Shade it all 
Buying a trendy, jazzy pair of sunglasses that offers little UV protection 
may leave you blind
Parbina Rashid
Have you acquired the latest oversized and jazzy pair of shades that lends anonymity yet makes one stand out in the crowd? If not, it’s sure to be on the top of your must haves list for this summer. But before you head towards those swanky shops that offer all these glittering shades, sported by our Bollywood divas for peanuts, here’s a word of caution from the eye experts— buying fashionable sunglasses that offer little or no protection from the harmful UV rays— may leave you blind.

Little Interview
Hello Gunaji
Parbina Rashid
His latest Marathi book Gudharmya Maharashtra is doing roaring business. He is the bad guy in Subhash Ghai’s Black and White, making news in N. Chandra’s Breaking News, doing his social bits as the turtle saver in Hello Zindagi. What’s more, his recent exhibition of photographs in Pune established him as a man equally comfortable behind the camera. Milind Gunaji is in the news again. So, when the deep baritone voice on the other end phone agrees for an interview for Life Style, we fumble for the right questions. 

beauty studio
Safe in the rays
Pammy Kaul
Come summer and it is time to protect ourselves from the harmful rays of UVA and UVB. And it is indeed very confusing with all the SPF numbers and then the big question always remains what factor to apply on our skin and when? There are products ranging from factor eight to sixty. To break it up for you, UVA penetrates deep into the skin layer causing premature ageing and increasing the risk of skin cancer, while UVB rays burn the surface of the skin causing it to tan and burn.

Tune in to Cash
THE music of the action flick Cash premiered on Big FM in its breakfast show, Big Chai with RJ Muskaan, Thursday. The show interviewed the cast, crew and music directors of the film directed by Anubhav Sinha of Dus fame The film stars Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza, Esha Deol and Shamita Shetty.

Paanch ka ek, Dus ka do!
Weight-watchers, lactose intolerant, hygiene hooked! Rush to the nearest ice-cream pushcart for a chilled solution for just Rs 5 
Purva Grover
AN ice ball sprinkled with bright sherbets in red, green and pinks waiting for you at the roadside is like a life saver when you are out on the road sweating and thirsty. Tempting, chilled and mouth-watering, the barf ka gola relieves you from the fury of the rising mercury.

Licking that lolly * Buy or steal one first. * Get to a safe place * Open wrapper. *Take a nice big bite. * Make silly faces to show how much you relished it. * Repeat process until the ice-cream is inside your stomach. *Go raid another one!

And the most expensive ice cream... The $1,000 (Rs 45,915) Grand Opulence Sundae sold by New York’s Serendipity restaurant is the most expensive. Yes, it’s here that Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack went on their first date in the romantic flick of the same name. Anyway, the dessert is made of five scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf. It is drizzled with the world’s most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate.

BON APPETIT 
Kandla Nijhowne
Ice-cream avtars
May the good Lord bless the blokes who invented ice cream and air-conditioners, for they certainly help make our scorching summers more bearable. Sundaes, cones, ice-cream pies and ice-cream sandwiches have all evolved from the original “iced-cream”. Various additions and facelifts have given it the creamy, rich and fluffy product we are familiar with today. You could shepherd the kids into the kitchen to try out these variations that are delectable as well as splendid to look at.

An orange a day...
EATING citrus fruits rich in Vitamin C such as papaya, oranges and blackcurrant may be good for diabetes, for a new research has found that the nutrient could help reduce some of the complications linked with the disease.

Rockers reunite