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 Seasons in the Sun
Anandita Gupta checks out the wardrobe
must-haves for this summer
If you’re a woman (or a man married to one), you’ll agree that for this species, there’s no bigger ego trip than shopping. So come summer and our Venusians are on a spree, sniffing all things summery and stuffing shopping bags like never before. However, though shopping can be a rejuvinating exercise, it could also mean loosened purse strings. But then, shopaholics and their victims can take heart.
For, here’s how to bring out the ‘bombshell in you’ without spending
a bomb!
U, Me Aur Munna
After scripting success with Nishabd’s Rozana, this city lyricist is
back with some fresh, filmi music
Parbina Rashid
He could either have been a juicewala or a songwriter. And Munna Dhiman
chose the latter. Or rather, Vishal Bhardwaj chose him. And the alliance
between the music director and Munna, which formed during the making of
music album Aasmaa for Channel V, is still going very strong. |
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On the
Rocks
Anandita Gupta
WHAT do you get when you marry the passions of a high-spender and the obsessions of an epicurean drinker? The perfect clubbing experience, blended with high spirits, of course. So, here we have our very own set of swish Punjabis, revelling in their robust spirits (pun quite intended) by shelling out big-time moolah on expensive single malts.
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Parvesh Chauhan
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We know what you’re reading!
Machines, models, masala, moolah, women... he finds it all in glossies
Anandita Gupta
JOHN GREY’S famous quote — Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, is surely on its way to redundancy. For, haven’t our men stepped into the ‘all-women’s-zones’ with quite élan? Talk about facials and waxing (oops…), strutting the streets in pinks and limes, rustling up romantic meals to woo their beloved, crying in public (minus those gents’ hankies) and yuppie, reading magazines too!
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Creative strokes
No shortcuts, unlimited patience and enough ink is what you need to master calligraphy
Parbina Rashid
When Achyut Pallav, a Mumbai-based calligraphy artiste, visited the city last year to conduct a workshop at the Government College of Art, he woke us up from a slumber. He made us realise that this art of handwriting is not just limited to writing certificates as we earlier thought, but can help one make a fortune in the entertaining world. |
Achyut Pallav teaching his art
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The importance of being earnest
Parbina Rashid
It’s Habib Tanvir’s much watched, much talked about Charan Das Chor once again, but when it falls in Zulfiqar Khan’s hands, the script changes altogether — it becomes a hilarious comedy, where the chor speaks a little English and even sings and dances to the tune of Jhumka gira re…
Arty Affair
India’s art scene never got bigger than this. Structured along the lines of successful international art fairs, we are poised to have an India Art Summit from August 8 in Delhi. This will be an annual event.
Real & Rejuvenating
Beginning today, a two-day theatre workshop promises to revive English theatre
Parbina Rashid
Three young girls and a boy — what they have in common, is a love for the English theatre, which they are planning to pass on. Aditi
Sharan, Karishma Singhal and Vatsala Singhal — three city-based girls — have formed a group called Aside and roped in Delhi-based theatre director Neel Chaudhuri for their first-ever workshop ‘Act II’.
New releases
Hollywood Hungama
Michael Clayton
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson,
Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
Director: Tony Gilroy
Middle-aged lawyer Michael Clayton (Clooney) is a “fixer” who clears up complex or dirty cases on behalf of corporate clients. But he has a number of personal and professional problems.
Rising Star
Singing the song of success
S.D. Sharma
She was just another girl in the neighborhood, unnoticed, till the electronic media beamed news on Rupinder Handa after she won Awaaz Punjab
Di. Winning the title was by no means a small achievement, as she had to beat thousands of contestants to win. And thus born a star on the horizons of Punjabi music scene.
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Sidelanes
Mai Heeran & Quilla Mohalla
Joyshri Lobo
FOR generations, my maternal great grandparents and their descendents occupied the areas around Mai Heeran Gate and Quilla
Mohalla, two of the oldest and most historical parts of Jalandhar. Quilla means a fort, so obviously this region was under the protection of the rajahs of the time.
youth
speak
Positive attitude and its advantages
Shruti Kapoor
How important is it to have a positive attitude in life? Is it really necessary to push away all negativities and have a positive attitude? Or can one do without it? These are the questions that some people might ask.
Well, there are always two kinds of thoughts fighting in our mind.
Shruti Kapoor |
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Monster’s voice
Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon is to lend her voice to a giant in Dreamworks’ new animated movie. Witherspoon will team up with Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen and Kiefer Sutherland and others to voice quirky characters in Dreamworks’ new Monsters versus Aliens film.
Animated Britney
American pop princess Britney Spears, who has been trying to keep herself in shape for an upcoming video, has decided to use an animated version of her sleek self instead.
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