Flights of fantasy
Dev D actress Kalki Koechlin with actor Prashant Prakash bring The Skeleton Woman- an intriguing English play to the city
Ever found yourself entangled in your own imagination- A constant strife to find a common ground between your inner and outer reality. Ever witnessed death initiate a love story that may be bizarre, like most love stories but has a happy ending, unlike most love stories. If you are still trying to make sense of the word love, then let us introduce you to The Skeleton Woman, a play that promises to be random, illogical and intriguing. Something that reality and love stories are made of.

                                                    Photo: Vinay Malik

Art of learning
The two-day art and craft workshop was a fun filled activity for 
parents and children
How can you play around with your child’s creativity, inspire him to make ordinary look extraordinary, take him close to environment, meanwhile spend quality time with them on weekends. Well, don’t have to make him join half a dozen activity classes or spend your afternoons making schedule for his day. Taking a cue, Fabindia organised a two-day art and craft workshop for parents and children, which will bring the artist out of them, in an eco-friendly way.

Photos: Vinay Malik

Power of three
Govardhan Gabbi releases his third book
Many ideas of fictional influence jostle in the mind of Govardhan Lal Kaushal, a poet who discovered and cultivated his literary genius experimenting with poetry and prose but only to excel in both. He had no interest in literary art till he heard his friends sang legendary Shiv Batalvi’s romance filled song, Mainu tera shabab lai baitha at his marriage function in 1992. The enraptured Kaushal realised the power of poetry. And this is how Govardhan Gabbi, the poet, was born. He has three books to his credit now and a sought- after poet in mushairas besides being a columnist for newspapers and literary magazines.

Style apart

These girls make a fashion statement in their chic outfits as they walk crossways at the Sukhana Lake. Lifestyle Photo: Vinay Malik

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Animated success
Moksha, is an action, adventure and spirituality oriented comic strip
The trend in animation films has established the fact that when it comes to superheroes, our mythical figures are as popular, if not superior, as the West-born Ben 10s and Batmans. So, it did not come as an earth shattering news when Karanvir Arora briefed us about his Moksha comic stripe. A year old now, Moksha with two larger than life characters—Hanuman and Parashuram has been doing well, both at home and abroad.

Three cheers to ladies
The afternoon of July 18 came alive for women in Makan Shah Lubana Bhawan, Sector 30(A), with ‘MAX Ladies Only Shringar Mela’, presented by Kurkure. MAX, a movies and special events channel, hosted this unique carnival designed to provide the ultimate experience to women viewers in Chandigarh. Shringar Mela coincides with the “Ladies Only” film festival showcased on MAX for a period of two weeks beginning July 13, Monday-Friday at 12 noon.

Matka chowk
Strike murdabad
I grew up in a city that made bandhs a household shibboleth. We thought it was very normal to be caught in a procession jam, watch endless people march on while chanting a multitude of anti-establishment, anti-government and anti-industry war cry. Every endeavour for enrichment was deplorable. Factory was an institution that deserved lock-outs, college principals deserved gheraos and any raised platform deserved an orator espousing anti-capitalist adage.

Dawn to dusk
Maspar home fashion, a contemporary home furnishings brand also known as designs for living plays with the calming elements of dusky tones in its latest collection called “Dusky Destination”. 

After Dr Khan, it's Dr Rahman
UK university confers Doctorate on A. R. Rahman
Oscar-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by a leading UK University for his outstanding contributions, a week after Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan was honoured by another prestigious British varsity.

Remake No 1
David Dhawan to direct Chashme Buddoor remake
Having tickled the funny bone of the audience with his comedies, Bollywood director David Dhawan is mulling an offer to direct the remake to 1981 cult hit Chashme Buddoor.

Going strong at 27
She is one of the leading actresses in tinsel town and turns 27 on Saturday. But Priyanka Chopra says she is not a party animal and would like to just have a quiet birthday with her near and dear ones.

Role call
What interests actress Amrita Rao besides acting is the art of editing. The actress says she would like to take it up in future.

Footnotes
All in the game!
As a child, Shahid was hooked to video games
The one thing that Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor couldn't resist as a child was playing video games - he was so addicted that he used to spend all his pocket money on them.

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