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A room for your baby NEW RELEASES The prime time
Madame ‘Mocktale’ CAMPUS CREAM FILM & FASHION Urbane but Folksy In step with Time HopScotch
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MARLA MAGIC It is not the size of the space that is important but the way the space is used.
Parbina Rashid discovers innovation in what was once dismissed as a marla in house in the city which once had kanals for the asking
Like the chicken and the egg story, another question that makes geography students go round in circles is that do man’s surroundings affect his life or does man mould his surroundings? The debate goes on, but if you have had a chance to visit Tapesh Sharma’s house, you would definitely favour the second opinion. Built in a ‘marla’ plot in Sector 15, it shows how with a little innovation one can make living a beautiful experience. Thanks to the artistic streaks of Tapesh, known for his long association with the Federation of Film Societies of India, his house (marla houses in the city are otherwise known for their drab existence) has an ambience that evokes envy. Outside House Number 1311, you are greeted by one 1947 model Austin and one 1956 model Italian Fiat. Both are in a tip-top condition. “I am crazy about vintage cars and I nurture both as my babies,” Sharma explains as you stop to admire those two shining beauties before entering his house. What is more, he even let you know about an old Mercedes car, which he once owned that carried Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru around when he first visited Chandigarh in 1962. What about these two? The vintage Austin has given rides to personalities like B. K. Nehru and former IG Punjab, Bhagwan Singh. Once you enter the drawing room, the first thing one notices is abundance of teak wood furniture and showpieces. A huge glass top centre table in single piece tree trunk, a couple of wood-inlay works in rose woods and odd pieces natural wooden sculptures, which he has collected from here and there. Tapesh designs most of the furniture. “At present I am working on tea trolleys which I will be exhibiting soon,” says Tapesh. He has already completed about 30 pieces all with inlay work. As he along with his wife Shashi and daughter Tanvi gives us a conducted tour of his house, we see a little window converted into a corner cupboard, the little open space above the gutter artistically converted with a tiny room with a view for his younger daughter Mitali. What is more, one of his bedrooms comes with a huge wooden staircase, which is multifunctional, for storage as well as to reach out the cupboards on top. But what perhaps enjoys the best of his creativity is his dog Blackie. Blackie is a bit possessive of its living quarters at the backyard when it comes to showing it off to visitors, but if you are brave enough to ignore his barks and manage to get close look, you would know why. His duplex kennel house is complete with one bedroom on the top floor, a balcony down and a private entrance at the basement. He is not starved for company either. The background is nicely converted into a octagon-shaped lawn that has a small terrace garden and all possible trees one would want to possess, Four mango plants, one litchi tree, couple of bonsais, rubber plants and a rose vine with white blooms lending the perfect backdrop for a family time. A bit of a rock garden is also there in his backyard. Rocks and stones in various shapes and sizes line up the boundary wall. “I have picked them up from various places. When I see an unusual shaped rock or a wood lying around, I just can not resist them,” says Tapesh. Maybe the clue to the geography student’s dilemma lies in Tapesh’s answer. Nature does have an affect on man’s psyche, but in turn it gets affected too!
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Writer unbound He wanted to play “fulltime cheerleader to the economic reforms”, hence his foray into writing unbound! He spent his childhood in Chandigarh and as an undergraduate at Harvard came here for the summers where then Chief Minister Pratap Singh Kairon tried to pull him into politics “but it was not to be.” Today author, public intellectual and columnist, Gurcharan Das stands as the champion of Indian democracy in all its optimistic flavour but not without critiquing the insufficiencies and holding up the mirror of truth. In the city today for the launch of the Punjabi translation of his best-selling book, ‘India Unbound’ titled ‘Aseem Bharati Virsaa-Gurbat ton Khushali da Safar’ by Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh and H K Dua, Chief Editor, The Tribune Group of Publications, Das said “this translation, though not the first (the book has been published in Bengali, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi) is emotionally every important because I am a Punjabi.” The book published by Unistar Books took three readings before it could be translated! “The book is on wealth and poverty. How a rich nation became poor and will become rich again. It is a series of stories and anecdotes woven together because India is the oldest story-telling culture in the world.” The book in the words of Dr. Amartya Sen, “is a great mixture of memoir, economic analysis, social investigation, political scrutiny and managerial outlook thrown into the understanding of India.” The sanguinity continues. “Indian English, and I refuse to call it Hinglish, will be the world’s English because of our globalisation efforts. With our regional influences touching upon the language, it is our English that will spread even to China in the near future.” However plain-speaking is also on the cards. “There is certain enterprise in Punjab. After the Green Revolution we went to sleep; now it is time we must wake. We need to create our own Narayanamurthy’s in this state.” Finally, Das, smile intact, ended his talk by reiterating that “Bush came to India because India is Unbound!” Indeed, as he puts it. “Liberalisation is just the unbinding of human beings.” With another book waiting in the wings, “this one is on governance, of the moral dilemmas of the Mahabharata and the lessons of dharma apart from the institution of failure,” there is much hope to look forward to.
