Celebrating summer
As the summer rises from the ashes of winter, fashion malls are ablaze with hot stuff.
Saurabh Malik
gives you a sneak-peak into summer fashion after taking a round of arcades
Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning
I sit around
Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry
Strange voices are saying (ah, what did they say?)
Things I can’t understand
It’s too close to comfort, this heat has got
Right out of hand
It’s a cruel, (cruel) cruel summer
Potter & the mystery of his existence
There’s excitement and anxiety over Rowling’s next book. Will Harry die? Everybody’s reading between the lines for the answer
Sherlock Homes’ probing eyes would not have scanned the big picture so
minutely for unravelling a mystery. But then, it’s different for Class IV
student Vishesh Sharma. His best pal Harry Potter’s involved in some sort of
sordid affair, apparently. And he’s trying to link up clues to find out
what’s happened to him since the cover to his last book came out.
More than a 1000 words
Smokers will be smokers, but yes, warnings might make them slash the number of fags,
as
Priya Gill
finds out
Are Indians ready for brutally honest images of the detrimental effects of
smoking on their cigarette packets? Will haunting images of a dead man’s
body or a weakened baby struggling to breathe through a ventilator
motivate people to if not give up smoking at least reduce the intake?
Health
Peg
An orange a
day may keep heart disease away
Orange and grapefruits contain chemicals that can keep arteries healthy and prevent a heart attack, says a study that suggests that eating at least one orange a day could keep cardiac disease away. The citrus fruits contain the compounds flavanones that reduced blood cholesterol levels by 20-25 percent during a study on rats. Researchers at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem reported that flavanones not only reduced levels of bad LDL cholesterol but also increased the ratio of good HDL cholesterol.
 Little
Interview
Scaling new heights
An amiable and pleasing person, Neha Dhupia found a place in the tinsel world with her performances in Julie, Qayamat, Siskiyan, Kya Kool Hain Hum, Garam Masala, Chup Chup Ke and Sheesha. With her new flick Delhi Heights, Dhupia is now looking ahead for a different genre of roles. The model turned actress from Delhi, talks to Lifestyle about her new release.
Ash Provoked
The Aishwarya Rai-starrer, Provoked, based on the true life story of a battered Punjabi wife who is sentenced to life for murdering her alcoholic abusive husband but is later pardoned by the English courts, releases in theatres across the country next week.
Farewell fair
Swirls of fabric, sparkling wedge heels, thumping music, flashing lights and gleaming crystals cascading down the glamorously glittering dresses…. You couldn’t have asked for more from the students of Sector 10 Government Home Science College.
A patron of films
With so many film units coming for shooting in and around the city, it has inspired our movie lovers to gear up have a platform of their own. ‘Creative Film Forum’ is such a body, which recently came into existence. Courtesy, Amarjeet Singh, a film producer and documentary maker of the region.
Cool
Stuff
Style is the mantra this summer
Tata Teleservices Ltd., has introduced Motorola’s ultra slim MOTOFONE F3c on the CDMA platform. The first device in India based on the QUALCOMM single-chip, the phone is packed with extensive core features. With voice prompts in six local languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, the device has been specially designed to suit the needs of Indian consumers.
Kalyani comes calling
Standing tall as an eminent classical vocalist of international repute the Nagpur based maestro, Dr. Kalyani Deshmukh is an artist with myriad traits. Holding a doctorate in psychology, Kalyani is an academician, author and a versatile theatre artist too. Her musical repertoire encompasses light classical realms like Thumri, light devotional, and marathi natya sangeet.
Beat breakfast blues with cereals
Heavy paranthas are making way for cereals on the breakfast table.
Priya Gill
checks out the options
You are sitting at your desk at 11am, when a roaring yearning emerges from
within a hollow centre. Flush-faced, you cough in an attempt to cover up
the internal growling. You begin to tackle your daily tasks until your
mind draws a blank and you embark on a battle with your eyelids. Your
sight becomes blurry, struggle to concentrate, and your brain shuts down
as you are overcome with fatigue. These symptoms show that you have
neglected the most important meal of the day – breakfast.
BON APPETIT
Meet the smoothies
The switch-over has been abrupt. From hailstorms to hot weather, it has finally happened… Already we are more parched than puckish. It would be wiser to hydrate ourselves with fresh fruit smoothies instead of gulping own fizzy drinks with empty calories and zero nutrition. Fruit and vegetable smoothies are popping up all over the place. You can’t go to a mall, a restaurant or a multiplex without seeing them. Not only are they delicious, they also have immense health benefits. The diet gurus recommend we should have 5 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. The best way of fulfilling a major part of this quota is to whiz up a smoothie.
 The
Chill FACTOR
On the onset of summer,
Purva Grover
finds an array of really cool summer treats!
Summer is here and there are just a few things that are as irresistible as
chilled desserts when it comes to battling the scorching heat. Whether it
is smoothies, youghurts, sundaes, shakes or scoops that you love to gorge
on, ice cream parlours in the city have it all.
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