 What
a blast!
Purva Grover
No red ink, no chalk dust, no worrying over ‘thought of the day’ and the one-hand-distance during morning assembly. With schools shut for the summer break, city teachers are travelling, dancing, singing… just following their heart
A bunch of gleeful young and old women troop in for a movie rather late. They settle down after causing a bit of confusion and stepping on a few toes. Just when you thought you could return to your movie begins some loud whispering that soon turns to chatter – Amitabh Bachhan’s getting hotter, his ponytail’s so macho, Tabu’s suits and how 60-year-old Mr Verma is romancing a 30-year-old neighbour.
On the rocks
S. D. Sharma
Art in all its manifestations is an impression and expression on one side and representation and communication on the other. But man’s intuitive perception and thoughts when translated into reality constitutes artistic creation, believes Dr V. N. Singh, director of Government Museum and Art Gallery.
 No kidding this!
Swati Sharma
Before you try to bring back the smile on your child’s face by buying him his favourite toy, think again. It might set you back by Rs 13,000 for his
bike!
When it comes to buying toys for kids, parents don’t give it a second thought. To spend or not to spend is no longer a question, for bringing that little smile on the child’s face seems to be the only concern.
Shootout ... Watchable
First Day First Show
A tribute to blood-spattered mean streets
Rajiv Kaplish
Gangsters, guns, gore — with his vocabulary not extending beyond these words, the filmmaker undertakes an odyssey of murder and mayhem in Shootout At Lokhandwala. With a story torn from yesterday’s headlines, the movie is director Apoorva Lakhia’s blood-spattered tribute to the mean streets of Mumbai (Bombay then) which, at one time, harboured menace and were strewn with firearms — whether those of a group of trigger-happy cops or belonging to a bunch of psychopathic killers.
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BIG PICTURE
LIVING LIFE KING SIZE: A pooch plays on a cushion at a dog hotel in Gurgaon. Here, dogs are treated as 5-star guests. At Rs 250 a day, pets can stay in rooms or kennels which have air conditioners, splash around in the pool, enjoy the best food, run around sprawling greens or simply chill out on sofas.
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write to Renee
I’m in my mid 20’s and share a flat with two other working girls. Both the girls think that I am their best friend individually and get jealous and possessive very easily. I want to keep my friendship with both of them, but it is becoming stressful to manage this balancing act. The other day, I went for a movie with one of them and the other girl accused me of being selfish and manipulative. How should I deal with this situation?
If you thought black was the colour of winter, Saurabh Malik has news for you!
Black’s Back
The colour so strongly associated with the hard dull bitterness of winters is now finding its way out of the closets in the Summer of 2007. Oh yes! The shade, with all its heat absorbing capabilities, can make you sweat. And that’s a scientific fact. But then fashion shapes its own laws.
Little
Interview
‘I
want to get away from TV’
Smriti Sharma
He is the reigning king of Indian households. Girls literally swoon over
his killing smile yet this calm ‘n’ unruffled actor is as
uncomplicated as can be in real life.
Matka chowk
Veggie Politics
Sreedhara Bhasin
The recent spate in attacks on the Reliance Fresh outlets made me think of something I was discussing with a friend not so long ago. Everyone I meet in Chandigarh complains about how bad the vegetables taste in the US — “Gobhi to bilkul bekaar hai, beans bhi ajeeb si hain,” – things like that seem to be the firm conviction of our city residents.
I believe I can fly...
Priya Gill
It is a woman’s world. They have asserted their presence and are now giving men a run for their money. One such field where it is hard to ignore her bold presence is commercial piloting. We speak with some young aspiring female pilots and dwell into their passion for flying.
 On
cloud 9
Priya Gill
Fifteen years on, city-born Sonica Chhabra
can’t seem to have enough of the sky
“I will fly till I can. I love my job,” says commercial pilot Sonica Chhabra, who has been ascending into the wide skies for 15 years and has cherished every minute of it. The 38-year-old city born Jet Airways pilot is the first woman to fly for a private airline in the country.
FILM & FASHION
Diaz is no damsel in distress
American actor Cameron Diaz is pleased that her character Princess Fiona turns into a ‘badass’ feminist in Shrek the Third. The Charlie’s Angels actor insisted that unlike the other princesses in the film, rather then waiting for the hero, Fiona decided to save herself in the movie.
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