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 It’s raining plessure
Enjoy the April rain and
make hay
before the
sun shines, suggests
Saurabh Malik
APRIL is not turning out to be the cruelest month after all. Guys, instead of the harsh April sun evaporating the enthusiasm out of you, it’s actually raining pleasure. Though what begins well may not eventually end well, you have no reasons to complain — at least not for
now. For all you late risers snuggling in bed during morning hours, the pitter-patter of raindrops blowing soft across the window continued for a good two hours Thursday morning.
Photo by Pradeep Tewari
 Mouthful for men too!
City guys love to gorge on golgappas and can tell their chutneys apart!
Purva Grover
 FIRST they started sporting long tresses, then got their ears pierced, next placed themselves luxuriously in a spa, and last when we saw them, they were sporting pink! Now, that’s the metro sexual man who loves to prim himself up, thinks crying brings forth his sensitive side and that splitting up the cheque spells out respect for the feminine spirit.
Photo by Pradeep
Tewari
New releases
Of courage, illusions & faith
KHUDA Ke Liye
Voice
of a Muslim
“This story
of oppressed moderate Muslims
needed
to be told
Parbina Rashid
 What
do you do when you feel alienated from the world because you bear a
Muslim surname or face the wrath of your own community just because you
want to lead a life in sync with time? If you have the ingenuity and
resources of Shoaib Mansoor, you come up with an intriguing film like
Khuda Ke Liye. Based on times post 9/11, the film has already set
records in Pakistan, got rave reviews in India and more. But the most
important record for us, is, that this is the first Pakistani film to
hit Indian theatres after the four-decade-old ban imposed in 1968.
youth speak
Mobiles no more
Puneet Singh Banga
EXCESS of everything is bad and this holds true in case of mobiles phones as well. According to various studies carried on the ill effects of an excessive usage of mobiles, it could have a devastating effect on fertility. It still has to be proved. However, the news is quite disturbing, considering mobiles are so much part of our lives.
 High on Woman Power
Finally, it’s our girlie brigade making it to the finals of a talent hunt show!
Anandita Gupta
OF late, it’s been raining reality shows. So, why another story on the finalists of a singing contest? Well, simply because Chhote Ustaad is the only show where two girls have made it to the finals. Bubbling with fizzy endorphins on their feat, we catch hold of the two lil’ girls and quiz them about their love for singing, dreams and women power!
Their initial inaccessibility for a telephonic interview is, no doubt, irksome. However, our ‘stars-in-the-making’ have quite a ‘spring in their voices’ when they finally greet us over the phone.
Are you
game ?
Attention gaming enthusiasts: Here is a chance for all you game geeks to prove your mettle & passion
Purva Grover
THIS is no mean feat. It’s going to be a test for warriors and their clans. Well, that’s what the gamers and their teams like to call themselves! So what we’ll see in a fortnight will be a fine meet of passion, dedication, intellect and unlimited fun. The country’s first ever campus-based gaming tournament — Gameeks 1.0 to be held on April 12 and 13 — is likely to see more than 350 colleges and considering that over 100 teams have already registered, the game fest seems quite big already.
Photo by Manoj
Mahajan
 Aaja
Nach Le
Anandita Gupta
They’ve swished and twirled, spinned and matched steps for long. But this time around, it’s about stepping on a bigger platform ala dance floor, about making dreams come true. Absolutely feverish about setting the floors afire, city’s dance duo’s delighted us foot-tappers with their latest offering — Varun Dance Studio, a sprawling dance zone, in Panchkula’s Sector 6.
“Barsha and me have always had this plan in mind. But it is only after establishing ourselves in the city, we executed it,” smiles Varun D. S. Rana.
Kundan craft for the bride
City’s super specialty Kundan jewellery hub Anaha, has added another feather in its multi-plumed cap. The store’s introduced its big-sized Polki diamond jewellery range, under the brand name Sairah. Flaunting finely handcrafted and enameled jewellery with natural, uncut Polki diamonds, the range is an absolute eye-candy for our brides-to-be.
 Sidelanes
Joyshri Lobo
MURDER at Mhow
MR and Mrs Sant’s bungalow and ours, too, faced the Infantry School. While their garden was the recipient of years of TLC, ours boasted a waterless fountain and a huge banyan tree. Frequent postings did not allow any officer to plant his roots. The fauj still follows Sher Shah Suri’s maxim to avoid even the glimmer of a coup! Officers are always packing or unpacking and scrounging around for crates and cardboard boxes at the nearest bazaar. There is no time or energy for rebellion.
The Magic of Monochrome
The whiteness of their canvas sets the mood and the black lines define it. Meet city artists working in black & white
Parbina Rashid
 Last year saw city galleries bringing in art works by quite a few Bengali artists, among whom Sudeepta Tewari’s works remained most sought after. Sudeepta’s black and white charcoal drawings have always been a crowd puller, even when he came here the first time for a group show, a few years back. This time, he captured the ethereal beauty of an Indian woman who belonged to the bygone era. His work stood out because the contours and mood of the women he painted were not lost to the chaos of colours. It was soothing to the eyes with all its grace and beauty.
Creative Insanity
His obsession with Baba Farid’s poetry won him
the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award
Parbina Rashid
 IT was Anantmurti Guruma’s rendition of Baba Farid’s couplets that got Rana Nayar’s interest hooked to this 12th century Sufi poet. When this much-loved professor of English Literature at Panjab University describes his obsession, it is almost hilarious — “I bought a few cassettes of Guruma when I attended her discourse sometime back.
Photo by Pradeep
Tewari
Rising Star
The healing touch
S.D. Sharma
 Only a few moments of bliss remain etched in one’s memory. Those, which never fail to rejuvenate us or bring happiness. One such blessed moment for music exponent Sumangal Arora (19) was the Inter-university felicitation function at Chennai where participants from 250 universities gave this Patiala-based vocalist an standing ovation after he won the national light classical musical event. “My immaculate rendition of thumri in Raga Bhairavi had enthralled one and all at the national meet where I represented Baba Farid University, claims Sumangal, the final year BDS student at Laxmi Bai Dental College, Patiala.
Tribune photo
Waiting for the bib break
 IT was Jackson Pollock’s ‘throwing colour on canvas’ style that inspired young and upcoming artist Simi Grover to take up ‘acting painting’. Her paintings sure have a lot of action in it — colours creating a riot in which form appears from nowhere and merges into nothingness. This is a series Simi is doing for her forthcoming exhibition at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai.
Photo by Vicky Gharu
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