Wake Up Kid
If you are suffering from Wake Up Sid syndrome, take inspiration from these young achievers
Bowling alleys, discotheques, lounge bars, canteen time, late-night drives, adventure tours and travels`85the most apt synonym for any 19 or 21 years old, who believes that life is one big party and work can wait. There is no hurry to start. Now, shift your glance to these words — focused, determined, career-oriented, hard working, money-minded. Which category do you think justifies them well? What if we told you the same 19 or 21 category in running in the forefront in the second category too?

Men’s Fashion Week
Where were you?
Former supermodel-turned-actor Muzammil Ibrahim says that as a budding model, he had wished that India had a dedicated fashion event for men - and is glad that new male models now have a platform in the Van Heusen India Mens Week (VHIMW) that got underway here Friday. “This platform will work wonders for male models. When I was just a model I really wanted something like this to come up but at that time, we didn’t have any such chance. So, I am sure that now things will be much better for models who are just starting their careers as they will have many more opportunities,” said Muzammil. Ibrahim, who walked the ramp for Rajasthan-based debutant designer Himmat Singh, looked regal in a brocade blue bandhgala sherwani, pink bandhani saafa, a bejewelled broach and a traditional sword.

Bollywood blast
Toronto to showcase a full Indian spectrum
A diverse range of Indian films and a fair sprinkling of Bollywood glamour will share the spotlight with the best of world cinema at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which opens tomorrow. The festival, one of the world’s most vibrant celebrations of the art and business of cinema, will showcase two big-banner Bollywood films, an Indo-US co-production, a couple of regional features and a Diaspora entry.

Strings attached

DJ Sukhmani Malik makes a strumming style statement. Lifestyle photo: Vinay Malik

In confession
Actor Vivek Oberoi has revealed that Salman Khan’s brother Sohail had supported him in his fight with the superstar. “He (Sohail) was my best friend and he had even fought for me with Salman. And he had told me, ‘I will sort it out, don’t worry!” Vivek said.

Spice up
Sprouting beauty
The beauty of the skin and hair depend on good internal health and high-level fitness.  If the body receives adequate and balanced amounts of the essential nutrients, the organ systems will function well and this is bound to reflect on external beauty. One way of supplying the body with a high level of nutrition is by including sprouts in the daily diet. These are germinated grains, beans, lentils and seeds. They are the richest source of naturally occurring vitamins and cannot be duplicated by the most sophisticated laboratories.  They contain an excellent balance of amino acids, fatty acids, natural sugars, minerals, vitamins and enzymes. They are also probably the cheapest form of nutrition for the body.  

Clinically speaking
Wedded to work?
Amita and Suneel (names changed) both work in a multi-national company and have been married for a year. Usually one would expect a DINK (Double Income No Kids) couple like them to be in 'high spirits' and enjoying life -partying and doing things together. But alas, what they have been doing together for the past three months is making trips to a shrink, trying to save their marriage, which is on the rocks even before it started rocking for them. The reason, their relation is "strained", as do not get to see each other enough owing to their respective 'shift' jobs that keeps them apart.

Victim of politics?
The shooting of Prakash Jha’s upcoming movie Rajneeti at a hospital in Bhopal was cancelled following the protest by an organisation working for the Bhopal gas victims.The organisation alleged that Jha’s unit had ordered the patients to leave the hospital to facilitate the shooting of a scene.

Back to the roots
Model-turned-actor Dino Morea walked the ramp for designer Manoviraj Khosla at the Van Heusen India Men’s Week
Bollywood actor Dino Morea, who left modelling for a career in acting, says he misses being on the ramp. The actor, who was a successful model, started his movie career with Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi in 1996, said, “I do miss modelling, I do miss walking the ramp a lot.” The actor was in the capital to walk the ramp for designer Manoviraj Khosla at the Van Heusen India Mens Week.