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A room for your baby New-borns in our part of the world generally get to share their parents’ room and the bed itself. So we will commence our quest for perfecting the design of children’s room from the age of one year onwards. Beauty is to design the room, which will last your baby till the age of six. First and foremost point of attention is that everything used in the room must be hazard-free, obviating the need for trips to the local doctor in order to get cuts and wounds treated because of sharp edges or harmful paint content of furniture. Secondly, everything must be non-toxic in nature and that includes, all flooring and upholstery material, wall paints, draperies, beddings, decorations and material of toys in the room to name a few. Formative years are defined by heightened sense of taste and touch must not lead to any avoidable accidents for the tender occupants of the room. Safety must rule over and above any other element in the space your little one rules the roost. If marble, stone, tiles or wooden flooring have been laid out in the room, then do throw soft coloured floor rugs generously around the cot, the playpen area and a non-slip mat leading to the bathroom. Ensure that all the rugs have been secured to the floor with double edged tape or anti-slip matting underneath. Buy lint-free rugs to avoid any chocking possibility whilst your baby is busy trying to cut its’ teeth by chewing on the edges of your rugs. Vinyl and bamboo or jute layered flooring is a much softer option. Alternatively, buy the thick vinyl alphabet or fruit and vegetable cutouts used the kindergarten teachers. Now glue these onto the floor to break any falls. This material is much easier to clean and maintain, cheap to replace and can be removed altogether when your baby grows out of the toddler stage. Opt out of wall-to-wall carpeting to avoid any risk of asthma or other breathing disorders. Soft blue for boys and pastel pink for girls is generally the thumb rule when it comes to the colour palette for the room. Create a flower garden for your baby on the walls with moonlit sky with stars on the ceiling. Have the fairies guard the baby’s cot or Mother Mary to hold your baby in her arms. Since this is the age of sensory organs development, you could include various baby friendly textures within the wall effects. POP lines in different geometrical shapes, sand paper effect, grooves or simply draw circles on one wall and paint them in different colours. Another alternative is to paint the walls in oyster cream as base and use pinks and blues to paint over. Leave the ‘grown up’ textures for the grown ups. The furniture kept in the room must have rounded edges, soft knobs and door handles, non-frivolous beddings which the baby could use as climbing or getting-up aid only to fall down and injure themselves. Draperies and blinds are easy to pull down unless over and above the baby’s reach. All doors and drawers must have safety catches to stop the baby from opening them and cutting their fingers when they bang the doors and drawers shut after spilling the contents across the floor. Courtsey:
A.P. Singh
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NEW RELEASES
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success of Ram Gopal Varma’s Bhoot and Darna Mana Hai have encouraged filmmakers to make horror movies. Director Wilson Louis’s horror movie Ho Sakta Hai will be released today at Kiran, Chandigarh. This one is the first Bollywood film based on black magic. So the audience will witness black magic on silver screen. Venus presents, Ashco Media Arts Pvt Ltd., Ho Sakta Hai, which carries good report, is a suspense thriller without songs and without the typical dance sequences. Victor Banerjee of Joggers Park fame plays an important character in this film. Another foreign actress Hazell makes her debut in Bollywood. She teams up with another Joggers’ Park star Khalid. She plays wife of Khalid in the film. Baby Dharmik plays powerful role whereas Mukesh Tewari plays black magic practitioner. Ho Sakta Hai has a baseline ‘The poison of power’. Produced by Ashok K. Kotwani, story, screenplay and direction by Wilson Louis and special visual effects by Maya Entertainment are major credits of the film. Let us see how the viewers take this film, which is based on abstract theme of black magic. As they say, it is a very different song-less suspense thriller. —
D.P.
