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Wild Roses
Bitter Sweets Swiss
Pie: This is where Kaku Shah Sweets once stood. Photo by Pradeep Tewari
STEP OUT Even walking & gentle stretching can prepare you for adventure activities. Health-Peg
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Banners at roundabouts
remind you time and again that the R-Day (no, not Republic Day!) is here
and you are expected to visit Zakir Rose Garden-16 at least once during
these three days. And why not? It’s an event of the city that
encompasses a host of competitions, authentic Punjabi cuisines and of
course the roses. This is the event for the dudes to indulge in little
bird watching (you know the species we are talking about) and eve teasing,
and for those newly-weds, an occasion to flaunt their churas and
click memorable pictures in the backdrop of rosebuds. Now if you think that the
organisers (Chandigarh Tourism under the aegis of Chandigarh
Administration) are the only ones who are working day and night to add new
attractions to the 36th annual Rose Festival, you are far from
the truth. There are individuals who are taking equal pain to contribute
their bits. For instance Anil Malhotra who went to Delhi on Thursday only
to pick up some exotic flowers so that his wife and children could take
part in the flower show on Friday. And he is a proud man, clicking away
the bouquets of dry and fresh flowers made by his family members that
occupy a premier place in the show.
It may leave a sour taste in your mouth, but sweets business in the city is apparently turning bitter. Nothing else can explain the gobbling up of so many conventional sweet shops in the city by multinational and other fast-food chains, even coffee bars.
Commercial forces and time have simply consumed at least four sweet shops in sectors 11 and 10 alone; the latest to go is Prima-10.
THERE are a lot of people who would like to do some form of adventure activity, if not a proper adventure sport, but hesitate because they feel they are not fit enough. The most common reason they feel not up to it is because they have more body fat than they should be having. Also, many people with sedentary jobs – and that includes most of us (!) – have weak muscles because they are not being exercised regularly. Both problems can be tackled easily.
Did you know the skin never forgets and a lifetime of neglect is cumulative? Even if your last sunburn or tan was in your teens, the cumulative damage will manifest itself as age spots, far into your adulthood. Even environmental exposure that occurs from smog on cloudy days and even indoor light fixtures all affect the skin. To cut the long story short, sun damage and hyper pigmentation can take years before showing up on the skin. That is why it is so important to not step out without wearing sunscreen, failing to do will lead to damaging sunburns.
