Indian Names and Parenting

The controversial house of Bigg Boss gets bigger and better with each passing year. The new season of Bigg Boss to be aired in 2012 surely has a list of interesting and quirky characters.

Here is a look at the contestants are in Bigg Boss Season 6.

Karishma Kotak
Karishma Kotak is a London and Indian – based model best known for her work as the Kingfisher Girl. She has also appeared in a number of other commercials.

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Former cricketer, cricket-commentator, Bharatiya Janata Party politician and member of parliament. Also appeared as a judge on the “Indian laughter Challenge” for all for its seasons. Known for his funny comments known as Sidhuisms.

Sampat Pal Devi
Founder and leader of Gulabi gang, a group of women vigilantes and activists. Devi is a former government health worker who came into news after the launch of the book “Sampat Pal – A warrior in pink saree” in 2008.

Sana Khan
South Indian film actress and model. Best known for her appearance in the Amul Macho ad ‘yeh to Bada toing hai’.

Urvashi Dholakia
Actor, Stand-up comedian. Best known for playing villainous roles. Popular for her role of Komolika in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.

Vrajesh Hirjee
Theatre and televison actor. Known for his comic roles in the movies like Golmal triology and Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein.

Aashka Goradia
Indian television actress. Best known for portraying the role of as Kalavati Tai in Colors’ Laagi Tujhse Lagan.

Dinesh Lal Yadav alias “Nirahua”
Bhojpuri singer and film actor. Came into spotlight with his hit movie ‘Til Gum gauwa.’ He is this year’s contribution of Bhojpuri movie stars to Bigg Boss.

Rajeev Paul
Indian television and theatre actor and writer. Ex-husband of Delnaaz Irani one of the contestants on the same series as him. Known for his negative role in Balaji’s daily soap Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii.

Delnaaz Irani
Theatre and Indian television & films actor. Delnaaz was married for 14 years with Rajeev Paul and then they split in 2010. This pair should be interesting to watch.

Niketan Madhok
Model. He has walked on ramp for famous Indian and International labels, popularly at Lakme India Fashion Week for a host of fashion designers including Rohit Bal, Aki Narula, Rocky S, and Ritu Kumar.

Sapna Bhavnani
Celebrity hair-stylist. Owner of the famous Mad-O-Wot salon in Mumbai. Acted in movies like Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Ugly Aur Pagli.

Sayantani Ghosh
Model-turned-Indian television & film actress. Played the leading role in Aroona Irani’s Naagin in 2007.

Aseem Trivedi
Indian political cartoonist and activist. In 2012, he was charged with sedition and arrested by Mumbai police which saw a national outcry against this action.

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Our post this time features the list of cricketers who are selected for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to represent India. The action starts in February. We are sure a lot of Indian cricket fans may name their kids after the stars of ICC World cup 2011.

M. S. Dhoni (Captain)
Virendar Sehwag (Vice Captain)
Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Yuvaraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Munaf Patel
Praveen Kumar
Ashish Nehra
R Ashwin,
Yusuf Pathan
Piyush Chawla.

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As we cover the names of popular TV shows in India, our post is dedicated to the exceptional singing talents of Indian Idol 5. One among them will emerge as ‘Desh Ki Awaaz’ and win a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a playback singer in a forthcoming movie of Yash Raj Films.


Here are the names of top 17 shortlisted contestants in Indian idol 5.

Arvind Gujral
Arpita Khan
Asit Kumar Tripathi
Bhumi Trivedi
Kanika Joshi
Lakshay Nijhawan
Manisha Karmakar
Meghna Kumar
Naushad Ali Kawa
Rakesh Maini
Sashi Suman
Shivam Pathak
Shreeramchandra
Swaroop Khan
Tia Kar
Vishwas Rai
Yashraj Kapil

Indian Idol 5 will be judged by Anu Malik, Salim Merchant and Sunidhi Chauhan.

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