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Indecent proposal
A court in Chandigarh, Haryana, sentences a former top police chief SPS Rathore to just six months of rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1,000 (about $25) in fine after he was found guilty of molesting a 14-year-old girl in 1990. The girl committed suicide. But before she went ahead with this irreversible act, we are sure she had to face the turmoil inside her—with thoughts of why ‘her’.
 Best of all
We wondered if mutual admiration helps bring out the best in theatre artists on stage. We thought about the same even more as Kamal Tewari praised his friend and mentor, M.K Raina’s theatre pursuits and he repaid him with kind words. So, we cleared our doubt with M.K. Raina, renowned theatre personality, in the city, on the invitation of Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi, who presented a rather different picture, “Years of experience, number of plays, popularity, the past achievements, relationships and everything else nullifies with every project at hand.”
Straight talk
Philip Giles, director, L’Oreal India talks about the latest in
mane market
“Hair dressing is the fifth most-sought after profession in Japan, offers Philip Giles, director, L’Oreal India, and I guess in India and especially in this part of the region it wouldn’t figure in the top 20 professions youngsters would want to take up. But I see things changing,” and he looks at the professional hairdressers at work at L’Oreal sector-8.
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Slow and steady
The city kept its party meter under control in 2009
If last year saw the city living and waking up from the 'dead' tag, this year it went down with another yawn. That it didn't actually turn into a drag, but with not much happening in the party circuit Chandigarh was not much alive. The regular weekend parties, cocktail evenings, designer launches and three cheers. 2009 had the same party menu with maybe a few occasional special offers.
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Couple of the year: (L) Bikramjit Singh Majithia with his bride Ganieve.
We are Family: Sukhbir Singh Badal, his wife
Harsimrat Kaur and daughters
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Worth a watch
Stay ahead of time with a fashion accessory that is sure to make its mark
Watch out, folks! Changing times have brought about changes in the concept of wearing watches.
That's right! Watches are no more timepieces dangling from around your wrist. You can now hang them around your neck, or even from your belt. And, aver you are abreast of changing times.
Oh, come on! If you are thinking only of fob watches with hinged metal cover, your timing is just not correct.
Well, the Chinese version of fob watches with emaciated golden cover did make a come back at one point of time, say some two years back.
And, you actually had the corporate houses tossing them all around - in the
hands of the clients, dealers, just about everyone crossing their way. Of
course, as corporate gifts on Diwali, even the New Year!
Photo: Parvesh Chauhan
Picks & piques
Hit hai!
Endearingly funny, this
third film
3 Idiots,
from the Raj Kumar Hirani- Vidhu Vinod
Chopra combo is basically a revisit to the formula that made the duo so
very successful. The duo along with Abhijat Joshi have adapted Chetan
Bhagat’s
Five point someone
about the life in the IIT’s for
this invigorating farce that begins with collegian antics and ends with
a lost and found twist. So get ready to transport yourself back to yet
another Munnabhai who is now 18 something, differently minded (it’s
a kind of stereotype for Raj Kumar Hirani films) budding inventor,
Rancho a.k.a Ranchordas (a 40 plus Aamir) who has taken admission in
Delhi’s Imperial College of Engineering, a premier engineering
institute in the country.
Party plans
What are Bollywood stars doing this year-end?
Beaches, mountains or just spending time with family and friends—Bollywood celebrities are all set to take a break from tinseltown to usher in the New Year. While Sushmita Sen and Shilpa Shetty are heading to the waters, Mugdha Godse and Minissha Lamba will be with their loved ones.
Lucky again!
Lady luck smiles on Aamir this Christmas too!
December seems to be
a lucky month for Bollywood star Aamir Khan. The actor’s 3 Idiots, which
released Friday, has got rave reviews and is going strong at the box
office. It repeats the success of his previous hits - Taare Zameen
Par and Ghajini that were released during the same time in
2007 and 2008 respectively.
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