CHANDIGARH INDEX


Look Out
Wondering where are all the cute guys & gorgeous gals? We’ll help you spot them. Read on
Purva Grover
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ACH time you see your gal friend hanging around with an oh-so-cute guy, you not only curse her behind that smile but also go bonkers thinking where she did she find him. And, as for all you guys, there have surely been many times when a pretty gal sitting behind your friend’s bike has left you jealous. Well, well, you’ve blamed it on plain luck, bemoaned, played the villain in their relation, sported tees with messages announcing your search and more. And, now you are on the verge of giving up. But, hey, your unfruitful search may be coz you’d been looking in all the wrong places. And, that foremost includes your online search engine and the so very common social network sites. But, fret not, we’ve got for you a list of the places where you can find that cutie.

Hitting hard for support 
Bhajji row sparks off SMS blitzkrieg in city 
Saurabh Malik
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OU have used them to ring out the old year and to ring in the new, for calling up support for your dancing and singing champs on the silver screen or even for generating awareness in the model murder case. But now, use them for driving home the message of impartiality against the Indian cricket team during the Sydney match. Oh yes! You too can now become a part of the cricket-buffs team that’s hitting hard the mobile phone keys with dexterous fingers for forwarding messages against the Australian team’s conduct. 

Illustration : KuldipDhiman

Prêt & Pretty
Yoshita Sharma

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man on a two-wheeler with a child standing in front, his wife sitting behind, add to that the wet roads, a family in potential danger. This may have been the driving force behind Ratan Tata’s ‘People’s Car’, but what he has actually done is unleash a lifestyle revolution.
For starters, the world's cheapest car is a looker for sure. 

New releases
Is it Anthony or Ajay?
Halla Bol
Take your pick:
Ajay Devgan in action or Amrita Rao in a mini skirt? Maybe that is too frivolous a question, but then these two stars are the only big draw this weekend. Lending Ajay company is Vidya Balan while Amrita has to contend with newcomer Nikhil Dwivedi. Both the films have a similar premise — the lead actors start off as aspiring film stars & get torn between mixed emotions!

Little Interview
Street Act
Ajay Devgan dons the role of a street play activist in Halla Bol 

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IS last two flicks Cash and Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag failed to create heat at the box-office. But, that didn’t dampen the spirit of Ajay Devgan, the actor synonymous with quality work. The year 2008 will see a lot more of him, starting with Halla Bol, a flick with a social message. Life Style caught up with the actor-director.

youth speak
Children are the future
Neha Thakur

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E all know that it is the children who are the future of every nation. But, in the present times when teenagers are committing violent activities, one is forced to rethink. The recent killing in the Gurgaon school has shocked the nation. The incident reflects the pathetic state of the mind of our new generation and also the heightened desire for violence among students.

Fast & the furious
Adrenaline on the track-1
His razor-sharp reflexes and the ability to make split-second decisions make Gaurav Gill the only person in the Indian motorsports history to win titles in almost all forms of motorsports

Sukant Deepak

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HE sixteen screws in his body, thanks to a motorcycle fall during a championship and a superbike skid get immediately erased from his memory the moment he hits the gas pedal, almost with a vengeance. Well, it’s never a big deal for Delhi-based speedster Gaurav Gill, who’s not really a new kid on the block.

In the neighbourhood
As China gets ready to host the Olympics this summer, people of all walks come out to make it ‘the event’ 
Parbina Rashid

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eijing Welcomes You... and how! With a host of colourful pictures clicked by 50 prominent photographers of China on the theme of the Olympic-2008. And more than the technical expertise and aesthetic sense of these photographers, one marvels at the common people’s enthusiasm and their participation in making the XXIX Olympic Games, which will be held in Beijing this summer, ‘the event’ of the world.

Photos : Pradeep Tewari

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  • Resolve for fitness

SIDELANES 
He’s back!
Joyshri Lobo
Strewn slippers, smelly sweat- shirts with heavy cowls, dirty socks, boots under beds and chocolate wrappings all over the place. A vision of hell in a spotless nunnery? Certainly not! It’s the return of the youngster after a year at college in New York. Like slavering slaves, Oz and I make the beds, lay out the carpet, iron washed clothes.


Old dance, new form 
With an aim to popularise Kathak among youngsters, new steps have been added to the dance form
Parbina Rashid

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athak exponent Anuj Mishra’s statement, during the three-day-long Kathak Utsav in Jalandhar, that the dance form has a bright future in Punjab is indeed heart-warming. And this exponent of Lucknow Gharana showed that with a little innovation it is possible to bring the younger generation into the fold of this classical dance of North India. 

Samira Koser
Samira Koser

Nandita Puri
Nandita Puri