Tombstone vandalism "barbaric"

A total of 129 graves at eThekwini Municipality’s Dudley Street Cemetery in Wentworth were vandalised on the night of Friday, 28 November.

About 20 youth returning from a nightclub allegedly gained entry to the cemetery and destroyed tombstones. The matter was reported to the police and a case opened.

eThekwini Municipality’s Head of the Parks, Leisure and Cemeteries Department, Thembinkosi Ngcobo, said vandalism and misbehaving in cemeteries was unacceptable because it was seen as disrespecting the dead and their families.

The Municipality has urged those who have family members buried at the cemetery to check if their family's tombstones were affected. “The barbaric acts of disrespecting the rights of the dead is uncalled for.

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Clowning around!

Imagine Durban, a project led by the eThekwini Municipality with Sustainable Cities, an NGO from Vancouver, Canada, and the PLUS Network of 35 cities in 14 countries which share experiences in sustainability planning, invited the international Clowns without Borders to empower young people from previously disadvantaged communities to learn the art of clowning, juggling and other tricks to provide comic relief while tackling serious issues such as HIV/AIDS and xenophobia through humour.

A dozen workshops and performances later, homegrown Vuka Circus was born and here the group express their gratitude to Clowns without Borders project co-ordinators, from left, Jamie Lachman, left, Esther Haddad, centre, and Lulu Ngcobo, far right.

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Shriya sails in hollywood

Actress Shriya Saran may not be going great guns in Bollywood yet, but she certainly is making it big in Hollywood. The gorgeous babe has now officially announced about her been acting under Indian born Canadian director Koomagat Maru film which has been scripted by non-other-than Deepa Mehta.

The movie deals with a true story based on a true incident which took place in 1914. It is about a Japanese ship that carried 376 people to Canada under the British rule. The boat was hired by Punjab led by Gurdit Singh form Hong Kong in 1914.

Apart from the Hollywood's ship, the actress is said to be sailing safely in Bollywood's ship too with quite a few projects in her kitty.

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Riya: busy bee

Well Riya is disappointed about not being able to spend Christmas with parents but she has her friends who are accompanying her on tour. The bombshell will be in Hong Kong during Christmas and plans to stay back for a couple of days so that she can make the most of it with her friends.

When we asked her about her new years plans she said, "I had many offers to do shows in London, Dubai, Australia, Delhi and various other places but I chose to do a show in Pune as my friends and family will be there. I'm away for Christmas but want to be there with family during New Years. It's a ritual and we've always celebrated it together.

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What is wrong with rani?

Rani Mukherjee could very well be considered the only actress in B-Town who threw it all away when she was right there at the top.

She was a fine actress with great screen presence. Then what went wrong? The biggest mistake this hazel eyed beauty made was that she confined herself to her favourite Yash Raj camp.

Now she's in the desperate need of a comeback film and she's doing everything for it. In her new film 'Haddipa' with the younger Shahid Kapur, she plays a cricket lover who dresses up as a man to get into a team. She's been sporting a beard throughout the film.

Rumour has it that she's even been calling the shots and even teaching senior actors how to act.

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