It’s no joke
SRK, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Soha Ali Khan & Govinda added jazz to the Star Gold Comedy Honours

Step into Style
If you have the ‘carefully-careless’ attitude, then flaunt it with a pair of canvas shoes
Toeing the fashion line, the campus crowd is walking towards style and comfort in good old canvas shoes, strikingly and gracefully. Go to the college or even the varsity grounds across the city and you will find so many girls stepping out of their cars wearing canvas shoes reflecting the shades of the polite society. If the footwear was once fervently associated with the school-going pack, the attitude has changed now. There can be no doubt about it.

Scissor-happy Go for a style that reflects your attitude Jawed Habib in his body-hugging T-shirt and silver grey hair comes across as a bundle of energy. Hand him a pair of scissors and the excitement he radiates is almost palpable. In town at Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Salon, Sector 9, the expert shares notes on his plans to open a hair styling school in Punjab and doles out some summer trends that will rule this season. A postgraduate in French literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jawed went to London’s Morris School of Hair Dressing and London School of Fashion for a two-year course in art and science of hair styling and grooming. Habib in action

Cool Stuff
Block the sun
Ordinary sun blocks are not capable of taking the full blast of the sun, and are usually effective against UVB rays, while leaving your skin exposed to the other type. But worry no more. Garnier Skin naturals now has the perfect solution for you. With SPF 20, the oil-free formulation provides everyday solution to protect the skin. It is priced at Rs 149.

Court-room drama on TV
Kunwar Gurnam Singh, Advocate, a serial based on the life of a judge-turned-lawyer will soon be on air on DD, Jalandhar. "The serial has all city based actors in it so we wanted city people to know about it," says G S Channi, a renowned theatre personality. The director and producer of the serial Channi, he says, "It is based on court rooms and revolves around different social problems." The 25-episode serial will be on air five days a week and will focus on socially relevant themes.

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Doli Saja Ke
With serials like Mehendi Tere Naam Ki and Vaidehi to her credit, Aroona Irani will now be producing Doli Saja Ke. Directed by Pawan Sahu, it is the story of a young girl, Anupama whose birth unfortunately coincides with the death of her mother.

Beauty studio
Tired Tresses
Kiss goodbye to dry and rough tresses this summer. What determines your hair’s condition is not the oil content but moisture levels in your hair which in dry weather can become dehydrated, leaving hair more susceptible to damage. Dryness causes breakdown of hair structure, creating splitting and breakage. Worse damage is done when moisture from hair evaporates through blow drying, colour abuse, bleaching, straightners, heated rollers….

Little Interview
Youthful Kishori
`Serials should be on air till they are being watched’
The glint of merriness in her eyes compliments the mirthful smile playing on her lips. No wonder, it’s hard to imagine her in a negative role. But then reel life is so different from real life. After displaying her flair under the arch-lights on the small-screen in serials like Ghar Ek Mandir, Koi Apna Sa and Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, 35-year-old Kishori Shahane Vij has been experimenting with an out-and-out negative role on Sahara One’s Solhah Singaarr.

Kota goes contemporary
On the shelves at this exhibition is an assortment of unconventional Rajasthani Kota suits and unique studio glass from Ferozabad at house no 34, sector 9. “We direct the craftsmen in Rajasthan about the colour combination and work we want on the fabric as it is specially ordered for the exhibition,” says Manpreet Suri, the brain behind exhibition.

Congenially yours
Miss India Congeniality Shipra Malik believes in completion of education before entering the glamour industry
Silky brown tresses cascading down the fragile shoulders, sparkling eyes complimenting a dazzling smile and a flowing baby pink shoulder-less gown adding glitz to glamour — you know Femina Miss India Congeniality Shipra Malik is here.

Khai ke paan Chandigarhwala…
The song Paan khaaye saiyyan... may have lost its flavour with the youth, but the paan continues to lure the young and old alike
A nawabi delicacy, everything about the paan is exquisite right from the way the triangular delight is folded, to the ornate betel boxes it is stored in, and yes of course the way it is eaten! Come summers and the city’s fondness for the paan becomes evident from how the neighbourhood paan waala corner transforms into a hangout point every evening. Tells Aditya of Pandey Pan House, “I am busiest between 10 and 12 at night, as many people come for a meetha paan after dinner.”

Move this cheese
A new food court in Sec 47 offers Chinese & Indian fare
It’s the hot-off-the-fire passion in Singapore. And it is considered “cool” here. With both partners sweating it out to earn more than just their livelihoods, the taste of food courts is growing among residents. Just in case you are wondering why the concept is so hot among the out-to-chill crowd, the answer is not very hard to digest – a variety food that doesn’t burn a hole in the pocket. So, if you still haven’t nibbled at a food court, just drive down to the recently-inaugurated Blu cheez in Sector 47. Their USP — Authentic food court flavours for under two US dollars!

Book Corner
Dare to dream
Minnie Prem Sarwal started writing at 70 and is now working on her second book!
Think of a seventy plus woman and the image that comes to mind is someone old and wrinkled and a medicine chest within arm-shot. But not Minnie Prem Sarwal. The rheumatoid arthritis might have left her looking a tad frail, but beneath the surface, she is made of pure steel. Just through with her cookbook, she has embarked upon her next venture — a collection of short stories!

BON APPETIT
Mango Mantra
Guess what? If you eat a fair share of mangoes for an entire season, the Vitamin A from them gets stored in our liver. For our body, this reserve of Vitamin A — Now hold your breath — is sufficient to last the entire year! I know a mango is high on sugar, but we can’t ignore the fact that it’s high in Vitamins A, C, and these are major players in the world of nutritional health. Lets check out mangoes raw, and ripe, and the drinks we can stir up with them.

Health tip of the day