I accuse, I speak
Questions that started with a shoe-flinging act face facts in form of a book. Jarnail Singh has a lot to say…
This is no justification or excuse for Jarnail Singh's act but time factor did play a major role. Approximate time was 25 years, add the pain plus a few moments of impulse and then Jarnail Singh hurled a shoe at the home minister, P.
Chidambaram. Eight months after the incident, he is out with his book, I Accuse, the title in tandem with his action on 2nd April, 2009. So here, Jarnail talks about time too, "Time at times fails to heal. Even after all these years, when half of the witnesses have died and accused have been almost forgotten and forgiven, there are many who still are suffering and hoping for justice even after a quarter of a century behind them."
— Photos by Vinay Malik
Earthy beauty
On a homecoming trip, Miss India Earth’09 Shriya Kishore is strangely candid about environment and not
Bollywood!
It's not the usual issues like anorexia, Bollywood, fame, glamour, India's drought at beauty pageants. The point of concern was environment, attribute that to the title or the effect of being a burning issue. Just three days before, she was competing to become a Beauty for a Cause, but Shriya Kishore, Miss India Earth 09, feels her job is well done. "Environmental concerns are my only agenda. It like my hearts calling, and I believe every person can make a difference by their bit," says the tall, 5"11 tall beauty. In city, to inaugurate Chandigarh Fashion Week organized by Chandigarh Fashion Council, Shriya knows this isn't about just pageant talk. "I commute through train in Mumbai, coz that's doing my bit.
— Photo by Vinay Malik
Fine wine
The wine tasting session at CII’s Yi saw the right mix of spirit, style and skill
Talking about stylish combinations, wine and art score the maximum on the chart. Undoubtedly, both compliment each other pretty well, and now they are moving towards strengthening their bond too. The Wine Appreciation Session at CII’s Young Indians (Yi) Chandigarh Chapter on a Friday night saw the right mix of spirit, style and skill.
— Photos by Vicky Gharu
Touch & light
It’s time to say goodbye to switchboards, for now you just have to touch a flower on your wallpaper to activate lamps and heaters - and even control music systems. The Living Wall project, led by Leah Buechley at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, uses magnetic and conductive paints to create circuitry in attractive designs to make your walls as interactive as possible.
Chandigarh Fashion Week 2010 promises to bring the who’s who of
fashion industry to the city
We have the money, we have the style, we have the knack and now we have our own fashion week. Sophisticatedly in sync with fashion, Chandigarh Fashion Week was just the thing we were waiting for. And after attempts and initiatives we might have got it there. So, come the last week of January, international haute couture gets a Punjabi welcome with the three-day glam festival for a glamorous city.
Kaushik Ghosh strikes a pose with Shriya Kishore — Photo
by Vinay Malik
Shopping extravaganza
Asian Celebrations, fall winter lifestyle exhibition at Hotel Mountview has indeed something for everyone —apparel, bags, jewellery, watches, chocolates, handicrafts and natural products.
— Photo
s
by Vinay
Malik
Small wonder
FUJIFILM launched world’s smallest digital camera FinePix F70EXR. It is the smallest long zoom compact – a digicam category whose market is growing rapidly worldwide – that has the least volume as compared to all other brands FUJIFILM has introduced its award-winning EXR technology into the FinePix F70EXR, giving a significant improvement in image quality against other models. What’s more, it’s sleek and stylish as well, only 22.7mm thick and crafted into a beautiful sculpted shell (metal chassis) with a double-coated lacquer finish, it is a sure winner. The double-coated varnishing not only protects the camera from accidental knocks, but provides a jewellery-like finish as well. FUJIFILM FinePix F70EXR comes with Fujinon 10x zoom lens that produces crisp high resolution results throughout the focal range – be it 27mm wide-angle or 270mm telephoto. Priced at Rs.17,999/-
Walk for life
Drug abuse is one the major problem that society is facing today. According to WHO report (2006-2007), in India up to 80% of the people use some or the other drugs including alcohol sometimes during their lifetime. Drug abuse is a complex phenomenon that has various social, cultural, biological, geographical, historical and economic aspects. It has led to a detrimental impact on the society including an increase in the crime rate. With most drug users being in the productive age group of 18-35 years, the loss in terms of human potential is incalculable. The
damsy high. “There is absolute lack of awareness about this problem. We have taken the initiative of starting awareness drive and expect others to join to curb this menace,” says Dr Parmod Kumar, director, Silver Oaks Rehab Centre, Mohali.
The center is organising a walk against drug abuse today at Sukhna Lake starting 8 am.
