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Badly yours
Purva Grover
Goodbye candy lover, hello troublemaker! Bad, worse, worst, we find out
why good girls like baddies
You keep picking up guys who are just no good. It’s the vroom of the engine that attracts you more than a prince charming riding a white horse. An adventurous evening in a dead dark jungle is your idea of a perfect date. You are smitten with this guy’s ability to give Schumacher a competition and Mallya’s liquor business a boost.
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For God’s sake
Saurabh Malik
Diaries with deities sanctifying the covers have hit the market with pious fervour
You do not need to undertake an undercover operation to know this. Just a visit to the card and gift shops across the city is enough to tell you that diary covers with devotional motifs are climbing up the popularity charts, religiously. Sales of these diaries speak volumes.
Scripting his own success story in the stationery business for over a
decade now.
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Dreaming big
Parbina Rashid
Kabir Singh beats 123 budding filmmakers to win the Passion for Cinema contest
His one-minute film made an impact, enough to bring him to the notice of Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. When Kabir Singh had sent his film Dolly to ‘Passion for Cinema’ to enlist for an international contest, little did he realise that his take on incest would enable him to get an internship with Anurag.
Intricate Art
Parbina Rashid
A bunch of quilt-makers in
the city is keeping the gift of generations alive
Even before you make up your mind whether to walk into one of the numerous quilt shops that dot the Bajwara market or just keep walking by, women appear from nowhere to ask for your requirements. And looking at so many of them weaving designs on colourful quilts you just give in, even if not to order but to know a little about the art of quilt-making! |
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Photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Visual Treat
S. D. Sharma
His paintings are appreciated by connoisseurs and critics alike. Artist Jarnail Singh has earned international recognition with his classic works that adorn top art galleries and are also part of many private collections in the UK, USA, Canada and other countries.
Born in Zira (Punjab) and educated in Chandigarh, Jarnail migrated to
Canada 10 years back. Son of illustrious artist Kirpal Singh, he showed
keen interest in art from childhood.
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Fantasy Flight
Parbina Rashid
Glass prints of city artist
are showing in UK
He made news when he invented an etching cream from the gum of Silver Oak trees. J.P.Singh, a teacher of printmaking at Government College of Art, next using the cream, started a glass etching technique to take out fine prints of his series called Fantasy. |
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Exhi Watch
Wild Wild East
Parbina Rashid
Grass cushions, stone pottery, miniatures & gachak are up for grabs
THE invitation card for this exhibition of handicrafts came with an alluring caption ‘Tribes India: An artistic expression of the nation’s tribal heritage’. The beautiful display of photographs gave us a fair idea of what to expect.
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Miniature Magic
At the same venue there is an exhibition from Rajasthan that offers not just those familiar quilts and dress materials but a large variety of gachaks with unfamiliar names like murani
tikiya, murani papri (made of gur and til), gachak biscuits and of course
churans. But, what catches the attention is the artistic corner where
Kumar Shyam, a third generation miniature artist, is busy making
paintings for city art lovers.
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Rising Star
When talent meets looks
S.D. Sharma
A versatile actor, young Harish Verma has carved a niche for himself — be it on stage, television or films. His memorable performance at Alahamra International Theatre Festival in Lahore for two consecutive years and later at Marutias Festival had won him recognition.
 youth
speak
Gateway to lectureship
Parul
If you are still sticking to your childhood dreams of becoming a teacher at college or university level, then here is something you ought to know. You may score 90 per cent or have enrolled for a Ph. D, but your ambition will remain unfulfilled unless and until you clarify UGC-NET.
The test is boon for some and bane for others.
Hope for the best
After having an ‘insane’ 2007, Pamela Anderson is looking forward to 2008 because she is ready to put her marriage problems behind her. The former Baywatch star had ended her relationship with second husband Kid Rock abruptly last year.
New releases
golden compass
Soul Searching
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green
THE Golden Compass is a fantasy film based on Northern Lights (also known as The Golden Compass), the first novel in Philip Pullman’s trilogy — His Dark Materials.
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