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P.V. Sudhakaran and N. S. Radhakrishnan may be
leaving, but the temples they built will stand testimony to their friendship
Friends forever
A. J. Philip
IT was an unusual farewell that the Press Club of Chandigarh witnessed one evening early this month. People sat around round tables all over the terrace as, one by one, many of them went to the lectern and paid glowing tributes to the two friends who were leaving Chandigarh, where they spent over three decades.
P. V. Sudhakaran in front of Sree Ayyappa temple in Sector 47.
Live life, daughter size
They never forget that only one spoon of sugar goes in your daily cuppa. They wake you up on time to catch an early flight. They help you lay the table. They come home with an A+ report card. They convince you to let them cut their new denims. They shock you with a huge phone bill. Their lachrymal glands become active each time your volume rises. They muster up courage to catch a cab late night after work. They move to a home full of strangers and make them her family. Yet, each time you look back, they are always there for you.
They are your daughters. Idolise them, feel envious, pamper them, adore them,
give them sneering looks, call them feminists or label them as fighters.
The media may be harping about
successful women who have defied gender bias, but what’s the
reality? We run a reality check on Daughters’ Day
Girl
Interrupted
Anandita Gupta
Ringing with disillusionment, Amrita Pritam’s above lines come across as slightly ‘out of context’ at the first glance. And when, we begin our ‘Daughter’s Day Special’ with verse as disappointing as these lines, you’ll probably feel we’ve got overwhelmed (as Lifestyle featurewriters, you’ve so oft read us resorting to hyperbole).
Confessions of a proud daughter
Purva Grover
Don’t we have enough number of days to celebrate, then why another day? It is a smart move by these greeting cards companies, said one. Another way to mint money, said another. Why are we getting westernised? asked another. But, as a daughter I was rejoiced. A celebration and privilege that I enjoy each day now has a name — Daughters’ Day.
Matka
chowk
Death of the chowk
Sreedhara Bhasin
The chowks of Chandigarh, designed with loving care and maintained with uncommon tenderness, are faced with the peril of losing their liberty. The chowks were built with freedom and beauty in mind – freedom from the rigours of strict traffic control and the beauty of breezy green islands – dividing yet connecting in the most pleasing way, aesthetically.
Naomi wants babies
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has revealed that she is desperate to have kids, but insists that overcoming drug addiction is her first priority. The catwalk queen claimed that she wanted to complete her rehabilitation programme first and then have a baby. “I would love to be a mum. I don’t think a woman is 100 per cent a woman unless she has a child,” she said.
— ANI
Authentic Chinese
Archana K. Sudheer
Dim lights, shaded doors and a mild aroma of noodles welcome me as I enter the restaurant Hong Kong in Sector 11. Straining my eyes to see the lady at the counter, I slowly start figuring things out in the dimly illuminated room. When I introduce myself, the lady in a peach dress smiles. Soon, her husband joins us, “What are you going to write about us? There’s nothing special we do. We are just simple people,” says the elderly man, known popularly as Mr Asee.
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OUR HONGKONG: The Asees
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write to Renee
I am a 34-year-old attractive working woman with two wonderful kids and a nice husband. Though my life seems enviable, deep inside me, I feel empty. Why do you think I am feeling this way when according to everyone I have everything in life?
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