Comic class
Want to make people laugh? Then join the class. Comedian Raju Srivastav is planning to set up a comedy training institute in his home district Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. "My objective behind setting up the institute is to produce professional comedians, who will make others forget their worries and pains in life through laughter," Srivastav said. The comedian is of the view that the talent to make others laugh is innate, but he feels that even those who have it are at times not able to become successful comedians as they lack presentation skills. "My upcoming institute would particularly focus on this very aspect to produce professional comedians. I want to hone the skills of comedians by training them to carry themselves confidently on stage," Srivastav added.

Jail break
Jail is all about an ordinary man caught in the wrong situation
The film was earlier slated to release on October 30, but the producers wanted to avoid clutter as a number of big releases are lined up for the festive season. "Bollywood is in a suicidal mode right now. There are major films like London Dreams, Blue, Mr and Mrs Khanna, Dil Bole Hadippa, Wake up and All The Best vying for viewers attention. We wanted to give audiences a break and not overload them," Shailendra Singh, MD of Percept Pictures Company, one of the film’s producers said.

Race-ism
Sunday was a day for Chevrolet owners who made the most of the 9th annual family car rally
Another picnic, another fun-filled family time and guess who completed the family picture — a car. For those who love their car, we mean like a family member, Sunday was a big picnic. The Chevrolet 9th Annual Family Car Rally, organised by Rashi Entertainment, was the occasion to celebrate at Kalagram. The rally was flagged off by Governor of Haryana, had dancing beat, decked up cars and rearing participants behind the wheels.

BODY wise
Walk when you work
If you're doing your best to spare time for exercise either before or after work, good for you. But in case you have a busy schedule, all you need to do is little planning and feel inspired to make it possible. Wish to know the details, read on. Take the stairs whenever you can, park your vehicle far off from the door, so you can walk a longer distance. These are the tested ideas, but there's even more you can do to burn calories during your workday - especially if yours is a desk job. Here are some other things you may not have considered. And also, given below are some stretches and exercises to help you get active.

Social service
You might go on to spend hours together in a gym, undertake strenuous workout, follow instructions coming from the best trainer available there, dieting and eating just right yet nothing would help. Fitness has another vital clause, which is often not prioritised though, being social. Something, University of Exeter and Queensland, Australia has also emphasised on in a recent study that mentions, "The quality of social life seems to impact our health and well-being even more than diet and exercise. There is a mounting evidence to show that membership of a social group can cut down the risk of conditions like stroke and dementia."

One man, many missions
Yakeen ke noor se roshan hein raaste apne, Yeh voh chiraag hein, tufaan jinhein bujha naa ska…” The Urdu couplet veritably reflects the resolute decision of octogenarian patriot art promoter H.S.Bhatty. The man born to lead, lived by the resolve, all through his struggle for freedom in Hong Kong and Singapore and later promotion of Punjabi culture especially theatre. A strategic planner, fighter, broadcaster for INA and successful businessman and above all an art lover, Hukam Singh Bhatty has a multi dimensional persona. The Tri city Artists under the aegis of Association of Performing Artists raised a monetary award for one lac rupees as a part of their gratitude to the master art promoter.

Saturday night fever
Rocking Saturday Night offered a double dose of entertainment. Two rocking DJs — Stash from Dubai and Vaggy offered a remixed version of popular Bollywood tracks from their recently released album Double Tadka. Why would fun be double then? “Yahan key hum Sikander, hum tumhey chahtey hain aisey, partyites swayed old and new tracks,” offers DJ Stash who is thrilled with the great vibes he received at Score. “This is my first visit to Chandigarh. I must say it was awesome. I didn’t know party-goers are so well versed with music,” he explains.

Wrinkle-free
Botox, fillers, face lifts, cosmetic surgeries, anything to look young! Latest in the league is stem cell therapy, proving to be a boon in the anti aging process. Dr. K.M. Kapoor, Senior Consultant, Medical Cosmetology, Fortis Hospital Mohali, lets us know about the process and how eager are women to try out different anti aging measures. "In this latest and technically advanced procedure, a piece of skin is taken to the lab, the cells of the patient extracted and grown over a period of 2 weeks." Stem cell therapy has already become a rage in Europoe, with a lot of women opting for it.