Breech of faith
Is our city late in catching on to fashion trends, especially film inspired? We check out….
They say our city is hip and happening, but fashionistas and the one's who follow fashion trends religiously say that new designs, especially Bollywood-inspired, do come to the city a little late. Wondering how true it is, we ask designers and people in the business of fashion to spell the style-o-meter for us. "Chandigarh is at least a month late when it comes to fashion trends," says Radhika Taheam, a fresh pass-out from INIFD-8. Talking of the latest, she says, "Afghan pants and breeches have hit the city fashion circuit now, when they are near gone in Delhi and Mumbai.

Hip-hip hurray: These girls make a fashion statement in their floral harem pants and black tees

Water features are popular in city homes for their cool and calming effect
Go with the flow
Feng shui literally means wind-water. Water is a soothing element to be added in any space. Use of water feature creates a living space that echoes the outdoors and creates a calming effect in the interiors. Flowing water not only infuses positive energy but can also bring abundance and wealth in one's life, if placed at a strategic location in the home and workplace. Though in earlier times, only water fountains were used in the outdoors while landscaping an area, there are various forms in which a water fountain can be incorporated in the interiors to bring in good luck and add an element of glamour.

Middle man!

(L-R) Indian actors Kangana Ranaut and Hrithik Roshan and director Farah Khan do an interview regarding the TV show Tere Mere Beach Main at Filmcity Studio in Mumbai on Sunday. AFP Photo /STR

One flu over the bahu’s nest!
Aishwarya down with chest infection, Pa worried
Actress Aishwarya Rai is down with a “chest infection” and “flu-like symptoms” and her father-in-law, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, is worried. “Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. She had a high fever yesterday, but is settling down today,” he posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com Saturday from Singapore.

Breaking stereotypes
Sagarika Ghatge wants to get out of Chak De shadow
Two years after making a dream debut opposite Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Chak De, Sagarika Ghatge is ready with her second film but the actress wants people to stop calling her Preety Sabharwal, her popular screen name in the movie.

Ready for a hit
Dhoni could be a good actor, says Satish Kaushik
Bollywood actor-director Satish Kaushik said good looking Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni could be a good actor. Kaushik, who was in Dhoniland yesterday to promote his new film Tere Sang said that Dhoni is now hitting sixes on the cricket pitch and he could be a hit in films too.

Radio active

Actresses Priyanka Chopra and Teena Ambani arrive at Kokilaben Ambana hospital in Mumbai on Sunday. Chopra was to launch the country’s first stereotactic radiosurgery equipment at the hospital. AFP Photo

Acting notes
Amaan-Ayaan hope for Bollywood career, despite initial hiccups
Their dream acting debut may have been put “on hold” but that has not dampened the spirit of Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan’s sons Ayaan and Amaan Ali Bangash who aspire to become Bollywood stars of tomorrow.

Mamma still beats me
At 43, Salman Khan still gets beaten up by mom
Salman Khan has often made headlines for getting into verbal and physical fights, but very few known that the 43-year-old Bollywood star still gets beaten up by his mother Salma.

Lap-ping it up
Many tricity elders are doing it all on their laptops: from networking with kin to connecting to causes
Necessity is the mother of invention. Yes, you have heard and read this a zillion times. It is this necessity which sometimes pulls you out of your normal regular life to do things that you never thought you could. And when necessity knocks, age does not really matter. So it is for these old, young-at -heart people who defied the grey of their hair to match steps with the young and happening tech-savvy cool dudes.

Geek SPEAK
Size does not matter
Hunting for a mini laptop? Take note of the guidelines before buying one
In the coming years Mini laptops would be the most required on the go productivity tool of this time. It is essential to analyse the positive and negative points of mini laptop Instead of reviewing each brand or model of mini l aptops, here is an overall quick look of the basic advantages and disadvantages of mini laptops.

Haute pick

GizmOH!

Hard nut to crack!

Coconut shells, displayed at a recent exhibition, make for artistic holders for plants. Lifestyle photo:Parvesh Chauhan

China town to Chandigarh chowk
Pink mushrooms could soon be out of drawing sheets and on to your dining tables. Mushrooms anyways were never a humble vegetable. Sandeep Verma, who’ll soon be starting a Mushroom House in Chandigarh, Sector-40, says, “We’ll be providing three to four varieties of mushrooms, among which the pink mushrooms and Shiitake mushrooms, scientifically known as Lentinula Edodes, are the important ones.” So what’s so special about the Shiitake mushrooms? “They are known for their medicinal value, for they are anti-cancerous.

Bull’s eye
Nature and art go hand-in hand. But mostly, the former acts as a source of inspiration for the later! However, the equation is about to change. TullusArt, a Sweden-based art outfit, is organising an exhibition and art workshop titled Young Thoughts About Tellus on the topic of Global Warming, Nature and Environment starting from August 18. And as a city we do have a representative—artist Madan Lal

Eye for music
Music is food for the soul. And for someone in the profession of saving lives, it becomes a motivation
He handles both phaco probe (used in eye surgery) and a Spanish guitar with equal deftness and ease. You get transported to another world in the euphoric ambience created by strings of this guitarist, Dr Sukhdip Singh Boparai, who has a passion for old melodies.

Spade work
Shrub-dued colour
Gardening operations are time specific. Rainy season, however, is one such time when almost all garden operations can be carried out. You can enjoy the best of your garden all through the year if you take all those steps now. Let us today think about adding colour to your garden.

Myth of the week
Seedy side
The general impression is that while selecting fruit plants, one should go in for grown up plants at least four to five feet high that are available with local nurseries as such plants give fruit very fast. Let us put these myths out of the way forever. First and the foremost consideration is that one should not get fruit plants from any and every source. Only take plants from a reliable source like the nurseries of an agricultural university, horticulture department or from those that have been recognised by the state department of horticulture.