Plutonic !
Pluto may come and Pluto may go but the world of Indian Vedic astrology will go on forever, city astrologers tell
Nirupama Dutt
It is busy time for our homegrown astrologer in his office in ShivalikView Hotel in Chandigarh’s Sector 17 on Wednesday mid-day. If it were not for the colourfully painted zodiac signs and yantra art all over the place, it could well be a doctor’s clinic for here are people waiting for their turn to know what the stars may or may not tell.
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Gurpashna Sekhon
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P. Khurrana
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Madan Gupta Spatu
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Dial ‘C’ for controversy
She loves to hang around with her chirpy little pal. At times, the little bugger’s constant blabber leaves B.A. first year student Rupa Khanna exasperated. In fact, the incessant buzz infuriates her to infinity; especially when she is flipping though the book of joy with her other friends.
Designer Bathroom
Rare is a house where a small nook has not been converted into an even
smaller bathroom; regardless of the fact that this spacious conscious
decision usually leads to a spatial headache later on. Let’s explore
some ideas that can help you get more from your small space and still
make it functional and stylish.
CAMPUS CAFE
Slipping distance
Discipline has taken a back seat on the college campus across the city. And the disorder is ringing not just in the form of protest against the ban on the use of mobile phones on the campus, but in the attitude of so many students flipping the book of haughtiness, incessantly.
(Riders’) paradise regained
You wish you were there too. To witness the dances of hill spirits as they celebrated alien company in a whirlpool of silences, punctuated only by the ringing of Buddhist bells. Imagine, being with a barren landscape that speaks a peculiar language, maybe your own. …Imagine vague sounds in an enveloped darkness—enchanting and humbling. Imagine…don’t just read.
For, Ambala based lecturers Y.M. Saini and Rajindra Sharma, the
experience of hitting the road to Khardung La, the highest motorable
road in the world on their Enfield motorcycles recently, as they get set
to celebrate their 50th birthdays, can never be more captivating as a
distant reality.
RIDING HIGH: Y.M. Saini and Rajindra Sharma |
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An artist’s way with the world
There are days when one gets up with a feeling that there is something special about them. So it was with August 31. Is it some birthday that one is forgetting or a wedding anniversary in the family? Searching the family list of birthdays, I recall that an aunt was born this day but it is years since she is gone away. Then moving out the family bylanes, I search for other occasions. Yes, the birthday of Amrita Pritam, the famed Punjabi writer was born this day. I must make it a point to call her life partner
Imroz.
64 volumes and not out
The Sufi poetry of Shah Hussain has inspired Dr. Naresh to pen a book interpreting the poetry and life of the poet, reports
Parbina Rashid
The 63rd is already out and the 64th is waiting to see the daylight soon. No, we are not giving you the statistics of some population survey. It’s about Dr Naresh and his books, who after acquainting us with a lineage of poets from Punjab who had written Bhakti poetry through his recent book Vissaria Virsa, is ready with his next one Shah Hussain: Jivan te Rachna –this time on the life and works of Sufi poet Shah Hussain.
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TIME TO BE SUFI: Dr Naresh |
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 HOPSCOTCH
Girl from Gujranwala
The only two things
Gujranwala is known by are blood-red maltas and Amrita Pritam,"
quipped Imroz many years ago when one sat interviewing the grand dame of
letters, still in her prime, way back in the Seventies. Yes, Amrita was
born on August 31, 1919. So it is the day of her birth today and time to
remember her as one moves onto the first day of September. Not that one
ever forgets her but such occasions give an opportunity to share one’s
thoughts with other people for she was a writer who did Punjabi proud
and also did womanhood proud. What was most appreciable was that she
wanted no fuss and no prayers over her death but rather celebration and
rejoicing by those who cared for her. Her achievements are well known
and so was her unusual life, which was always an open book. So a tribute
to the writer who will live always in the lines of her own poem on the
theme of freedom:
FILM & FASHION
Catherine perfect for Douglas
While perfection is hard to attain, it seems Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is one lucky woman who is just ‘perfect’ in the eyes of her hubby Michael Douglas. The veteran star claims that his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones is his ideal woman, as she’s not only very beautiful, but also shares his interests, like golf.
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NEW RELEASES
Laugh your hearts out
Following the success of producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s and director Raj Kumar Hirani’s ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, comic capers seem to be the season’s flavour. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has toyed with the idea of a ‘Munnabhai MBBS part II.’ Much hype has been created around deciding the name of the film but finally it is ‘Lage Raho
Munnabhai,’ that will hit Batra, Chandigarh and Suraj, Panchkula today. Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra hopes that his film will get a bumper opening. The buzz is that ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ will meet all the expectations raised by the success of ‘Munnabhai MBBS’. If you have seen the prequel, you will go nuts about the sequel.
Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan in
Lage Raho Munna Bhai |
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Asrani goes ‘tapori’ way
The angrezon ke zaamane ka jailor has lost none of his feistiness and wit despite the play of years over his long and fulsome career in Bollywood spanning more than 35 years. And despite half-a-dozen of his films in various stages of completion, veteran actor Asrani can be seen dabbling in television too.
YOUTH SPEAK
Film city to sin city
Imagine two flowers kissing each other! Two birds sticking their beaks together! Yes, I know they are the things of the past. But even in the present scenario, the indications are the same but the indicators have changed. This age of film industry is all about showing things that make their USP go high. In today’s world “if you have it, you flaunt it” mantra can add another star to the box office reviews. There has come a drastic change in the making of the films with all kinds of sleazy and sexy productions coming up. In this industry everything is accepted with open arms.
 SHIMMER ‘N’ SPARKLE
Nothing can match the magic of that moment…
As your little princess, looking resplendent like a maharani in her shimmering bridals, approaches her prince charming with the varmala, every thing seems like a beautiful dream. After all, this is something you have been dreaming all your life - a fairy tale beginning for your daughter’s is magical journey towards love. Well, your dream of indulging your daughter with a truly princess-like pampering can be now made real. Atleast, Tocado—a newly opened salon in Sector-8, Panchkula made us believe so.
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