Power dressing
George Fernandes’ crumpled kurta is passé. It’s either Fabindia kurta or Armani suit for our young politicians
Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you.” These words of compliment by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari for Sarah Palin, who was most talked about for her style statement during the US elections, made everybody sit back and notice the importance of dressing up in politics. The US elections were high on the political thrills as well as the fashion frills. Be it ensembled ties of Obama or the famous $150,000 wardrobe of Sarah Palin.

Chasing Salman
It was a day full of surprises as actors from tinsel town came calling to city for shooting of London Dreams
What the hell, yaar! Star hai, wait toh karni padegi! These were the popular sentiments shared by the very patient clan of Chandigarh media, each member waiting to get their man— Ajay Devgan. After a long wait, that’s synonymous with journos, a snazzy white BMW arrived. Oh my God, its Salman Khan, said one from the media, so loud that all present were taken by surprise.

Drool on discounts
Lofty winter sale is here. With retailers banking on attractive offers to perk up dreary sales, customers can't ask for more
It's the time when you cannot simply purge the urge to splurge. If Boxing Day in the UK sees shoppers lining up outside Best Buy as early as four am, and Americans queing up outside Walmart at the dawn on Black Friday, apna city is not far behind.
                        Photos: Himanshu Mahajan

In the right circle
We got it! Anybody would. On seeing the dominance of red, black, white and gold in the interiors, patterns looking like from the mysterious East, and motifs suggesting oriental origin. Another Chinese restaurant! What's more, this one is from the house of Copper Chimney and Noodle Bar. The name, China Circle-26, further contributes to making the already 'understood' as the 'obvious'.
Looking for authentic Chinese food in a fine-dinsetting? You have an option now. — Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Bend it like Beckham

A kid plays football on a sunny afternoon at Panjab University on Monday. Lifestyle photo: Pradeep Tewari

Geek speak
Surge up
A surge protector equipment is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from power surges and voltage spikes. Surge protectors attempt to regulate the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or shorting to ground voltage above a safe power voltage.

Fanfare
SRK finds an admirer in Benegal
He is full of admiration for Shah Rukh Khan and his on-screen charisma, but veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal rues that he doesn’t have a subject to cast the superstar.

Man-o-man

Saturday saw Puneet Sodhi win the Model of the year and Mr Physique 2008 contest. Organised by CIPA at the Govt Polytechnic College for women in sector 10, the contest saw contestants from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh participate in the event.

Mera boyfriend sirf mera hai
Jesse Randhawa slams Britney over Sandip affair
After the reports of Britney Spears’ alleged affair with Bollywood dance instructor Sandip Soparkar, his girlfriend Jesse Randhawa has hit out against the pop singer and has warned her to stay away from her man. The 39-year-old model is livid over claims that Britney has started a love affair with dance expert Sandip Soparkar, who choreographed the video for her hit single Womanizer for her comeback.

Play ‘boy’
‘As an actor I’m looking for good roles...boy or man is secondary’
Shahid Kapur is doing Kaminay with Vishal Bharadwaj, another movie with Ken Ghosh and his first venture with Yashraj Films. The actor hopes he can continue playing boyish roles until he is 40. But what he’s looking forward to most right now is being directed by dad Pankaj Kapur. Many newcomers have entered Bollywood after Shahid, but he hopes to play the boy-next-door for as long as possible.

Man with a message
Jimmy Shergill believes in entertainment with a message
Actor Jimmy Shergill is still riding high on the laurels his performance in A Wednesday brought him, and says he is looking forward to doing more films that focus on providing “entertainment with a message”.

Sound of Music
Pancham used to keep best romantic songs for my sister: Asha Bhonsle
Singing legend Asha Bhosle reveals she used to often fight with her late husband, composer R.D. Burman, because he would give the best of the romantic songs to her elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar.