CHANDIGARH INDEX


Break loose
Women follow the spirit of adventure as they log on to adventure sites and explore the hidden world
All right! It's a fact and soon to be an omnipresent truth. Women are giving tough competition to men, whether it's inside the Parliament house, or in the home or even outside it. And off the road, women rule the roost here as well.

n Site seeing

REPLAY 2008
Cheers & jeers
Renovation of Tagore Theatre irked many art lovers, so much so that theatre activists like Rani Balbir Kaur and Neelam Mansingh Choudhury started a campaign against the project. This year the city art circuit was lukewarm with more friction than things to cheer about
The year 2008 had been particularly cruel to the art circuit. Controversies erupted, the city lost its pioneer architect, artist and stage performer Aditya Prakash, and the little triumphs that dotted the year were nothing much to take home to.

Renovation of Tagore Theatre irked many art lovers, so much so that theatre activists like Rani Balbir Kaur and Neelam Mansingh Choudhury started a campaign against the project.

A tale of two identities
Mix of modernity and tradition, Laila is the new RJ on My FM block
Names can be deceptive. It gets reaffirmed when we heard a teaser on 94.3 My FM few days back. Aap ney Laila ko dekha, kaun hai Laila, kya hai Laila. That’s pretty simple, my friend jumped from her seat.

n Direct Dil Se

Ball of fame
From lighting candles to commemorating comradeship the SJOBA reunion saw warm hearts in winter chill
It was a night of recollection and reunion, for the old students of St Johns High School who came as far as from USA to attend the SJOBA ball.

Side Lanes
Joyshri Lobo
Friends without fences
Another year is round the corner. It’s time to make fresh resolutions to improve our lives in the year ahead. In the wake of the Mumbai attacks, there is a lot of analysis, talk debate, planning and viewing, all to shore up India for its future citizens.

Troublevilla?
American actress/singer Jennifer Lopez might have renewed her wedding vows with her husband Mark Anthony recently, but it seems that they have been facing troubles in their relationship for long.

High on Hallelujah!

Kids in the city painted the town red with Santa Claus on Hop-on-hop-off (CITCO bus) on Thursday.
Kids in the city painted the town red with Santa Claus on Hop-on-hop-off (CITCO bus) on Thursday. Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Fest sans family
Madonna reportedly snubbed a
festive family get together to meet
her divorce lawyer after arriving in
England with kids.

Like Britney like Lindsay
Actress Lindsay Lohan has
compared herself with pop-singer
Britney Spears in her latest blog
entry saying both of them have
gone through a lot.

Award goes to…
Tina Fey has been named 'Entertainer of the Year' by The Associated Press. The 38-year-old comedian gained instant fame for her impersonation of Alaska governor Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.

Successful loser
For many, Adam Sandler is one of the best comic actors in Hollywood, but according to him, he's still a "loser".

‘Working’ out
Former Friends star Courtney Cox is doing all she can to make her marriage to David Arquette last.