CHANDIGARH INDEX


In & Out
We haven’t seen her on the silver screen for quite some time now, but there is no way you can forget Mahima Choudhary — she is part of the cityscape
Mahima is here….and she is here to stay. Even when you don’t find her in any of the ‘comeback’ movies, sharing space in an overcrowded frame or tele serials, more precisely reality shows, the bright and glowing actor is ‘so very’ alive in our mind. And we bet, you don’t have to rake your mind to conjure up an image of that effervescent, naïve small town girl who wasn’t interested in videshi culture.

Dress to heal
Feeling low? Just dab your favourite perfume, put on some makeup and slip into a sexy dress
Good clothes surely boost confidence. A neat cut dress, elegant footwear, smart wristwatch is enough to make you feel good. Call it the magic of dressing up, it is a sure-shot formula to do away with the dowdy, unkempt alter ego that stares back at you in the mirror and makes you feel sorry for yourself.

Jack of all trades
After Chamku, Bobby Deol will feature in two more home productions and asserts the films made by his own banner gives him the liberty to play roles he has always wished to. "Home productions give me the choice to do the kind of films I want to do unlike films by other producers.Bobby became pro-active during the making of his film and showed interest in pre-production, post-production and even the music making of Chamku, which was produced by his banner Vijayta Films Pvt. Ltd.

Sky high
IF the B-town's handsome hunk Dino Morea's passionate about anything else apart from acting than it has to be sports. Read horse riding, football and all kinds of water sports. But recently Dino has developed a passion for something different & daring and that is none other than the very electrifying and enlivening- Skydiving. While some people get intoxicated to feel a high, our Bollywood macho man Dino Morea opts for a thrill like sky-diving.

Saved in time
Actress Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend has pleaded guilty to scam charges, in which he impersonated as a Vatican official and cheated wealthy investors out of millions of dollars. In fact, one of the targets of Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, 30, was a friend of former US President Bill Clinton. Follieri dated the The Devil Wears Prada star for four years, and is now headed to prison after confessing to having committed wire frauds, money laundering and conspiracy during a hearing in New York.

Sun Block

No sunscreen lotion can beat this
No sunscreen lotion can beat this good- old method of protecting the face from UV rays Lifestyle photo:Vinay Malik

Good(y) feeling
Reality TV star Jade Goody has undergone an eight-hour surgery for cervical cancer. The 27-year-old star was operated upon at London's Royal Marsden hospital on Sep 12 after she was diagnosed with the disease last month.

Britney turns ‘work'aholic
Pop star Britney Spears, who is in the middle of a comeback, has been doing so well lately that her studio bosses are planning to put out her next album in December. Spears has had to wade through problems concerning a divorce, custody battle and her fragile mental condition. But after she bagged three trophies at the MTV Awards night, her record company RCA wants to release her new album as soon as possible.

Day in, night out
Catwalk queen Naomi Capmbell, who has started community service in a soup kitchen after her assault on police personnel, worked hard during the day but partied at night with boyfriend, Russian tycoon Vladimir Doronin. Naomi was spotted at London's Serpentine Gallery summer party and revealed details on her love life. She said: "I'm putting my all into my community service. But Vladimir is out with me tonight and things are going great." Naomi was sentenced to serve 200 hours after she admitted to assaulting cops by kicking and shouting at them in Heathrow Airport lost luggage row in April.

BODY wise
JUST DO IT
10 REASONS, WHY YOU MUST EXERCISE
Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than old-fashioned exercise. Not only does regular exercise aid in weight loss, it reduces your risk for several chronic diseases and conditions. Finding activities that you enjoy and that can become part of your daily routine is the key to a long and healthy life. The list of health benefits is impressive, and the requirements are simple - just do it.

Popping the pill
Can a diet pill actually replace a square meal?
Are you still living under the charm of that little magic pill to lose weight? Or, are you those kinds who have time to work but no time to eat? Well, or just following the pill popping culture to the core? Whichever case it might be, the easiest answer to our meal replacement problems is a pill. Call it a trend or health consciousness, but give us one slight excuse and we are ready to pop it. Resorting to diet pills is not an alien concept, what’s new is that these have become a regular sight in a majority of households.

Food for thought
Bid goodbye to ghee-dripping mithais, embrace bran biscuits & aloe vera juice. After all it’s your health
There is much more to Indian food than the normal daal, roti and sabzi. Options galore — cholesterol-free atta, sugarless mithais, olive oil, atta for diabetics, soya milk and aloe vera juice and what not! It's indeed time to say no to oily and spicy veggies, white bread and basmati rice. And having stocked up a variety of health foods, it's super markets and gourmet shops who swear by the power of health foods.