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Fashion gets Bigger
Do you hate the idea of entering the try room? Well, worry no more for on city shelves are smart, trendy and well-fitted clothes for the chubby tubby
brigade
Purva Grover
You
are one of the few shopaholics who love to shop, yet can’t. The sale in city stores is never good enough, for it caters to the sexy slim (read malnourished) fashionable lot. The creative abilities and imagination of the designer brigade is limited to 36—26-36 statistics. Result: Your wardrobe is stocked with boring, regular and shapeless stuff.
Broad & Beautiful
Flab is no deterrent for so many city femmes as they dress up in spaghetti tops and low-rise jeans
Saurabh Malik
Call
her broad-minded or simply thick with the concept of looking good! Twenty-something Natasha Sharma does not allow fat to come in between her and fashion.
Even if she cannot comfortably slip into all those teeny-weeny medium sized tight-fitting slim jeans, the undergrad manages to fit in circles dominated by ultra-thin babes by wearing a stylish attitude that knows no bounds; not even that of waists.
Chances are fat that you will ever see the paunchy little college student trying to cover up her flabbiness by wearing all those loose tops over regular baggy jeans.
Bang comes Boman
 From playing the disgruntled dean to endorsing detergents, he’s been there, done that all
Saurabh Malik
Call him the dean of the Indian cinema or just another actor-cum-model, providing evidence of his theatrical skills while endorsing detergent bars in advertisements on the small screen. There is no denying the fact that Boman Irani has acted his way to popularity from stage to screen.
Oh yes, he has seen both the worlds of footlights and arch-lights. So you really cannot help but agree with the Page Three star when he says theatre movement in India is not dying, though spectators need to adopt a different approach to it.
youth speak
Matter of Lajja
Ragini Gulati
Lajja (sharm) is the first word that comes to my mind when I hear the name Taslima Nasrin. Even though it has been over a decade since I first read her book, Lajja, as a teenager in school, I vividly remember how deeply impressed I was with her writing, conviction and ideas on women rights. She spoke out at a time when a women’s opinion, especially that of a Muslim, was unacceptable. There was a public outcry, not only among the Muslim community, but also from the society at large.
STEP OUT
Lone rangers
on the edge
Shiva Keshavan, Kamal S. Oberh & Arun Bhardwaj are the only Indians in their adventure sports
Yana Banerjee-Bey
How
many of you know of an adventure athlete who is the only practitioner of his sport in India, and in whose footsteps you aspire to follow? I know most of you will instantly think of Narain Karthikeyan. But Formula 1 is not something that most of us can aspire to. Money, age, temperament and fitness (not necessarily in that order!) are prime factors in most sports – whether traditional or adventure.
New releases
Chills & thrills of dreams & desires
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Aggar
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Mitti Wajaan Mardi
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Nanhe Jaisalmer
Signature Style
Be it for a cause, inspiration or motivation, sporting a trademark attire comes with its own meaning
Parbina Rashid
It
was a meeting with popular Punjabi singer Sukhbir years ago that opened my eyes to the importance of adding a trademark style to one’s personality, especially if you happen to be a public figure. The singer was wearing his trademark dark glasses even at the basement of a hotel, which was the venue of the press conference. “Why do you keep your glasses on even in the dark?” asked a reporter who apparently could not sustain his curiosity.
SIDELANES
The circle of love
Joyshri Lobo
Often
when we behave well towards others, we expect accolades. If we were ego-less we would not. But if egos are ballooning, we sulk, the anger lines deepen and the mouth is a typical emoticon of unhappiness. Our ire is worse when dealing with the family. And yet, the ones we love most are usually guilty of taking us for granted. They do not appreciate our noble acts and often say “So what? No big deal!” Our egos are humungous and cannot accept that without a snarl and a growl.
Bank on yourself
Archana K. Sudheer
“Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after you”, has truly become a mantra of the city’s residents today. With lots of options, such as mutual finds, pension schemes, life insurance, and several other choices, the people in the city are surely proving that being independent is the norm of the day.
City residents are fast learning the ropes of staying financially independent.
Sliced & ready
 Saurabh Malik
Chopping up vegetables has been eating away into your precious morning time. No matter how fast you try slicing the onions, the tomatoes, and the okra before leaving home, you always find time cut short for reaching the office without boss showing you the watch.
Reese’s nightmare
Oscar winner, Reese Witherspoon gets recurrent nightmares about drowning. It all started happening after she watched her mother rescue kids from watery graves. The actress confesses that she is very much scared of water. She often wakes up in a frenzy after dreaming she is drowning.
Bengal Tigers
Parbina Rashid
The
eyes invariably dart towards the huge canvas, which transports you to the time and space of Ajanta and Ellora. So as you take a closer look to read the artist’s signature, the curator of the gallery is too happy to fill in — “This one is by Sanatan Dinda and it runs into several lakhs,” and the figure she quoted, took our breath away. But then, the thought that surfaced next filled us with pride — finally the city is ready for the best that the art world has to offer.
Little wonder that Art Folio-9 decided to bring the works of seven bigwigs from Bengal. Among the senior masters are Ashoke
Mullick, Bratin Khan, Ramananda Bandhopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Shyamal Mukherjee, Somenath
Maity, Sudip Banerjee and Swapan K. Saha.
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