Parishka Gupta

Express News Service What would you discern if someone suggested unrelated words such as ‘Toothpaste’… ‘Shimla’… ‘Valentine’s Day’? For improv artists, these suggestions are all they need to have the audience watch a performance with rapt attention. Improvisational theatre—or improv as it is known—is an engaging form of live theatre that sets in motion characters and unscripted plots, on the spot, often using audience suggestions. Unlike many forms of theatre, improv does not have too many rules.

Express News Service Hospitality professional and author L Aruna Dhir has walked the lobbies of numerous hotels, engaging and entertaining guests that included stars from the world of Indian cinema. Dhir’s Hotel Adventures with the Stars is an assortment of 27 of her friendships and capers with celebrities. “People who know me know that I’m brutally honest and one has to encounter that badness to write that bad,” shares the poet and brand management specialist.

Express News Service Jasmine Kaur Sahni (40), certified art therapist & social emotional learning educator I want women to be self-aware and kind. In my line of work—where I get to meet women from different walks of life, and different stages of their career and domestic life—the one thing common, which most struggle with, is that they are not kind to themselves and are unaware of their strengths, weaknesses, and emotions. We, as a community, have been uplifting each other.