Bicycle Thieves
The theme for the Republic Day float for Delhi from the city has larger than life jungle characters taking a merry ride on miniature bicycles and tricycles. Parbina Rashid takes a peep at the arty handiwork in progress
After making its mark with a series of murals for several metro stations in New Delhi, the College of Art is gearing up for another milestone. This time, through a float of carnival characters for the Republic Day parade.


TEAM SPIRIT: Students and teachers of Art College are ready with their models for the Republic Day Parade

Herbal cure
Saurabh Malik
He saw the light after a local Himachali administered herbal drops in his eyes some five years ago. For first half an hour, everything around him was dizzy. Even the medicine’s benefits were obscure. But then he caught a glimpse of the world with a new clarity.

Back to basics
Going back to basics of interior design means focusing on room sizes, utility and aesthetics.
To create a feeling of largeness in your room, eliminate the shadows that tend to slice a room up into smaller spaces. Work on lighting the room with a soft, even light. Avoid ceiling lights as they tend to make the ceiling feel lower. Diffused, ambient lighting will tend to enlarge the room.

Fab furniture
FABINDIA is ready to showcase its new range of furniture, made from seasoned solid wood, in a range of beds, tables, chairs, consoles and seating arrangements to add to the warmth of sheesham and mahogany to every home, at an exclusive exhibition-cum sale from December 14 to 17 at its outlet at SCO 127-128, Sector 9.

NEW RELEASES Enter Kabul Express Yash Raj Films latest production Kabul Express is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra. Kabir Khan, a well-known documentary film director having shot films in over 50 countries makes his debut as a feature film director with the film. It is a human story set in the backdrop of post 9/11 Afghanistan. Kabul Express is Kabir Khan’s first film going international and the script is based on his experiences in the war torn country as a documentary filmmaker. A scene from Kabul Express

Browse in style  The Indian bookshop is changing face. Not a fretting change, oh no, but one that is warm and welcoming and will hopefully bring back readers anew! From bookstore to library to café to lounging it is all within arm’s reach (okay a few steps up or down!) at The Browser Library and Bookstore, Sector 8C. BOOK NOOK: Classy comfort is the new lounging buzzword. Photos: Pradeep Tewari

FILM & FASHION
Spielberg high on fashion
Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg has teamed up with supermodel Christy Turlington and her husband, actor Ed Burns to develop a TV series on high fashion world.

No more mix-n-match
To have Victorian paintings, Chinese pottery and elegant lamp shades in our house is perhaps everyone’s dream. But not all of us get a chance to adorn our homes in a unique way, for reasons ranging from unavailability to the price range. And one is left with no choice than to mix-n-match and creating ‘contrasting contrasts’ in our homes.

TELLYWOOD DREAMS
Ghar — Ek Sapna’ is the story of a home that we all dream of. But it takes a lifetime of building relationships, for us to actually make it a dream home,” says model-turned actress Sayantani Ghosh as she talks to Lifestyle about her serial Ghar — Ek Sapna, which will be premiered on December 18.



BENGAL BEAUTY: Sayantani Ghosh

Always a WOMAN
Malaysian theatre artiste Sabera Shaik casts a spell with her one-woman play In the Name of Love, says Gayatri Rajwade
There is an earnest honesty about her that translates into moving performances while she is on stage. Acclaimed for her heart-rending portrayals of the plight of the browbeaten woman, Malaysian theatre personality Sabera Shaik is a vociferous voice of change, without shouting, that is. In Chandigarh for the first time, for a one-woman show of In the Name of Love written by acclaimed dancer Ramli Ibrahim and performed in the cosy confines of noted theatre person Neelam ManSingh Chowdhry’s rehearsal space at her home, Sabera captivates with her repertoire.

Punjab da Super Star
For me music is the elixir of life and I do not have to look for anything else for contentment,” maintains prodigious singing sensation, Prabhjit Singh. Standing tall with the coveted crown of Punjab da Super Star, Prabhjit at 24 feels honoured but not proud. He had been declared male winner of the ETC and Zee Punjabi TV channel ‘Star City Punjab da Super Star’ mega contest.

SOAPY & SAUCY
How can our aunt suffer all this? Well, she always was a vernacular kind! Perhaps she de-stresses like that. Such were the remarks that my Anglacised nieces, well hooked to Bold & Beautiful, Friends and the like of the soapy variety, when I would sit down to my one hour of desi soap. I had never thought that this would happen to me but it did in a period of time homebound at Gurgaon some years ago. I actually got onto the Kahani… and Kyunki… bandwagon.

Body Art
People captivate. Whether in life or on canvas the effect remains the same. An exhibition of life-size portraits ‘People’ by Elzevir, a French painter is remarkable for just this—it is great to see ourselves put up on the walls! And that is precisely why these paintings are worthy of a peek. They represent ordinary people in commonplace situations but their setting is not evident.

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