I like Chandigarh for its oh-so- handsome guys. Every time I come here, I fall in love with the ever-vibrant Punjabi culture

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In town to shoot for a Yash Raj production, Rakhi Sawant says she’s now Krazzy for serious roles and item numbers are a thing of the past
Unending controversies and daring statements brought her initial fame in Bollywood. Her dance moves made her even more popular and she was typecast as an item girl. But in all these years, all this failed to bother the overly impulsive Rakhi Sawant. Until recently, when she landed up with a movie under the Yash Raj production banner. From being an item girl to an actor-in-the-making (as she claims), in town for the shooting of a Yash Raj production, the all-candid Rakhi Sawant gets chatty as we ask her about her changed priorities and unfulfilled desires. Not to forget, this time too, the bindaas babe didn't hesitate to speak her mind.

Men, moolah and masti
Male bonding over malts and moolah. Some all-men kitty-goers tell us what they do with all the cash that comes their way and how they keep their bashes different from what the women do
Enough of women's way, girlie talk and their fashion trends people. Lets talk men, girls and give them some weight. So what do our men do to chill and relax? Do they party hard, sit back home, go for family outings or do they kitty out. We ask some of the jet-set crowd.

Coco Chanel on celluloid
If Shirley MacLaine and Coco Chanel fought over a parking spot, pearls would roll. "She was tough and she never backed down," says the Academy Award-winning actress, who's known for her own flammable personality and eccentric philosophy. The Parisian style icon died in 1971 at age 87. MacLaine, 74, plays her to the hilt in the Lifetime movie Coco Chanel.

Playboy plays coy
While busty and blond gals rule the glossy pages of 'Playboy,' the man behind the magazine, Hugh Hefner, insists that he seeks girls with natural girl-next-door look for his magazine. The Playboy mogul said he hasn't changed his selection formula for a model since he conceived the men's magazine back in 1952. "We don't go for glamour - what we are looking for is a very natural girl-next-door look. I think that's what set things at the very beginning - what set the Playmate centerfolds apart," Fox News quoted him, as saying.

Back in Gere
Richard Gere is in negotiations to reunite with his 'An Officer and A Gentleman' co-star Debra Winger on Broadway. Gere is the favourite to replace Bill Pullman in the upcoming revival of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? opposite Winger, reports FoxNews.com.

Reviving ghazals
Surjit Pattar and Sukhwinder Amrit, two renowned ghazal writers, have once again rendered strength to this genre through their works
Connoisseurs of Punjabi ghazals have multiple reasons to rejoice. First, Surjit Pattar’s third ghazal book is being released, which marked the end of 28-year-old hibernation of Pattar as a ghazal writer and second, the Chandigarh Book Fair is giving an impetus to this particular genre of literary work.

Bonding over books
Book clubs aren't just about an old-world ambience but have gone all hi-tech with video conferencing
Bibliophiles across America swear by the Oprah effect. A reading revolution swept across the country in the late 90s when the celebrity TV talk show host launched her Book Club.

Readers’ club at British Library -9 

Scent of linen
For those who feel that life is not a bed of roses, this is a must have for you. Bed covers, which give out fragrance the minute your hands touch it. Isn't that wow! Home Spell, The fine furnishing store at sector-22 brings to the city fragrance bed sheets. Offers Vipin Mahajan, managing director, who has the franchisee for Maishaa in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali, "These can be used as bed cum quilt cover. And this is for the first time that people can get to see such bed sheets. Priced at Rs 6900, these bed sheets come in three fragrances, which are produced through the warmth of your hands."

Toy story

Whizkids Srijan Gupta and Aditya Puranik brought laurels to the city by coming runners-up at the India Robot Olympiad' 08. The duo is gearing up for participation in the World Robot Olympiad '08 to be held in Japan Lifestyle photo:Manoj Mahajan

Boy blues
One in five young men are deeply unhappy with their body image, according to one of Britain’s leading eating disorder expert. Dr John Morgan, who runs the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders in Leeds, said that for every man with an eating disorder there were ten more who desperately wanted to change the way they looked. “One in five young men have some degree of quite extreme distress,” BBC quoted him, as saying. Morgan said that he had also seen a significant rise in the number of men with anorexia and bulimia.

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