Scent of Spring
Flowers in bloom, fluttering butterflies, chirping birds, lush green grass... Let’s welcome the season of hope, dreams, beauty & colour
Ever experienced that first blush of spring? Felt the free-flowing breeze softly against your face? Whistled sweet songs of love? Followed, or even touched a fluttering butterfly? Or celebrated the vibrancy in colours or the beauty of blossoming flowers? Well, if you haven’t done it before, now is
the time to get drenched in everything from verdant blooms, rainbow-hued butterflies
and peppermint colours to fluttering fabrics and windy romance. For, after experiencing winter to our heart’s content, we are finally stepping into spring – the season of romance and rejuvenation.
Fresh n’ Fab
AS the city wakes up from the slumber of biting-chilly winters to mellower afternoons, we tell you how to experience this thrill of a new beginning. This spring get drenched in lush tints and fashion that’s fresh and fab. It’s time to wrap yourselves in peppermint colours and fluttering fabrics. And for all our fashionholics who’d like to get high on spring-time trends, here’s a peak-a-boo at the spring-time ‘must-grabs’ on city-shelves.
Looking ahead
Planets, cards, numbers, crystals & lots more. This is Gen Y’s newest career choice
HAVE you been lately tempted to add an extra ‘a’ or slash down the additional ‘e’ in your name? Is the astro column the first thing that you set your sleepy eyes on each morning? Do you often wish for a genie who could solve the problems of your loved ones? And lastly, do you want a future that you can see, plan, and monitor?
Little Interview
Song of Sangharsh
Kunal Ganjawala knows the value of success
He crooned Bheege Honth Tere with a passion that left the entire nation hopelessly in love with his voice. Among the top playback singers in Bollywood today, with peppy songs such as O Humdum Suniyo Re in Saathiya and the hit numbers of Saawariya to his credit (besides cutting a few albums and winning some prestigious awards), Kunal Ganjawala surely has youngsters dancing to his stylised tunes. We chat up the Gen-Y singer, presently busy judging the talent hunt Chhote Ustaad on Star Plus.
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SUMMER is here and so are exhibitions of cool cotton fabrics. The recent one is of chikan fabrics by Mumbai-based Neelam’s Creations at Aroma-22. Neelam Popli, the Chandigarh franchise of the designing house, knows the city pulse. So what you get to see here is a wide range in pastel shades, with white dominating the scene. Intricate work done on rubia and cotton, starts at Rs 95 a metre, and goes up to Rs 1,300 a metre.
Spring-like freshness
Nothing possesses the effervescence of spring better than a perfume. Experience the joy of the season with these scentsational scents
COME spring and we are found sniffing the musky aromas of wet earth, the metallic pitch of melting ice, the pungency of last year’s decaying leaves, the brilliant verdancy of first grasses, and the luminous freshness of spring air. Such are the scents of spring — fascinating, alluring, and difficult to resist.
Little wonder then, that though every season many new fragrances hit the market, its during spring that one loves to splurge on scents. Wondering which are the ones worth the bucks this season? We scour the city’s perfume hubs, sniff the perfumes, and voila, bring to you the hottest picks.
A Refreshing Shower
Happy prints & cheerful colours, towels are the perfect spring accessory
SPRING’S the season, which makes all of us dreamy, if not romantic. It’s the time when one longs for lazy showers and relaxing-hours in a bathtub. And well, as we soak in the luxury of refreshing showers and scrubbing-sessions, how about accomplishing this mission rejuvenation with cheerful colours? Ideal springtime celebration, isn’t it?
