Banoongi main Mrs India…
City-based Neetu Narula is one of the final participants in the Gladrags Mrs India contest
At 35, there are a few ladies who dare to dream, to accomplish their past aspirations and re-live their lives. City-based Neetu Narula, mother of a seven-year-old boy, a radiologist who is practising at Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Hospital, Sohana, a painter and, above all, a homemaker is one of those few women who decide to fulfill their forgotten dreams. In Mumbai these days, Neetu has become one of the final 16 participants of the Gladrags Mrs India contest. And how she reached there was not a pre-planned thought, but a decision taken on the spur of the moment. Tells her husband Manpal Narula, “Neetu was fascinated about participating in a beauty pageant, but her only brush with modelling was for the DSOI May Queen.

Queen bhi!
Honey week celebrations are all about bees and beauties
Celebrating the goodness of Honey, Tuesday saw the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) kickstart various awareness activities to popularize honey as a wellness food supplement. Marking this as a Honey week the event is being supported by Honey Hut-22 Chandigarh, Mani Gramodyog Samiti, Bassi Pathana, Kashmir apiary, Doraha and Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCRD) Chandigarh.

Artiste always
“In the movie East is East, George Khan has two lives, one in England, and the other one in Pakistan. It is the often hilarious and sometimes painful story of what happens when two cultures collide within one. The sequel West Is West, for which I am shooting in Chandigarh and nearby areas, is about George Khan coming to his wife and two daughters in Pakistan, and how with the help of a sufi peer he manages to get his younger son (from the second marriage) married and returns to England. In a way, George Khan’s life completes a full circle.” ….Life completes a full circle. — photo by S. Chandan

Alternative allure
Instead of precious stones, students of the JDTI have used brass, wood and wires to create trinkets 
Creativity requires no prerequisites. It gives us ample freedom to come up with anything innovative. It doesn't bind us to use definite material. In fact, creativity comes out the best, when done with the readily available material, something that students of Jewellery Design and Technology Institute, Sector 35 have come up with. They haven't used any costly material or precious stones (as the usual requirements of designer jewellery are) to make jewellery. — photo by S. Chandan

Taste for tiny tots
Weaning kids away from junk food, Arney's Backyard engages in nutrition intervention programmes 
Children's deteriorating food habits are a cause of collective parental concern. With a steady growth on the graph indicating a rise in the health problems, stemming from low physical activity and faulty food habits among children a drastic step needs to be taken to curb the growing pediatric health disorders. Arney's Backyard, a unique and tested model that engages children in the process of promoting healthy child development runs such Nutrition Intervention programmes in schools on a once-a-week nutrition trial for students.
"Making the Longest Healthy Centipede" at Small Wonders, Phase 7, Mohali. This event was part of the weekly Nutrition Intervention Programme by Arney's Backyard.

Touch, see and buy
Kohler launched its second showroom in Chandigarh and unveiled its expansion plans in Punjab. The Kohler store which adds to the line of more than 85 exclusive showrooms in India was inaugurated by Sharad Mathur, managing director, Kohler India Corp. Pvt. Ltd. The company's aggressive expansion plan is quite evident with a target of 100 showrooms in India by the end of fiscal year 2009.

Right note
Aren't you eager to know what all our freedom fighters read to feel inspired? And what gave them courage to raise their voice against injustice? Lala Lajpat Rai Bhavan library has put on display books that were read by martyrs like Lala Lajpat Rai and Bhagat Singh (that formed the base of their ideology). The 200 books on display here include Mother by Maxim Gorky, Das Capitol by Karl Marx, God and the State, Les miserables.

Star gaze
Reason for revelry
Birthdays have always been special, but how do our youngsters make them more special. We check out…
Have you ever wondered why there is the custom of celebrating birthdays? Why are birthdays so special? Why is there an added amount of thrill and enthusiasm associated with these? Why is one so keen on doing something ‘noble and auspicious’ only on birthdays? Why does a girl complain if her boyfriend doesn’t gift her something special on the day? And this complaint further raises a lot of questions.

Team spirit
Thapar University, Patiala, has been actively involved in strengthening the foundation of Research & Development in the University. Over the years, it has provided an extensive platform for students to showcase their potential and have inspired them to match up to international standards in their skills. Some of the recent accomplishments of Thapar University would include recognition at the ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ contest organised by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Kolar near Bangalore.