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Dirty dance numbers scarring sensitivity
Dance is the rhythm of life. Imbued by festivities many times we break into a spontaneous dance. But besides the expression of emotions, dance in India is much more. It is the vital vehicle for vibrant energies which can manifest in many forms.
Synchronising ‘Fire N Ice’
City-based
music band ‘Fire N Ice’ performed at CII fair in Sector 17,
Monday. Bass guitarist Harry, lead guitarist Ondry, drummer
Bobby and Paulus on keyboard set the mood for the evening with
their synchronous energy. Childhood friends, they decided to
make a living out of their childhood passion. They sang English
pop, including Enrique’s album “Addicted” and “Hero”
and Shaggy’s “Angel” and “Sexy lady”.
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City-based
music band Fire N Ice performs in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on
Monday.
— Photo by Malkiat Singh |
Take precautions, enjoy Divali
Eight-year-old Armaan Singh was trying to light a rocket on last Divali. The rocket did not burst for a few minutes, which made Armaan examine its fault by leaning over. The cracker then bursted in his face and damaged his eyes completely.
Fresh theme, poor execution
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play “Ek Raah Manzil ki aor”, was staged at Tagore Theatre on Monday. The play gave the message that modelling is a creative profession and it is not mere glamour or skin show. It tried to dispel the notion that modelling is all about wearing skimpy clothes and therefore not a good profession.
At 12 ‘Frootie’ is a
seasoned actress
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12-year-old, Tanvi Hegde, famous as Frootie, the character she plays in popular children’s serial “Son Pari”, is a seasoned actress, adept at handling all the adulation and her celebrity status.
Tanvi Hegda aka Frootie cheers students of The Gurukul, Sector 20 in Panchkula during annual function of the
school on Monday. — Photo by Pankaj Sharma |
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Dhrupad exponent Dagar casts
a spell
Dhrupad gayaki’s exponent Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar gave a classical performance at the Central Library auditorium in Patiala on Friday.
Teaching drama to tiny tots
It is a different experience for Jane
Bozinovski, a 23-year-old student of English literature at Macedonia University, who is on a four-month assignment to teach English and drama at Dikshant International School, Zirakpur.
Banks, boards observe awareness week
Various banks, boards and corporations are observing vigilance awareness week from November 1.
The Central Bank of India will hold customer education programmes through which complaint handling policy of the bank, various avenues for redress of complaints and initiatives taken for the improvement in systems/procedures will be explained.
Dance contest from November 6
The India International Centre for Arts (
IICA) in collaboration with the Punjab Sangeet Natak Akedemi, Chandigarh will organise all India Gyan Vadan and Nritya Pratiyogita from November 6.
Need to improve mental health services
Chandigarh, November 1
For 37 years he has lived with the grim reality of dying with no one to look after his mentally-challenged son. And his fears are not unfounded.
Five-day workshop on molecular modelling
Mohali, November 1
A five-day workshop on molecular modelling and pharmainformatics started at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
here today.
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