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Meet
the grandpals
Anandita
Gupta
They
were perhaps the most
enthusiastic cheerleaders at your first-ever cricket match. He
still remembers your winning the third prize at the college ballet
recital. She’s pasted all your school play photographs neatly in
a scrapbook (which she makes it a point to flaunt among all her
visitors still!).
 Bond it tight
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Photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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Best
foot forward
Archana K. Sudheer & Aman
Minhas
Don’t diet, eat well, have lots
of water, work hard & party harder... Living life queen size is the
mantra of these models. In town for a fashion show
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and shaking to the tunes of Ya Ghali, trying to match steps with
each other as the choreographer yells instructions over the mike,
gobbling up morsels of food on one hand and trying to appease the
media on the other; this bunch of models were in the city for a
fashion show. Showcasing Delhi-based designer Sonia Sharma’s
collection, the show will have six rounds of costume display.
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Photo by Pradeep Tewari
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Rephrasing
the folk idiom
S.D. Sharma
Thespian Sanjay Sahay and the young and talented Layak Hussain in
action at the Rashtriya Natya Parv
Because
of its rich cultural
heritage nourished by the visionary seers with their intuitive
wisdom, India was extolled as the Vishav Guru but unfortunately,
the culture comprising of the moral, social or aesthetic values
today is our lowest priority, the young Udaipur-based theatre
director, Layak Hussain gives us a piece of his mind. An alumnus
of NSD with MA(Hons) in Economics, a diploma in HRD and NSD
fellowship in theatrical elements in Muslim rituals, he has 45
directorial assignments and the creative writing of eight plays to
his credit. Ably supported by actor wife Anukampa, textile
designer Hussain has sculpted and directed plays with
socio-cultural relevance.
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Out
to make a difference
| “Theatre
should be loyal to its language, people and social realities. It
must become a parliament of sorts where burning issues are debated
and settled,” says Gaya-based thespian Sanjay Sahay.Hailing from
a business family of Bihar, the acclaimed short-story writer
turned to theatre as he found it the most vibrant media of
expression. Soon, Renaissance Cultural Organisation, Sanjay’s
company, emerged as a centre of diverse art activities. |
Photo by Parvesh Chauhan
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First
Day First Show
Matka
chowk
All’s
fair in love & parking wars
Sreedhara Bhasin
Everything
is fair in love and war, and in Chandigarh parking lots. In war there
maybe some moral codes of conduct. You might shoot the enemy but cannot
shoot the same man when taken as a prisoner. In the parking war that is
raging in our city every day – sab chalta hai – it knows no bounds,
no dignity, no fellow-feeling and definitely no semblance of ‘Do the
right thing.’
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BIG PICTURE |
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GET, SET, ROW:NCC cadets romance the glorious skies
as they glide over the glistening Sukhna waters. Catch their drift if you
can.. — Photo by Vinay Malik
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Wedded
to glamour
Saurabh Malik
Bridal Asia CEO Divya Gurwara on
fashion trends for the brides of today. The show begins October 16
Accustomed
to taking their own decisions, prospective brides are nowadays tying
knot with glamour without really parting ways with tradition in bridal
wear. So while the lehanga retains its rich look with all those bold and
beautiful embellishments, the fit is getting tighter. And then you have
all those backless cholis showing the front side of fashion.
Jailbird
sues Hallmark
Paris
Hilton has sued Hallmark
Cards for using her image and her catch phrase ‘That’s Hot!’ on a
greeting card. In the lawsuit, filed on Sep 6 in Los Angeles, the
socialite claims that Hallmark invaded her privacy, reports E! Online.
The suit claimed Hallmark created a greeting card that said “Paris’
First Day as a Waitress” and features a picture of Hilton’s face on
a cartoon waitress serving food that says: “Don’t touch that, it’s
hot. What’s hot? That’s hot.”
 Little
Interview
I
am a struggler, not a star
From
Tere Mere Sapne to Circuit, and now creating Dhamaal as an actor, anchor
and a complete entertainer, Arshad Warsi has come a long way. He had his
share of ups and downs till Munnabhai MBBS happened. The actor is now
eagerly looking forward to Munnabhai Chale Amerika, set to be released
late next year.
Battle
of voices
You
can actually make your voice be heard above the din created by all those
bathroom singers striking a sour note with the audiences. Just set your
vocal cords right and sing yourself to glory by participating in the
harmonic race for Awaaz Punjab Di.Oh yes, the audition for the programme
is going on in a Sector 46 school. If you manage to make the judges hear
that out-of-the-ordinary note in your voice, you will be competing with
the other contestants in the programme all set to be aired on Punjabi
channel MH-1 sometimes in the first week of October.
Sound
of music
Smriti Sharma
Life is like a piano… what you get out of it depends on how you play
it
Haywire
Gem
of an experience
Chetna Keer Banerjee
Two
jewellery extravaganzas in
the span of a week and more expected to come. That’s more jewels in
the town than the glitterati could wish for, and enough for the
home-grown jewelers to wish away. Time for the latter to go into a tizzy
to further prove their metal.
Online
check-mate
Saurabh Malik
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He
beats the best brains in the world without even moving out of his
house. Logging on to excitement on the Internet, Ashish Kapoor
dexterously moves the queen, the pawns and the bishop, till he
checkmates his alien opponents in the familiar game of chess.If in
the process the seven-year-old makes the wrong move of ignoring
his neighbourhood friends by not going out for a game of cricket
with them, he is apparently not bothered about it.
Fave
Five
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Photo by Pradeep Tewari
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Serious
Games
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Saurabh Malik
She works for you to
play. A city girl is making waves in computer graphics
As
you target “the warrior” in the little game of skill on your
computer monitors, you do not even realise it, but every day, the
young digital artist works for hours together to give you precious
moments of pure bliss that come with detached indulgence in
computer gaming. Just in case you still haven’t guessed it, NRI
with roots in Chandigarh Vanita Vasudev is into computer graphics.
The young modeler-cum-texture artist, who has just set up MV-Grafix,
is big time into planning computer games, besides creating
catalogues, cover pages, site designing and even maintenance. |
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