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 Branded Santa
In a material whirl of mobiles and malls, Father Christmas is fast becoming a brand ambassador,
says Saurabh Malik
Santa
doesn’t believe in sliding down the narrow chimney of life with bag full of surprises on the Christmas Eve to stuff stockings of young innocents with festive spirit. No, not anymore!
Inhaling the smoke of commercialism engulfing the material world of
mobiles and multiplexes, he stands outside posh malls and superstores
presenting éclairs laced with cheery offers to the gullible customers,
merrily. In the process if he is making compulsive buyers out of the
residents in the jolly season of gifts, Chandigarh’s own desi Santa of
Dadu Majra is just not bothered about it.
MARKETING MAN: The turbaned version of Santa Claus as envisioned by SantaBanta.com
Festive air
Christmas
is that time of the year, when like Divali, the house is lit up and beautifully decorated to welcome the family for a nice meal and festivities. Brightly coloured holly wreaths adorn front doors, decorated coniferous trees stand tall in living rooms and bright candles give the entire house a bright and warm feel.
Ballay Oye Shera
He is all set to present an Indian counterpart to Harry Potter, says
Anuradha Shukla
The
thirty something generation today belongs to the Nandan and Chandamama times, barring a Chacha Chaudhary and his associate Sabu. In age of a Harry Potter colonising their minds things have not changed much for the children today.
 Laugh your heart out
Bollywood’s
famous director Priyadarshan is ready to take centre-stage with his new film Bhagam Bhag.
It has a formidable star cast too. With heavy-weights like Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Shakti Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Manoj Joshi, Jackie Shroff, Lara Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Asrani, Rajpal Yadav and Arbaaz Khan, what else can you ask for. Want to know more about Bhagan Bhag? Read on…
Priyadarshan
Colours of the EARTH
Nirupama Dutt
The
past few years saw a riot of colours in garments. The rainbow paled into ignominy as vivid orange, parrot green, peacock blue, canary yellow, mithai pink and deep red spread themselves boldly and beautifully on the garments of the fair sex followed by the clothing even for the not-so-fair sex. Not just that there was the glitz of gold, the shimmer of sequins and charm of crystals further embellishing the vividly coloured garments.
Film & Fashion
Scarlett wants to be Evita
Scarlett
Johansson is desperate to play the role of Eva Peron in the proposed remake of 1996 musical Evita that stars pop icon Madonna in the lead.
The Lost In Translation beauty fell in love with the musical flick, directed by Alan Parker that won Madonna the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in 1996, as a teenager.
 Innovative cards
Smriti Sharma
When
it comes to parties, Indians are known to be at the forefront always. Be it throwing a big, lavish birthday bash, a big fat Indian wedding or attending one, they do not lag behind. Occasions like birthdays ring ceremonies, wedding anniversaries always call for a party and now even mundan ceremonies are in the league. And parties without invitations are considered ‘no parties’ at all. And if invitations are anything to go by, it’s a whole wide world that has ‘innovation’ as its Mantra.
ON THE CARDS: Inventive designs are the in thing
 Word Play
Liquor is quicker
Harmeet Kaur
And never mind R.l.Stevenson's Treasure Island,
"Fifteen men on a dead mans chest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
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