Choli couture
As garba nights get going, we check out the fashion trends for this Navratra season
We quite realised how eagerly you would be waiting for this oh-so-important update on the Navratras. It’s no joke, looks matter, especially when the excitement levels to indulge some disco-dandia are surging. So, if you have spent enough on a facial, manicure, pedicure, hair polishing and the must-do back polishing and spared some (if at all you have) for the garba shopping, let us be the privileged ones to guide you in doing that, (we can see that look on you boyfriends’ and husbands’ face but come on, your lady has a tough competition). Nandita Raipurani, a city-bred designer, who will be showcasing her spring/summer collection at the Wills India Fashion Week, gives us some suggestions for garba night dressing, “Replace the usual stuff with net and experiment with sequined laces.

Cause & effect
Cinema can’t afford to be too preachy. Even if it aims to create awareness about some social cause, it has to be interspersed with entertainment. Or else, the result would be, “A documentary’,” asserts Mukesh Gautam, director of the upcoming Punjabi film, Akhiyan Udeekdian, based on female foetcide and Punjab’s skewed sex ratio.

Suno bhai fans
The Festival of Kabir in Films and Bhakti Sangeet begins this Saturday
Endowed with spiritual wisdom, saints and sages are the blessings to the world - who have been enlightening the humanity at large with their divine teachings over centuries. In the rich linage of visionaries, one of the most revered literary saint of India, Kabir appeared from nowhere and lived at Benaras (1398 AD - 1527), but his holy utterances, replete with truthful mystic experiences, influenced the lives of the people in the entire world.

Playful

Mahindra Renault Pvt Ltd on Tuesday launched the Logan Play, a stylish new variant with a sporty and adventurous look, at Hotel Shivalikview-17. The car is available in both petrol (1.4 GLX) and diesel (1.5 DLX) options, priced at Rs 549, 416 and Rs 679, 216. Photo: Nitin Mittal

Oh Hell!: The first day of MTV Roadies 7, 7 deadly, 1 wild Safari saw Bumpy aka Nature Baba grill the contestants from the tri-city and nearby areas of Punjab.

Firangs, faculty & films
The foreign students in PU spell out what makes the campus click
Pezhman Mohammadi misses Iran, his hometown, but never mind, he’s living up the incredible India experience. Simone Uuipf circled Chandigarh all the way from Switzerland to pursue LL.M. Masako Azuma might be from Tokya but chose Punjab for her thesis on migrants. Leyla Shakery from Iran feels the little similarities in culture and philosophy make her feel comfortable in India.

i tone
Back to the roots
It’s festive season, that time of the year when various conventions and customs dominate. We ask the youngsters stick to customs and rituals. Here’s their take on festivals and religiosity. 

Bakwaas Bytes
Oh my gawd! You know what? We spotted a lovey-dovey…err…in the car…forget the details. Come to the point. No dating culture and good dating places on the campus you see. So tough! Especially for people who keep falling in and out of love! Where, just where on earth do we go? So what all options are there? ‘Nothing you’re just left with those shady gardens and grounds and nooks and corners. So even if you’re discussing textbooks and worksheets it looks like you need moral policing,’ Confides an exasperated boyfriend.

Discount deal
Known for its exciting offers Ebony has started the festive season with an exciting Navratra offer and this promotion offers a free full day's shopping at Ebony between September 19 to September 27. On the day of Dussehra, one day out of the nine Navratras will be declared as a Free Shopping Day. And the lucky customers who have shopped during the festive season can make free purchases on Dussehra from any section at Ebony, equal to the value of their bills of the declared Free Shopping Day. — TNS