Calling
Names
Living up to a name can be
a hard task and more so if one happens to be named after legends,
says
Parbina Rashid
When Shakespeare had
commented ‘What’s in a name?’ he clearly had no idea how was
it to live with names like Michelangelo or Nefertiti in a place
where more than 70 per cent names are the result of the permutation
and combination of a fixed number of prefixes and suffixes (try
Param, Inder and Jas for prefixes and Meet, Preet and Jeet for
suffixes and voila, you know the names of a major chunk of the
Punjabi community).
NAME GAME: Micheleangelo Francis gives finishing touches to his painting.
— Photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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Landscape
that evokes emotion
Just as you wouldn’t
expect to find sushi on the menu of an authentic Italian restaurant, a
gargoyle waterspout in Oriental landscape designs would stick out like a
sore thumb too. Not that such anomalies do not happen to our landscapes.
Look around and you might find landscape designs that look like a
hodge-podge of disjointed features put together without much thought.
Confused landscapes are generally the result of a lack of theme in
landscape designs. Creating landscape designs that revolve around a
theme helps weave a thread of unity among the various elements, plants,
and structures of a landscape. Focusing on a theme engenders consistency
and harmony in landscaping designs.
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The Art
Shop
Parbina Rashid
If you are looking for
signature art then Art Folio is not the place to visit these days. But
yes; if its variety, both in terms of artwork and price range that
interests you then a visit to this Sector 9 gallery won’t go waste.
For the Art Treasure is here once again collecting paintings from all
over the country and presenting under single roof. Buoyed by their
success the previous year, the Art Treasure has brought as many as 140
works by different artists.
TREASURE HUNT: The ongoing exhibition at Art Folio offers a large variety of paintings for art lovers.
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Diwan’s
destination
Gayatri Rajwade
Diwan Manna is off on a journey
again. Only, this time he is slice of the road too! Diwan, himself, may
have many things to say on this for this photographer-artist believes
that every voyage, even the process, is the path to discovery and that
is precisely what his latest assignment is all about. Off to Lille in
France for a special fiesta showcasing the historic, cultural and modern
marvel that is India, Diwan’s photographs on Chandigarh will also
occupy pride of place.
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HOPSCOTCH
Feminine
Fables
The source of all creative
attempts is a sense of wonder. My dream conclave encompasses elements of
nature in their vivid new avtars. They are at one with the universe and
seek to relate to the human experience, “ so says young and ebullient
Kavita Singh, who retells feminine fables in a charming show that opened
in the city today. The female image is most celebrated in visual arts.
As far as the world of contemporary painting goes, it was only the past
century that showed up the woman artist.
DREAMING COLOURS: Kavita Singh with her paintings.
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CAMPUS CAFE
Skirting
conventions
Cool lingo is just not
enough. For displaying futuristic outlook towards life, so many
younglings living life on the Panjab University campus and college
grounds across the city are now donning gracious skirts, ruthlessly and
indiscriminately. If some of them look awkward and gauche in the
fashionable process, they are just not bothered about it. In fact, they
do not even “give a damn” if you call them BTMCs or behanjis-turned-
mod currently.
Preened
& Polished
After the success of
Flying Cats, the air-hostess academy, city whiz kid Priyanka Khosla
has taken on herself the task of providing the city and other small
towns all over the country with a finishing grooming school that
will preen and polish the local people who could then well compete
with the smarter folk of metros both home and abroad. Polished Cats
is the new brand name launched simultaneously in Chandigarh,
Ludhiana and Jalandhar.
CAT CALL: Polished Cat is all set to give you the perfect grooming.
— Photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Pollywood
upsurge
Anuradha Shukla
The wait was over for the
media persons and reporters for the cast of Mannat to arrive at the
Reliance Web World Sector 35, except for star Jimmy Shergil, who
decided to keep everyone waiting till the end. Meanwhile, the
director and cast of the Punjabi film shared their excitement about
the film. However, petite leading lady of the film, Kulraj Randhawa,
hopped in dot on time and the dimpled beauty was ready with her
spirited presentation about the movie.
AWESOME FOURSOME: Manav Vij, Deep Dhillon, Kulraj Randhawa and Rammit Walia.
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