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The prime time It is a crucial stage where a person realises his identity in the society. Everything appears to be bathed in the glory of freshness. Its revolutionary zeal goads the spirit to attain new heights in one’s life. It is a sort of enlightenment that does not need any inspiration. Wordsworth picked the essence of youth in his words; “Bliss was in it to be alive but to be young was in heaven”. Without any doubt these are the formative years of a person’s life, when complexities of life start to unravel one by one and it becomes imperative to find an answer. Gaurav Kanthwal
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Balle, balle Punjabi cinema Diamond
studs in both ears, even on shades camouflaging his cheerful bright eyes, and a dazzling smile that compliments his bejeweled guise — you know city-based model turned actor Jatin Grewal is here even before he drops “pearls” of wisdom about the revival of Punjabi cinema. Launching a collection of international sunglasses at Himalaya Opticals in Sector 9, Grewal says Punjabi movies have come back with a musical bang. And it’s not just large budget movies that are making it big at the box office. “Even medium and low budget Punjabi movies are doing fine,” he asserts with a smile. Grewal believes “Punjwood” is currently at par with “Bollywood” with some of the producers making real good movies in the recent past. “But the situation is about to change as the Punjabi film industry is all set to overtake the Hindi cinema,” Grewal declares, adding that the inclusion of so many Punjabi songs in Hindi flicks is “nothing but a testimony to the language’s popularity. Born in a village near Ludhiana and after spending good part of his life up in Chandigarh, Grewal is playing lead role in a Punjabi movie, “Reejhan”, along with twinkling star of the tinsel world Ranjit. After shooting for 12 days in Phagwara, the movie crew will move down to England for the rest of the shooting. Grewal insists that working in Punjabi movies gives him “immense pleasure” as he belongs to that culture and the language is close to his heart. “Otherwise also, the flicks are doing a real good business in India and abroad,” he asserts. “Things will turn even better once they allow the exchange of movies with Pakistan”. The move, Grewal says, will go a long way in further improving the standard of Punjabi movie industry, besides encouraging the exchange of ideas, technology and talent between the filmmakers of the two countries. Grewal knows what he is talking about. For, the actor has already starred in several movies, including Mukta Arts’ and Prakash Jha’s Rahul, besides modeling. Winner of Gladrags Manhunt 1998, he has also made an appearance in Jagjit Singh’s and Illa Arun’s music videos. Grewal says he always wanted to become an actor and has displayed flair before the footlights during school and college days. After getting hold of MBA degree from Pune, he got a chance to show his talent on the big screen. Since then it’s life on the fast track of excitement for him.
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Madame ‘Mocktale’ Here’s a winner who mocks at the clichéd and has many an interesting tale to tell,
AS the first woman Secretary-General of the Press Club in Chandigarh (she won by a massive margin of 98 votes) in its long 25-year old- history, Nanki Hans packs a feisty punch. This lively lady believes in being the mistress of her own destiny. “It is up to you to determine how effective you can be. Gender bias is a problem but not gender,” she laughs. What are the changes that this pretty, petite and passionate lady is going to bring about in this prized rendezvous for the city’s Press corps. Well, for one get more women to the club for interactions. The power list includes names like Barkha Dutt, Arundhati Roy, Nandita Das and Mrinal Pande amongst others. Then, invite not only politicians for press conferences but academicians and intellectuals “for they too set an agenda for society in a big way.” And she also plans to improve the kitchen and introduce mocktails. Well, one could quite call her Madame ‘mocktale’ for she mocks at the clichéd and has many interesting tales to tell. “The only constraint I accept is the biological one which God has given every woman but I accept no other limitation,” is her refrain. Actively involved with the Press Club for over two decades now, Nanki was part of the ten member executive committee in her early years for two consecutive terms and contested the posts of Senior Vice-President and General Secretary respectively, ten years ago, which she lost by a “wafer-thin margin” (read 8 and 4 votes respectively!). What has changed then in the last decade? “My image as a single mother subsequently did transform the thinking of people. They, perhaps, began to perceive me as being more responsible and capable of taking on any challenge.” A self-professed non-conformist, Nanki delights in breaking barriers and socially imposed ideologies but that has never made her dislike her detractors in any way. “You have to take an empathetic view, people are conditioned by their own lives,” she smiles. As Senior Vice President of the Club last year, Nanki treaded through the male dominated bastions with élan, breaking stereotypes in the process. “These are cosmetic posts but like I said earlier, it is up to you to make the most of a situation. I was told being a woman, I could run the kitchen but the post handles the bar. Last year not only did we run it successfully, we also made a profit.” With 20 years of service behind her (she is currently Chief Sub-Editor at the Tribune) and a nine-year-old son who is the apple of her eye she believes she has what it takes to face the oncoming challenges, the vision and the willpower to further the agenda laid down by the earlier teams. However, the credit for what she is goes to her father. “He is my friend, mentor and strongest supporter. He would not let me break and I can just go on and on because of him.”
