Saag to sandesh
After the Rose-y role of a Punjaban in Singh is Kinng, Kirron Kher’s new portrayal is all about Bongs, bourses and biwis, writes Mona
A day of saris and sensex. Kirron Kher, the actor who has enlivened many a role on the silver screen, was in town on Monday to promote her new movie Saas, Bahu aur Sensex and showcase the season’s sari trends. Slated to be released on September 19, Saas, Bahu…is a Warner Brother venture in India. Talking about the film at Taj-Chandigarh, Kirron said, “The movie is all about the upcoming India, the glorious future that the country is heading towards.” After doing a plenty of Punjabi roles, in the latest flick, Kirron plays a Bengali woman, Vinita Sen, who, troubled by her failed marriage moves from Kolkata to Navi Mumbai with a daughter to start a new life.
                                                  Photo by S. Chandan

Rozas, rites and replies
My early memories of Ramzan are not of hunger pangs or the sumptuous food laid out for the evenings, but a story which my father would narrate every year  unfailingly. For a child living in a remote village of Assam in those days, the watch was a rare commodity and how often he had to wait for nature’s signs as indicators for breaking his fasts. Bats, flying bats out of their nests, was considered a sure-shot sign as that marked the end of the day.
                              Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Bindaas bytes
I hate my boss. One tight slap...lest you have other ideas, these are wacky SNS the city youth are logging on to, writes Manpriya Khurana
Orkut, Hi-fi, Facebook…!!! Yawn… enough has been said and written about it, on it. It allows you to keep in touch with your friends, your alma mater, your alumni, blah blah…sweet, sugary and suffocating. But not for everyone. For most of them, these sites have a cathartic element attached to them.

Blogger’s Park
Write moves
Blogging. Anyone and everyone’s doing it, from freshers to filmstars. It’s bringing out the writer in all and our student fraternity is no exception, writes Jasmine Singh
‘Check out XYZ with a new haircut. The food on the campus is awesome. Try a mini meal. What do you think about traffic outside the law department? Hey have you guys read Oscar Wilde. Can we do something about the floods? Guys, we should collect donations….’ This and lots more, blogs created by and for the students talk about just anything and everything under the sun.
                              Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Geek Speak
Loud podential
For anyone and everyone who has an iPod, the most important accessory are the iPod speakers, They are important because it’s no point keeping the great iPod experience all to ourselves.

Literally speaking

World Literacy Day has city folks savouring word(l)y wisdom on Monday. — Lifestyle photos byS. Chandan

Love once more
The name says it all. Luv U Bobby is a love story with all modern flavours
Boy meets girl and they fall in love. But the families, which are arch-rivals, come in the way. Rest you can well imagine. But then, this one is a time-tested formula the film industry has been experimenting with time and again. Our Punjabi film industry is no different, which is all set to bring out this topic once again in its latest offering, Luv U Bobby.

Winning streak
Kiran believes in making the most of technology to make the world a better place
Yqeen ke noor se, raushan hein raaste apne
Yeh voh chiraag hein, toofan jise bhujha naa ska…
This couplet describes the determined look one sees on this beautiful face. Determination, to face the adversities that life throws at a blind person. And this beautiful and determined face belongs to Kiran.

GROOVING GANG
A music concert Rock On by the cast of Bollywood movie by the same name enthralled the audience in New Delhi. The concert that was held in an open-air theatre and began with music composers of the film, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa singing Ganesh Vandana. Mahadevan sang a few songs from other movies to set the mood for the evening.
                                  The Rock On boys

Knotty after 2010
Prince William's engagement with his girlfriend Kate Middleton could be at least 18 months away. A senior Royal Household source has insisted that any Royal wedding talk was premature, for the couple may not tie the knot until 2010.

Majestic deal
While the royals are known for their aversion to endorsements, a huge furore has been created after Prince Harry's snaps playing polo were used by a posh brand in its huge advertising billboards. Fifteen feet-high posters featuring the Prince have been used by elite clothing brand, Hackett for promoting their expensive sportswear.

Cheque mate
Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James has been sued by his ex- attorney for outstanding fees. James, the owner of custom motorcycle firm West Coast Choppers, Inc. is accused of failing to pay 327,533 dollars to law firm Keats MCFarland & Wilson LLP.

Touch to heal
An X Factor participant moved the show's judges, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, to tears when he performed Sometimes When We Touch in honour of his late wife. Daniel Evans, 38, who had been inspired by his late wife, Jacqueline, to enter the TV contest, revealed that she had passed away just six days after giving birth to their first child.

Charity...in a metro
Bollywood celebrities on Sunday collected funds from the public for providing relief to the flood victims in Bihar. Bollywood personalities including Rakhi Sawant, Manoj Bajpai, Raza Murad and a few others teamed up with members of the ruling Congress party in Mumbai to collect funds.

                                                                                       Rakhi Sawant

Tale piece
Diamond doll
Many versions of Barbie dolls have been created throughout the ages, and now the world's most expensive has been unveiled in Mexico City. The new doll is believed to have over 300 real diamonds, reports The Sun.