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Wake up, before it’s
too late
 Growing up could not have been
more difficult. Post-CBSE results, when talk only revolves around a 98%
in math or a third division in biology, here’s what all students and
parents must know.
HALF the teen suicides in the country are reported between March and July every year. Every 90 minutes a teenager tries to commit suicide and every six hours, one succeeds. The number of suicides has gone up from 800 in 1998-99 to 5,857 in 2007-07. Examination fever occupies 43% space in the teen trouble area. A mammoth 65% families have no clue about the child’s depression or suicidal thoughts.
 Champu’s
back, this time to check your IQ!
STEPPING into the shoes of King Khan is Ruk Ruk Khan. Yes people, the
spoof master and city boy Sunil Grover is back on telly, this time with
Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain? The quirky show is a spoof on
Star’s Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? Sunil became a household name
last year when he hosted the spoof of KBC, Kaun Banega Champu.
New
releases
Hunt for the waaris
MUNGILAL (Anupam Kher) was once a small time bhai in Mumbai. He had
a childhood friend Jignesh (Satish Shah) who was also his business
advisor. When the authorities turned the heat on the bhais in Mumbai,
Moongi and Jignesh fled to Bangkok. There, Moongilal has become a don.
Soulful
Melody
Doyens of classical music will perform
at Hamare Ustad beginning tomorrow
“Hindustani classical music tradition is the enviable treasure of our
cultural heritage which our celestial Rishi musicologists have given us
to hold on to as also to propagate among music lovers,” says Kamal
Tewari, chairperson of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademy.
A night to
remember
The spotlight has shifted from the shaadi to pre-wedding bashes,
finds out Anandita Gupta
THE big fat Punjabi wedding is getting bigger and fatter.
Yup, we all know that, right? So, why another story on the extravagant
Punjabis? Well, because this time around, it’s not exactly the grand
shaadis that our swish set is obsessed with. It’s rather the rounds of
pre-wedding bashes that the city’s hoi polloi is splurging on.
Sidelanes
Artist amongst dusty lanes
Dinesh escorted us to his home. We walked through dusty, ankle wrenching
by-lanes, over loose stones and dry, fine soil that cracks lips, heels
and hands. We followed open drains that stank in the midday heat but
Tanuja and I did not cover our noses lest we offend our host. Piles of
garbage lay in any and every open space. Janta Colony, Nayagaon, is one
of those numerous “out of sight, out of mind” orphans of Shining
India. I shudder to think what it will be like during the rains!
Youth speak
 Join hands for
safety
Life is hectic. It’s no longer only the menfolk who is going out
to earn money, but women too. And that becomes a reason for us to keep
domestic helps. We hire them to take care of our old parents, kids and
to facilitate our family. We provide them food and shelter, we trust
them and love them like our own. But sometimes they kill our trust.
 Dream
Formula
Fast, slick & expensive. The F1
wonder arrives in the city
IT’S not everyday that one gets to have a close look at one of the
world’s fastest machines. So, when you have the Vodafone McLaren
Mercedes Formula 1 car right there, you want to know all about it from
aerodynamics to suspensions to tyres to electronics! And the fact that
it’s only a replica sans engine doesn’t seem to matter.
Song
interrupted
Renowned singer-songwriter Rod Stewart is desperate to record a country
music album. The star has revealed that the reluctance of bosses at his
record label 'J Records' has been preventing his plans from
materialising. "Everybody there is against that, which makes me
want to do it even more," he was quoted as saying.
"Apparently, the idea didn't 'test' well," he added. The
63-year-old singer also said he disliked the fact that J Records'
chairman Clive Davis did not share his vision.
The Black
Bird
The crow continues to fascinate
artists; be it for its colour, cleverness or as a reflection of society
WHAT is it about the crow that has managed to hold artists’ attention
for centuries? Look for instance at the Wheatfield With Crows. Executed
in 1890, it is one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, and
probably most speculated too it was his last work. The film Lust for
Life portrays Van Gogh shooting at himself while painting it. Though
there is no evidence to support this, the three paths going in three
different directions and a dark forbidding sky and black crows shows the
artist’s troubled state of mind.
Creative
Zone
Song of Freedom
EVERYTHING, including the city, is a song for him. And
why not, penning it down liberates him from his innermost feelings. He
is Navneet Singh Chauhan, a doctor in ayurvedic medicine, who loves to
describe every living and non-living thing and every positive and
negative feeling in verses.
ART on wheels:
A street artist sits next to his bicycle showing portraits of some local celebrities as he waits for customers at a public park in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. The artist charges 30,000 dongs (1.9
USD) for a 15-minute portrait session. — AFP |
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Swaying
beats
Sukhwinder is popularising tabla in the
West
Coming from a sleepy village of Katani, near Ludhiana, the child prodigy
Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari, affectionately called Pinki, had never dreamt
of being a co-winner of the Grammy in 1994. Articulating the melody
meter on tabla, he had teamed up with guitarist Ry Cooder and Mohan
Veena maestro Pt Vishvamohan Bhatt for the classic award-winning album Meeting
by the River.
Pregnant Nicole
Pregnant Nicole Kidman has reportedly followed in the footsteps of Demi
Moore, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and posed in the buff for a
magazine cover. She had posed nude for the cover shot at an LA studio. —
ANI
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