Geared up for geri gang
Want to indulge in pure, unadulterated luxury? Waiting for a perfect drive that will drive you crazy? Well, check out the Auto Mall-2009, a three-day extravaganza waiting to open the road for the most exclusive brands in the automobile industry. And while the biggest of brands are showcasing the might of their mean machines, it’s fully charged up on ‘young coupe’. In a city known for its geris, the event found the keenest of audience in students who were all set to try their hands with those luxury four-wheelers, but also creating the thrust behind the accelerated appeal.

UIET team with their ATV

Vintage beauties on display w As you bike it

Poster Boy: A visitor couldn’t keep his hands off the mean machine — Photos by Kamal Kishore

One for love
After a string of love affairs, actor Amrita Arora finally ties the knot 

Kismat connection
I have a karmic connection with Shakeel: Amrita

Actor Amrita Arora with husband Shakeel Ladhak 

Knot so soon
Deepika Padukone says her career is her first priority. Ranbir comes later
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, who started her career with Shahrukh Khan's Om Shanti Om, today said that she would give priority to her career over beau Ranbir Kapoor, if given a choice. ''Ranbir has the right to choose his career over me and I would do the same. We are young and need to focus on our careers,'' said Deepika, while interacting with mediapersons after the launch of new range of Tissot watches.

Deepika Padukone

Scripted success
Actor Neetu Chandra says it is the script of a film rather than her role in it that governs her choice of a movie
Hers has been almost a dream run in Bollywood, having worked with filmmakers like Priyadarshan and Madhur Bhandarkar in a short span since her debut in Garam Masala a few years ago. In just four years since her debut in Bollywood, Neetu Chandra has done variety of roles that range from a glamorous air hostess in Garam Masala to the ''closer-to-life'' street vendor in Traffic Signal to a comic role as police officer in One Two Three to the consort of the Super chor Bunty in Oye Lucky Lucky Oye.

Neetu Chandra

Going South

Return gift
This Canada-based golf association has a string of charitable projects planned for this region. But these golfers have a few expectations from the UT administration too
Sports unite people. It takes us across man-made boundaries, gives us the liberty to negate country’s foreign policy and inspires us to cross geographical borders with a sole motive — play and enjoy the game. A source of recreation, of socialising, of making friends from different cultural backgrounds and of exploring one’s strengths, sports make it all possible. And that’s what exactly golf has been doing for the members of Indo- Canadian Golf Association (ICGA).

Photo by S. Chandan

Avadh allure
Multi-hue the eight-day exhibition cum sale of handicrafts and handloom fabrics at Lajpat Rai Bhawan-15 has a variety of stuff to pick from. Organised by the Awadh Hathkakgha Hastshilp Evam Gramodyog Samiti, the exhibition comes with an objective to revive the traditional art. Third time in the city, 22 artisans are participating in the exhibition. 

Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Bon Appetit
Dial M for Momos
Nepalese Momo cha
My first attempt at trying a momo was in the 90s in Delhi when I warily looked at these pale, translucent, anemic looking crescent shapes with great reluctance. But one tentative bite into a delicate half-moon, half dipped in fiery red sauce and I was hooked, line, sinker and chutney! Five or six momos later, I was ready for Budhist enlightenment. I heard a chuckle. 

What a stun(t)ner!  This foreign tourist checks out a bike at the Auto Mall in Sector 17 on Friday. Lifestyle photo: Kamal Kishore

Seven sisters FEELS LIKE HOME: Manipuri students of Panjab University, in their traditional attire, give a glimpse of the rich cultural heritage of this tiny hill state of the North-East. The troupe performs a dance item at Jhankar-2009 on Friday. Photo: Pradeep Tewari