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CAMPUS CREAM Guess what’s hot on the Panjab University and other college campuses across the city this spring? Cappuccino…. Hic, no! It’s a little black thread tied around the ankle of so many damsels. Oh, yes, it’s the latest scream amidst the students studying the book of fashion, along with the History of English Literature and other stuff in a bon ton world of glamour. Oh, yes, folks! You have guessed it right. Anklets carved out of silver with little dangling bells — favourite among the students until recently — have been ruthlessly pushed into the recycle bin of memories by the young crowd — at least for the time being. Instead, they are stringing fashion with charming threads, merrily and gorgeously. Fashion television and other channels, airing reed-thin models walking down the ramp with the threads on, have contributed to the craze, there can be no doubt about it. If you haven’t seen the little thread of charm glamorously arresting the attention of onlookers, just drive down to any campus, now. You will find youngsters trotting down the narrow corridors of life in denims folded up to the knees, revealing fashion secured around the ankles. Well, girls, if you haven’t picked up the stuff, do not worry. The dark thread complimenting the fair is readily available in the chunk jewelry shops and garment houses all over the city. It’s not very expensive either. Some of the fashion malls are offering the stuff for as less as Rs 20. So gals, what are you waiting for? Just buy the thread of charm to secure your chic image. Formula of success Cheating is on in Panjab University — it’s written on the wall, literally. Just enter the lecture halls on the campus and you will find formulas of success and solved equations scribbled in bold print on so many walls with pencils. In a lecture theatre situated at one end of the impressive Chemical Engineering Department bang opposite the main library, the entire wall facing the students is full of “constructive graffiti”. One look is enough to tell you that the “heavy stuff” has been painstakingly copied on the wall from some voluminous book. These help the students in succeeding during examinations, there can be no doubt about it. But what do the invigilators say about the ‘fine print’? Oh, they just do not agree, as expected. Ask them and they insist that “the stuff must have been jotted down a long time back by someone and is no longer relevant”. The course outline has changed since then, they assert. — Saurabh Malik |
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FILM & FASHION Rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley’ s Memphis, Tennessee, mansion Graceland is set to be designated a US National Historic Landmark. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton is set to meet Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla to officially make the announcement at The King’s former home. Although Graceland has been on America’s National Register of Historic Places since 1991, the designation as a National Historic Landmark upgrades it to a status enjoyed by less than 2,500 historic sites in the USA, including the White House, Pearl Harbor and the Alamo.—ANI Kate indulges in booze binge Supermodel Kate Moss reportedly had a 21-hr booze binge at her pad.
The model, who spent a month in rehab last year to quit cocaine, started her binge on Thursday evening and didn’t call it a day until 3 pm the next day.
She kicked off the session with Davinia Taylor at 6 pm and things hotted up an hour later when Stella McCartney pitched up at Kate’s place in Primrose Hill, London.
The trio then headed to see Jack White’s new band the Raconteurs play at the Astoria.
—ANI Jackson to close down Neverland Ranch Pop star Michael Jackson’s sister, La Toya maintains that the recent collapse of Neverland Ranch is all part of his plan to slowly close down the theme park he once called home.
Earlier this month the Neverland workers had demanded $ 306,000 from the absent popstar as part of pay packet, which had not been received by them since December 19th last year.
—ANI Brittany Murphy’s new aspirations Actress Brittany Murphy is surprised by her newly developed domestic urges, and now aspires to be the perfect housewife.
The Just Married star has been engaged to Joe Macaluso since December and is revelling in her newfound domestic bliss.
“I think there’s truth to so may of the cliches related to the whole love, engagement and marriage thing. I never expected to be a lot of things I’ve become, like a really gooey person. But I want to be a better homemaker. I want to learn how to cook well,” Murphy was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying.
—ANI Jassica Simpson dumps Columbia Pop star Jessica Simpson has, dumped her old record company and signed a new contract with Epic, ending her seven-year deal with Columbia. “I love all my friends and supporters at Columbia. I will miss them as I start this new relationship. “Epic is in a new place with a new leader. It just seems the right place for me as I begin my new journey,” ratethemusic.com quoted her as saying.
—ANI Daniel for a humane Bond The new James Bond, British actor Daniel Craig, has revealed that he wants to see his character in the upcoming 007 movie ‘Casino Royale’ make a few mistakes, so that he can seem more human.
Craig said he was looking forward to see his character go through a rough patch, for he believes that seeing Bond cope with the struggle and come out on top will make the movie all the more thrilling for the audiences.
“I’m a Bond fan. If I go and see a Bond movie there are certain things I think should be in it. And they’re there. We’ve got them in spades,” he added.
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Urbane but Folksy Art designer Sathi creates harmony by placing tradition and modernity side by side and the result is a pleasant fusion of the old and the new, says
Parbina Rashid
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it comes to propagating a traditional art form, N.K. Sathi is all for co-existence of modern art with folk. If you have ever seen his murals in Ashoka Hotel in Delhi or close to home, Mezban Restaurant in Sector 17, you will know what he is talking about. The artist who has dabbled in everything that arrests his creative interest, is at it one again. This time, revamping the Baithak restaurant near Kalagram. “This restaurant lacks an identity and this is what I am working on, to give it a separate identity,” says Sathi as he busily gathers the blueprints of the structure to give us a conducted tour of the place. Twenty days of work day and night and the place has already started taking shape. Arch doorways have replaced the plain door that leads to the first floor where his team of 15 people is busy giving shape to his imagination. Jharokhas and an inbuilt structure to showcase traditional utensils and musical instruments give a glimpse of what is going to come. The huge hall, which will be divided into four sections with a four-armed wall of asymmetrical height shows amalgamation of three cultures—Punjabi, Haryanvi and Gujarati. Why the Gujarati element, as we cannot resist asking him. “The basic fabric of Chandigarh’s culture is that it is multi-dimensional, multi hued, picking up elements from various states. So my structure is not out of the city’s character,” says Sathi. What he focuses on is to give Baithak the rustic look with thatched roof, mud coloured walls with plenty of murals and traditional looking floor tiles. The murals are inspired from village scenes, embroidery or even tattoos, not the modern kind but those one finds on the arms of village women. Sathi, who originally hails from Lucknow, has made Chandigarh his home ever since he left his hometown after completing his diploma in fine arts from Government College of Arts and Craft in Lucknow. Though his expertise lay on wash paintings, a style of Lucknow school of art, he later ventured into interior decorations and a little bit of architecture when worked as an artiste designer in S.M.M. Theatre Crafts Trust in Delhi. “I love doing interiors as one can play with so many textures while doing it,” says the artiste who has not just designed set for famous theatre personalities like Ebrahim Alkazi and Mohan Maharishi but have acted in a couple of Punjabi and Hindi serials too. Like any free soul, Sathi does not like working under constraints too, be it bureaucratic or financial. So how does a city like Chandigarh appeal to him? “Chandigarh is a challenge in the sense that one has to be creative while remaining within the characteristics of the city. But it is not impossible as Nek Chand has already set the perfect example of such an amalgamation,” he says. So we decide to give him a free hand to re-mould the city in his imagination and blue print he presents within second comes as quite appealing, “I would like to reframe the parks and open spaces to showcase cultural tidbits from all northern states and also have small kiosks selling traditional food, so that tourists visiting the city gets to know a little of the composite culture of the North.” Amen!