— TNS
Matka
chowk
Sukhna Joyride
Many of us don’t know that the paddle boats we see floating in the waters of Sukhna today are descendants of the prototype designed by Pierre Jeannerere, La Corbusier’s cousin. He loved the lake so deeply, that after his death, his ashes were immersed in Sukhna as he had wished. Paddle boats are a part of Sukhna’s history. Yesterday, there were a pool of people on one of the Sukhna
ghats; motley assembly of men and women, and some children, squatting on the parapet, seemingly
laboureres.
Picks & piques
Dramatically confused
Balki made the successful Cheeni Kum with the unusual pairing of Amitabh with a much younger Tabu as his love interest. That was a love story with a difference, gimmicky in nature and formulaic in it's trajectory. But successful nevertheless. Balki is a very successful ad filmmaker and his transference of affection to celluloid was noteworthy because it was his first feature and managed to capture the hidden fantasies of the urban cine
goer.
I am the trendsetter in Bollywood music: Mika Singh
Singer Mika Singh makes no attempt at modesty and has no qualms about declaring himself the best in business.
Mika, who has made a place for himself in playback singing with his Punjabi style and flamboyant attitude, says he is the trendsetter in
Bollywood- what he does today, the world follows tomorrow.
‘I will never work with Ram Gopal Varma’, says Manoj Bajpai
Manoj Bajpai, who shot into fame with his breakthrough performance in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 cult hit Satya, has declared that he will never work with the Bollywood director again. The rift between the mentor and the actor seems to run deep with Bajpai saying that he has no desire to work with Varma again.
Too hot for words
Ranbir Kapoor voted Sexiest Man Alive
Ranbir Kapoor, the new 'It' boy of Bollywood may have trounced favourites like Shahrukh Khan and John Abraham to be voted the 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine, but the actor says that he does not consider himself sexy.
Cycle
of life 2
Cyclist plays with the shadow.
Lifestyle photo:
Vinay Malik
This is no justification or excuse for Jarnail Singh's act but time factor did play a major role. Approximate time was 25 years, add the pain plus a few moments of impulse and then Jarnail Singh hurled a shoe at the home minister, P.
Chidambaram. Eight months after the incident, he is out with his book, I Accuse, the title in tandem with his action on 2nd April, 2009. So here, Jarnail talks about time too, "Time at times fails to heal. Even after all these years, when half of the witnesses have died and accused have been almost forgotten and forgiven, there are many who still are suffering and hoping for justice even after a quarter of a century behind them."
— Photos by Vinay Malik
It's not the usual issues like anorexia, Bollywood, fame, glamour, India's drought at beauty pageants. The point of concern was environment, attribute that to the title or the effect of being a burning issue. Just three days before, she was competing to become a Beauty for a Cause, but Shriya Kishore, Miss India Earth 09, feels her job is well done. "Environmental concerns are my only agenda. It like my hearts calling, and I believe every person can make a difference by their bit," says the tall, 5"11 tall beauty. In city, to inaugurate Chandigarh Fashion Week organized by Chandigarh Fashion Council, Shriya knows this isn't about just pageant talk. "I commute through train in Mumbai, coz that's doing my bit.
— Photo by Vinay Malik
Talking about stylish combinations, wine and art score the maximum on the chart. Undoubtedly, both compliment each other pretty well, and now they are moving towards strengthening their bond too. The Wine Appreciation Session at CII’s Young Indians (Yi) Chandigarh Chapter on a Friday night saw the right mix of spirit, style and skill. 
We have the money, we have the style, we have the knack and now we have our own fashion week. Sophisticatedly in sync with fashion, Chandigarh Fashion Week was just the thing we were waiting for. And after attempts and initiatives we might have got it there. So, come the last week of January, international haute couture gets a Punjabi welcome with the three-day glam festival for a glamorous city.
Asian Celebrations, fall winter lifestyle exhibition at Hotel Mountview has indeed something for everyone —apparel, bags, jewellery, watches, chocolates, handicrafts and natural products.
— Photo
Many of us don’t know that the paddle boats we see floating in the waters of Sukhna today are descendants of the prototype designed by Pierre Jeannerere, La Corbusier’s cousin. He loved the lake so deeply, that after his death, his ashes were immersed in Sukhna as he had wished. Paddle boats are a part of Sukhna’s history. Yesterday, there were a pool of people on one of the Sukhna
ghats; motley assembly of men and women, and some children, squatting on the parapet, seemingly
laboureres. 
Balki made the successful Cheeni Kum with the unusual pairing of Amitabh with a much younger Tabu as his love interest. That was a love story with a difference, gimmicky in nature and formulaic in it's trajectory. But successful nevertheless. Balki is a very successful ad filmmaker and his transference of affection to celluloid was noteworthy because it was his first feature and managed to capture the hidden fantasies of the urban cine
goer. 
