14092025-LSTC-01.qxd 9/14/2025 12:45 AM Page 1 c m y b ELLEN DEGENERES IN TROUBLE Popular comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been accused of causing a car accident in California in 2023, before moving to England. According to court documents, a woman claimed that DeGeneres hit her Tesla in October 2023 after allegedly running a stop sign in Santa Barbara County. TRIBUNE Life Diljit Dosanjh has come on board for Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1. Diljit shared a video, capturing his meeting with Shetty, further showing him engaging in the recording a track. CHANDIGARH | SUNDAY | 14 SEPTEMBER 2025 Chef Harpal Sokhi admits that he has turned many a kitchen disaster into favourable outcome ‘If I support Palestine, Shivanshi Verma C it doesn’t make me less Indian’ Debutant filmmaker Anuparna Roy scripted history by winning the Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 82nd Venice Film Festival for his film, Songs of Forgotten Trees. While a visibly moved Anuparna delivered a heartwarming speech on the stage, dedicating her win to all the women across the world, it was her striking commentary on Palestine that stirred a controversy. Her remarks drew strong reactions in the country. Anuparna voiced her strong stance against “injustice” in the world. “I meant whatever I said at the festival. It was said with the intention of pointing out the injustice around the world. If I support Palestine, if I am standing against injustice, it doesn’t make me less Indian. People are thinking that I have spoken about it for the first time, but it’s not that. I mentioned Palestine while receiving an award in Russia. This doesn’t mean that I will not talk about the genocides or the violence in Nepal,” she shared. “I request everyone to celebrate the achievement and not ‘politicise’ it in such a manner. I don’t represent anything,” she added. Anuparna went on to reveal how she was advised by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap to avoid Palestine-related comments at the event. On board Songs of Forgotten Trees director Anuparna Roy defends her remarks on conflict “People are claiming that I made the comments under the influence of Anurag Kashyap, but I was strictly advised by my producers, my mentor and Anurag Kashyap himself that I don’t need to talk about it. I went beyond their advice and said it all. Now, I understand why they asked me to avoid it. Things have been going completely against me. People are even calling me a traitor. But I am not angry at all. I made one film and I will make another one,” Anuparna said. “I will continue to speak against injustice. I believe such things should come into discussion, whether it is Kashmir, Murshidabad or Gujarat,” the filmmaker asserted. Meanwhile, Anuparna Roy’s Songs of Forgotten Trees was the only Indian title in Venice’s Orizzonti section. It revolves around two migrant women in Mumbai as they navigate loneliness, survival, and fleeting moments of connection. —ANI elebrity chef Harpal Singh Sokhi, popularly known as the Namak Shamak guy, visited Crockery n Décor in Mohali for an interactive session on Thursday afternoon. The event focused on healthy cooking and the importance of using safe and hygienic cookware in daily life and Chef Sokhi, with his funny anecdotes, left his audience in splits. Chef Sokhi, who runs a restaurant by the name Karigari by Harpal Sokhi in Delhi, is loved for his lively persona and easy approach to cooking. He shared, “For me, many kitchen disasters have turned out tasty. Once, when kiwi fruit just made its entry into the Indian market, I grilled one on a skewer. Surprisingly it tasted really good with a nice tangy flavour.” At his restaurant, he also serves creative dishes like Paneer Margherita Tikka which bears his signature stamp. This is a dish where paneer cubes are filled with cheese. With simple tricks, Chef Sokhi elevates a dish from boring to stunning. “People often say that healthy food is boring. That’s not true. I once made pasta for children with pumpkin puree masquerading as sauce. With herbs, chilli flakes and spices, the sauce looked good and children loved it. They didn’t even realise that they were eating pumpkin,” he shared. Want to make your salad interesting? Follow his tips. “Salads are healthy but people c m y b When the Namak Shamak guy forgot to put salt! don’t enjoy them because the dressing is not exciting. You can add yoghurt-based dressings with herbs and spices to make them light, creamy and tasty.” For Chef Sokhi, the right cookware is as important as fresh ingredients. “Food cooked in iron or brass utensils is much healthier. Non-stick is fine for some time, but it isn’t good for long term use, it’s unhealthy for us,” he explained. According to him, both the recipe and cookware must complement each other. Sharing his eating habits, Sokhi added, “I eat an omelette made with three egg whites for breakfast. People usually eat omelette with bread, but I prefer it with aloo parantha. This is my kind of combination.” For Sokhi home cooked food equates to healthy food. He said, “Home cooked food is always healthy. Even aloo puri is, because you don’t eat it every day. Outside food should only be for celebrations, not routine. For children too, pizza or burgers once in a while is fine but not every week.” How particular is he about salt in his dishes? He laughed, “While cooking for my YouTube videos I often forget to add salt, a mistake I realise only after tasting the dish. I fix my mistake, shoot it again and patch it later to the original video,” he shares. So much for the Namak Shamak title! PHOTO: VICKY