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 We will, we will
rock you
Purva Grover
Thoughts, actions and beliefs of budding journalists and media professionals make Soch’08. The three-day-media fest by the Department of Mass Communication is providing a platform for media institutes all over the country to stretch their imagination and creativity. Amidst interesting contests, debates and more, Saturday evening has in store for you a Rock Night. Our five local college bands are all set to make the campus rock to their beats. We chat up with them.
Gal ban gayee!
After a successful stint in radio, this city boy is ready with a TV show for his Dubai audience
Purva Grover
THAT Kaneda (read Canada) is more or less our hometown is no news, but the fact the there are around 16.5 lakh Punjabis in U.A.E, comes as a surprise. And this bit of information comes from city-based Parminder who has been entertaining apne Punjabis for a year now.
Photo by Parvesh
Chauhan
TELLY TALES
Turn it
off!
Yoshita Sharma
 FIRST it was weeks of song and dance and now reruns of the same. The New Year began on a grim note for all telly bhakts as one channel after the other took to repeat telecasts of their shows. Though some viewers may appreciate the opportunity to re-watch a programme they enjoyed (like Friends) or watch one they missed the first time round, that can’t be said for what’s being dished out.
Passion reignited
At 67, writer Savita Brij Mohan has returned to scriptwriting
Parbina Rashid
AS a couple, Brij Mohan and Savita Brij Mohan are among the pioneers who gave the city one of its very first productions — Shaheed Udham Singh — way back in 1973. Brij Mohan directed the film and Savita wrote the script.
The movie was well appreciated and was considered one of the landmarks among Punjabi films. But it did not do much for Savita’s career as a scriptwriter. Or was it that Savita did not pursue her writing career?Photo
by Manoj Mahajan
Cool Stuff
Salma & beau richest
Mexican beauty Salma Hayek and businessman beau Francois-Henri Pinault have landed at the first spot in a poll to find Hollywood’s ‘Richest Couple’. It was the pair’s combined fortune, which made them win the poll, conducted by In Touch Weekly. Pinault’s luxury goods company
PPR, which owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, is said to be worth over $14 billion. Others making to the new ‘Power Pair’ top 10 list were Justin Timberlake and Jessica
Biel, music mogul Simon Cowell and Teri Seymour. New couple Jessica Simpson and American football star Tony Romo have made it to the list.
—ANI
 All
about F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Post swirls & twirls in Nach Baliye, Karen Patel nowputs your favourite celebs to a test of dosti
Purva Grover
YET another reality show? Well, this one claims to be different. But then, don’t they all, one wonders. We chat up the host of the show, Karen Patel, to know more about telly’s first reality game show that brings celebrities and their best buddies on air. Called Kaho Na Yaar
Hai, Star Plus’ offering will see two celebrities and their friends compete and indulge in funny, mischievous and interesting games.
And on their first episode on Friday, they had Sonu Nigam and Mallika Sherawat as guests. So what we saw? Well, Mallika handling kitchen chores and Sonu playing a blind man and even a dog! “It will be like watching celebs and their friends enjoy a picnic on the sets.
CALLING ICE...
Your mobile could save your life and speak for you when you are not able to
Purva Grover
ONE may forget to brush teeth or absent-mindedly wear different colour socks. May cross the red signal too. But, there is one thing that none of us forget or leave our home without, the inseparable element of our lives, the mobile phone. A nuisance as called by adults, a necessity by the youth and a life
saviour, as you’ll know when you read on.
 Pun Intended
MISSING the mosquitoes? You can catch them, though only in print, at the Government Museum and Art Gallery where an exhibition titled The Disease Toons has been organised by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme and Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, UT Chandigarh for the first time. The objective, of course, is to create awareness about such diseases.
The 75 frames, which are on display here, are in form of illustrations published in different newspapers and magazines over the past 15 years.
One step at a time
Parbina Rashid
 THE title of Mr Talented and Mr
Chandigarh-First Runner up at a CIPA organised contest ignited the hidden desire of young Ankit Vasisht — to be rich and famous. So he took a detour from his aim in life to become a commercial pilot and landed up in the entertainment industry instead. And the path unfolded in front of him ever since he won his first title only six months back has been more than encouraging.
Tribune photo
Spice up
Be good, feel good
Shahnaz Husain
THE secret of good skin lies in the right kind of care. Seasonal changes influence the skin. Lack of humidity, excess cold and air pollution can affect the skin. In winter, the skin loses moisture to the atmosphere and this must be replenished. Habitual lack of moisture can cause changes in the skin and lead to premature aging. As seasonal changes take place, it becomes necessary to adjust the daily care routine.
bon appetit
Kandla Nijhowne
Go for Gooseberries
 ON a bush, they look like miniature Chinese lanterns. They are tangy, piquant and juicy. They come draped in their own parchment like “capes”. Pull the tissue wrapping open and they look like tiny orange tomatoes, perfect to pop into hungry mouths, even by little ones with grubby hands! The world over, they are called Cape Gooseberries (no prizes for guessing the cape bit), but in India we know them more as Rasberry, maybe because they are so full of rass. Enjoy them for the very short appearance they make because gooseberries, by any other name, will still taste as good!
Tip of the week
Health Peg
How good is your diet chart?
Health gurus give out many diet plans based on the proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats one ingests as a method to promote weight loss, but the effectiveness of these diet charts have never been brought into light. Now, a study, led by Dr. Karen Foster-Schubert of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington, has shed light on potential mechanisms by which various diets promote weight loss.
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