Her secret
Jaishree Misra dedicates her latest book to all her female friends
It isn’t easy—capturing complex characters, individuals, emotions, situations within the constraints of twenty-six alphabets—it isn’t easy. The story of a helpless, hopeless mother, affectionate dutiful daughter, compassionate but guilty lover; with Ancient Promises, her debut bestseller, Jaishree Misra herself emerged the biggest promise in literary circles. In the city on Sunday, for the launch of latest from hers and Harper Collins’ stable, the author talks Secrets and Lies! This one’s about Anita, Zeba, Bubbles and Sam; largely the uptown butterflies from a girl’s school in Delhi and borders around a reunion and murder long time back to deal with. Says Jaishree, "When we’re in our twenties and thirties, the focus is more on finding the right life partner and gradually as we move towards later years in life, your gal pals and you come together and are their for each other."

Under cover
A peep into the lives of city-based Sherlock Holmes
Marriage does not come with a warranty card,’ says T.T.P. Singh, practicing criminal lawyer, who handles divorce cases also. And if you think it does, well, then the time span is very less! Why would you then have an increase in the number of divorce cases? Statistics has it that in Chandigarh district courts, the number of divorce cases filed in the first four months of the year has gone up three times as compared to previous years.

Straight to the point
Actors, crew of Yeh Mera India get candid with media
Cast and crew of Bollywood film Yeh Mera India that brings to light several problems of the Indian society, got candid with media in Mumbai. All the leading star cast, including Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Smilee Suri, Perizaad Zorabian, along with the Produce-director of the film, N. Chandra were present. Speaking to the media on the occasion, Chandra said the film highlighted a subject, which he felt was quite important.

Boy meets girl
Shaadi.com plans to transform matchmaking into exciting and interactive experience through its Var Vadhu Parichay Sandhya event
This is how a marriage would be solemnised in older times. It was the barber or the cook who would suggest profiles of a suitable bride or a groom. A tradition that was followed up with the pandits, and later on with the distant relatives. In the process, the baton was passed to the immediate family, mother and father to find a suitable match for their kids. Today, the 'prospective' girl and boy have taken upon themselves to find their life partners. And, when it comes to youngsters, the first thing that they heavily fall back on is technology.

Gunjan Sinha (left, standing) with her team. Photo: Pradeep Tewari

Luck shines
Luck By Chance at Engendered Film Festival in New York
Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar starrer Luck by Chance will be screened at the Engendered Film Festival in New York. The directorial debut of lyricist Javed Akhtar's daughter Zoya, will be the closing film at the festival which concludes on the August 31. The screening will be attended by the brother-sister duo Farhan and Zoya, said a release from film's production house Excel Entertainment.

Skating on thin ice
There is a very thin line between being slim and anorexic
Anything to lose weight! Hours of strenuous workouts, fast-paced aerobics, exhausting power yoga and to complement it all, crash dieting. But what you might get as the result wouldn't be slim, well-toned body, but anorexia. Probably Kareena Kapoor realised it too. She soon recovered from size-zero fever and now supports a fuller, curvaceous body. And, those still obsessed with the idea of losing weight; need to get some urgent lessons as what can be the repercussions of shedding weight when it isn't required at all. "There is a very thin line between being slim and suffering from anorexia nervosa. The problem is more apparent is girls, who in order to have a slim body, starve themselves to that extent that they become anorexic," informs Dr Madhu Arora, senior dietician, GMCH-32.

In the fitness of things
Catch'm young? Nah!
What is driving youngsters these days to join gyms at an early age?
Friendly talk: Youngsters easily get influenced by what their style icons do. They copy Shah Rukh Khan's six-packs, Aamir Khan's eight packs just to look as stylish as them. Besides, don't start working out in the gym not because they are health conscious but because it is a place where they socialise and make friends.

Clinically speaking
'Hear' is the news
Plugging onto play list may not be all that good for your ears
Back, menu, shuffle, play, repeat mode-and it's 'Please don't stop the music', literally. So you're hooked onto your I-pod, shuffle, music series cell phone, whatever! As long as Akon sounds mesmerising. Look around, and it's 'have ears, will put ear phones' attitude abound. It might make youngsters blissfully oblivious of their surroundings, but doctors aren't terming the whole scenario as that 'cool'. Take off your ear-plugs and read further.

Power play
City girl honoured with Ghar Ka Chirag scholarship
Luminous Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd awarded 16 years old girl Priya, a local student of Chandigarh with the Luminous Ghar Ka Chirag scholarship with an amount of Rs 30,000. Priya has been rewarded for her proven exceptional talent in social work.

BODY wise
Weight and watch
What is weight cycling?
How many times have you successfully lost weight, only to watch in dismay the numbers on the scale go back to where they were to begin from, or even higher? Almost everyone who struggles with weight loss has been there. The percentage of people who regain weight is well above 90 per cent! And the numbers who sustain a substantial weight loss for more than five years is really small. This continual pattern of gaining and losing weight is called "weight cycling".