, more than a decade ago, acting was not on his agenda. “When I started out I was very categorical that I only wanted to write, direct and produce films with my friend and partner Ritesh (Sidhwani),” he says. And that was how it was till early 2007 when AbhishekKapoor came to him with the role of Aditya Shroff in Rock On!! By then he had proved his mettle as a director with films like Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya and Don--The Chase Begins and wowed by the script, Farhan said yes to his first turn in front of the camera because “it was a world and music he could identify with”.

As waistlines get thicker and the list of lifestyle diseases rise across the globe, the number of ways that one can get one’s health back through physical activity, is also going up. Choosing from the fitness palette can therefore be quite confusing. Looking at the top fitness trends this year, let us try to simplify the process of choosing. Power yoga (Vinyasa): Power yoga has become a fitness rage the world over. It basically involves a smooth and continuous flow of asanas woven into a sequence. It offers cardiovascular benefits along with helping to shape and tone the entire body, especially your arms, back and the abdominal areas. Furthermore, it also combines most of the benefits of traditional yoga.

Even though some advocates are pushing towards lowering the legal drinking age from 21, research continues to show that the law actually saves lives. Researchers found that studies done since 2006—when a new debate over age-21 laws flared up—have continued to demonstrate that the mandates work. The laws, studies show, are associated with lower rates of drunk-driving crashes among young people. And it seems they also curb other hazards of heavy drinking—including suicide, dating violence and unprotected sex. “The evidence is clear that there would be consequences if we lowered the legal drinking age,” lead researcher William DeJong, Ph.D., of Boston University School of Public Health, said.

How you sleep is a major determinant of how well your heart functions. A new study carried out on cardiac patients at the Sir Gangaram Hospital here revealed that around 96 percent of patients who have cardiovascular problems have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea, which is clinically called Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), is a type of disorder characterized by pausesin breathing or instances of shallow or infrequent breathing during sleep.