Sense & simplicity
Tricity artists remember Tyeb Mehta for his simple style, bold display
The artist community today cannot stop talking about the void his death will create in the art circuit. Generations grew up studying his works and a few were even lucky enough to meet him in person. And, those who did will never be able to forget the enigma called Tyeb Mehta. A man, who was adorned with adjectives like shy, quite, humble and down-to-earth in his lifetime, will be known as a man with 'suppressed energy' in his death.

Tyeb Mehta’s famous work, Mahishasura 

Melodies with mangoes
Sufi singer Barkat Sidhu brings rasa of another kind to the two-day Mango Mela at Pinjore
Food for the soul is also on the menu of Haryana Tourism, which is organising the two-day Mango Mela at the historic Yadvindera Gardens, Pinjore, from Saturday. Visitors will thus get to savour not only juicy fruit but alos rasa in the form of sufiana sangeet. While the acclaimed classical, folk and sufi maestro Barkat Sidhu will enthrall the audience on the first evening, renowned qawwal Aslam Sabri and party will provide the grand finale to the festival.

Giant leap:
Big picture
Film & fashion fraternity rejoices as gayness is legalised
Historic!" That is how the film and fashion fraternity has hailed Thursday's Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising gay sex. Hailing India as great, they said the verdict would give more independence to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community.
 
Bollywood actor Celina Jaitley (C) poses with a transgender (R) and a gay rights activist during a news conference in Mumbai on Thursday. Reuters photoK

Bon Appetit
Pure plum pleasure
Plums! Large deep coloured orbs so full of juice, so inviting, so full of sweet promise that is not always fulfilled… The sweetest plums I’ve ever eaten, and never after, were the ones we stumbled upon with a roadside seller in Kasauli. Like juvenile kids we dismissed the niceties of washing them and while sauntering down the bazaar, promptly dug our teeth into those sumo sized specimens. 

Co(r)ncoctions!
Be it in its original form or modern avatars like American corn and desi popcorn, nothing beats the pleasure of bhutta on a rainy day
It’s monsoons and what better way to celebrate the rains than digging your teeth into a piping-hot corn (bhutta). And when we are talking about the good ol’ bhutta, who can ignore the tongue-tickling aroma of freshly roasted bhutta on charcoal, layered with nimbu ka ras and sprinkled with a dash of salt. Yum is what comes to mind. — Photo by : Vinay Malik

Road to fame
Three city guys make it to the Limca Book of Records by travelling 3,941 km in just 84 hours 
Adventure is not in a guidebook and beauty is not on the map. Seek and you shall find. But what if your search ends up breaking a record? Well, that’s what these three adventurers from the city, Bhalinder Singh Sangha, Rana Sidhu and Karanbir Singh Bedi, did. Taking the road by storm, the trio made the Limca Book of Records of the fastest West to East drive, starting from Koteshwar (Gujarat) to Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh. 

(L) Bhalinder Singh Sangha and Rana Sidhu

Three-fold path
In the city, author Pavan Choudary releases his book on teachings of Chanakya, Confucius and Kabir
There are two ways of checking any form of disparity in a society. One: Empower the underprivileged and give them opportunities. Two: Dilute the power of powerful and attack their special status. For all these years, Indian establishment have resorted to the former without considering the latter, “Which is the primary cause for our slow paced progress. 

 — Photo: S Chandan

Get...wet... go!
With monsoons finally here, we bring for you a list of rain accessories that you can pick from 
Divas are not made in a day. The ones that worship fashion; dream, eat, breathe about it, even if that calls for sleeping in stilettos! And rainy days on fashion need not dawn during rains. Needless to say, the season in question too calls for immaculate dressing. A brief curtain raiser to the rain accessories. Umbrella. The only one that is, there is. And not just the proverbial Blue Umbrella, but even the ones in, green, yellow, red, white, black...seven colours of the VIBGYOR.

Beat the heat
After the scorching hot summers, it is time to beat the heat with the rains. Monsoon has set in and we’re in for some rainy days ahead. What do you do when you are done with your homework and it is time to go out and play with friends, but the clouds won’t give way to the sun? No need to worry now, Cartoon Network makes easier as it introduces an all new and exciting range of rainwear in hip and lively colors, themed around kid’s favourite toon characters- the green hero - Ben 10 and the pint-sized, super trio– The Powerpuff Girls.