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In step with Time Some 20 years after it was published, Punjabi writer Gul Chauhan’s novel ‘June ’85’ is making waves and has been turned into a tele-serial, says Nirupama Dutt Punjabi
literature is certainly out of step with the present times. This is what city-based poet and fiction writer Gul Cahuhan feels and more so in the case of fiction which is still lingering in village life that no longer exists or sentiments and situations that are alien to present-day life. Ask him to elaborate and he says, “Punjabi poetry has kept pace with the many changes that society has seen, both physical and abstract, but fiction is sadly lagging behind. It just has not met the challenges of modern life.” What could be the reason for this? Gul says, “Nostalgia hangs heavy and very few writers have actually portrayed the lives they are living. The obsession with the long-lost village is such that they refuse to acknowledge the changes that have come about in what was once pastoral life. At the concept level too Punjabi fiction, more often than not cuts a sorry figure. This is so because Punjabi writers, never mind the exceptions, rarely read what is being written in other languages.” However, the irony is that when a writer tries to keep pace with the times there is every chance that the fiction will not be read or appreciated. This is exactly what happened to the first novel that Gul wrote. It was called ‘June ’85’ and was published in 1986. June ’84 is one of the cruelest months in the collective Punjabi memory as it was the year of the Operation Blue Star and the storming of Harmandir Sahib by the Indian army that provoked veteran Punjabi poet Harbhajan Singh to cry out, ‘Faujan kaun des ton aayian?’ Gul recalls, “The first line of the novel said that everyone knows what happened in June’ 84 but I am going to tell you what happened to me in June ’85.” The novel could be described as an autobiographical one in which the protagonist who is thrown with his first wife some ten years after the divorce. The woman has come from across the seas to take away their son whom she had left behind with her husband. The novel traces the path of the heart and passion as the husband realises too late that he loves her still, only to the torment of his present wife who breaks down. Thus the man has wronged both women with the vagaries and whimsies of his own heart. Now some 20 years after it was published, it is causing ripples and Jalandhar Doordarshan will be showing it this Vaisakhi in a 13-episode serial directed by Gulshan Sachdeva. “Ironically, when it came out only a few people read or appreciated it. By and large it went unnoticed. Yet another reason for this was that those were troubled times in Punjab with death, terror, repression and a wounded psyche. Clichéd and sentimental writing was the order of the, which either lashed out at the powers that were or spoke of communal amity. Literature had come down to journalism. No one wanted to talk about personal relationships in midst of this catastrophe. But it is the personal that makes for better literature and at last the novel has got its due. Gul started with poetry and then moved onto fiction. He has published three collections of short stories called ‘Sidepose’, ‘Dachian de Jaan Pichhon’ and ‘Reshman da Panjva Chiragh’. The fourth ‘Ik Chauras Taqlif’ is to be published next month. Some of his short stories have been turned into tele-films and plays.
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HopScotch The answer to this question on the surface would be that it certainly is. Look at the number of art exhibitions and two or three private art galleries, much appreciation in media and the red dots of ‘sold’ on the works in many shows. But scratch the surface and there is little to rejoice. In fact the artists put many of these red dots themselves. The moneyed in the city may boast of a Husain or Raza, but very few would like to invest in the works of young artists. Instead, we have gaudy stained glass in ostentatious home, tacky copper painted pots and flowers in silk. Some of course have copies of European masters in gilded frames and others prints. But rarely does one see the work of the city artists showcased. This perhaps has led to some fine painters rarely painting and others churning out kitsch by scores. Well, it seems to be the case of the best lacking ‘all conviction and the worst full of passionate enterprise. Painted trunks Stella Sharma, a Dutch artist married to Capt. Satish Sharma, a controversial friend of late Rajeev Gandhi, made quite a perfection of painting tin trunks, aluminum kettles, pots and biscuit bins. These artifacts were a complete sell-out at shows and her trunks especially were most colourful and at a time when tin trunks had been considered passé even in stores and attics, she brought them to a pride of place in the living rooms. None other than theatre director Neelam Mansingh who is known for innovation did some interesting experiments with painted trucks even in the city. For ‘Sibu in Super Market’ she had trunks painted by a street painter. However, her son Kabir Singh who did the sets for ‘Nagamandala’, a play all set to go to Lahore for the Panj Pani Festival, added a new dimension to this genre. While Stella’s trunks are decorative, Kabir’s are evocative. He has painted the passion and wild symbolism of the play onto the trunks used as props in the play. The effect is awesome. Seasonal Raga An exhibition with a difference was mounted at the Museum and Art Gallery, Punjabi University, Patiala. These were by senior Punjabi artist Hardev Singh, who now lives in Toronto. Old timers remember him as one of the most prolific of painters with a palette coloured by the soil and seasons of the land he was born to. The recent show was a symphony indeed as he painted the 31 Ragas of Guru Granth Sahib. The painter is back in Toronto but hopes that one will see more of his works in the times to come. — Nirupama Dutt
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ARIES : “The Sun” brings change and travel. You will be able to expedite matters and make up for lost time. You should endeavour to conclude this task as early as possible in order to make more profit. Some may receive transfers to another town or city. Students appearing for any tests or interviews need to pay more attention to their studies. Lucky colour: White. TIP OF THE WEEK: Don’t be too certain about obtaining a clearance. 
LIBRA : “The Five of Wands” advice you not to have any truck with a Gemini. You can expect a raise in salary and then have to host a party for family and friends. At work make no major changes in your routine. If there are unsolved questions between you and your partners or spouse, then this week you can at last make everything clear. Lucky Colour: Sea green. TIP OF THE WEEK: Set the unpleasant set of events into motion.
TAURUS : A confusing week. Do not be derailed by new information. You card “ The Hierophant” takes you through a variety of experiences to learn from. Romantic memories will have a compelling influence early this week. Beware of an explosive outburst of anger. Lucky colour: Burgundy. TIP OF THE WEEK : Don’t waste an opportunity by not exploiting a contact even if it is from your past.
SCORPIO:
A fateful encounter with an adversary, one that can neither be avoided nor ignored, is indicated. Emotions and dreams are apt to be rather turbulent, filled with strange restlessness or discontent. Try not to demand too much of yourself at this time. Believe in yourself, even if others disagree. Lucky Colour : Metallic grey. TIP OF THE WEEK: Take things one at a time instead of a pronged.
GEMINI : “The Wheel of Fortune ” blesses your sensitivity and creativity in whatever you do. On Monday it will be pleasant when the piece of a very old jigsaw finally fall into place. Focus on your values… what is really important to you. Also focus on your own sense of self-worth… money and possessions won’t compensate for low self-esteem. Lucky colour: Crimson. TIP OF THE WEEK: Avoid situations that may turn nasty.
SAGITTARIUS : “The Prince of Cups” brings you to your truths hopes and desires that you mask with a calm surface. You could be agitated especially if there are disagreements with colleagues. Trust your instincts. Be careful with finances as you are in the mood to splurge. A Gemini friend may be charmed by your mischievous manner. Lucky colour: Black. TIP OF THE WEEK: Don’t build into accepting situations you dislike.
CANCER : “The ace of pentacles” sends a remarkable indication that now is the moment to achieve family happiness. It is a good time to present your ideas and point of view to others. Buying, selling, or negotiating is likely to go well now. Most partner problems are a result of both people not living up to their promises. Lucky colour: Red. TIP OF THE WEEK: Do not play into the hands of a shrewd set of colleagues.
CAPRICORN : You generally like to stay pretty focused, but you will find that juggling too many balls at the same time can make you feel uncomfortable.
You'll receive many social invitations and will need to be careful not to overextend yourself. The outside world may put some serious demands on your time and energy. Lucky colour: Rusty red. TIP OF THE WEEK: You gain by being practical; don’t be emotional.
LEO : “Strength” gives you taste of freedom and release you from emotional restrictions. A celebration in the family keeps spirits flying high and the telephone ringing wildly. Your enthusiasm is sometimes impetuous and unpredictable. Make sudden decisions and express your views strongly. Lucky colour: Pink. TIP OF THE WEEK: You are on the right track don’t allow others to interfere in your way.
AQUARIUS : Dear Aquarian take a look in the mirror Is your physical appearance spelling out success or excess? If it’s the latter, make tracks to the gym and spend some quality time with your favorite trainer. The good news is that you’ll be back in shape in no time. Stop worrying about tomorrow. Enjoy the love and harmony around you. Lucky colour: Brown. TIP OF THE WEEK: Take responsibility for your own action.
VIRGO : You receive an unexpected distant news. Joining friends at a cultural function proves delightful this week. Be wary of proposals that are vague or come with strings attached. You may have to deal with extra duties at home. You feel a renewal of vitality and can tie up a lot of loose ends. Lucky Colour: Crimson TIP OF THE WEEK: Do what is right and watch your best interests. 
PISCES:
A good long weekend to have some serious fun. Spend time with children or act like a kid yourself. A romantic evening with your partner is a nice way to end the week. Stop spending so much time pinning over that long lost affair. The atmosphere at your work place is not as peaceful as you would desire. Lucky colour: Emerald green. TIP OF THE WEEK: Don’t be bullied into accepting situations you dislike.