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Far from the madding crowd
If you are trying to break free from the hustle bustle of city life this New Year, we just know the places you can head for
From a theme party at a local discotheque, a  drive on a 4X4 with the jig bang to spending the December 31night at an exotic resort or spa, enjoying the solitude of nature amidst lush pine forests where the only sounds you hear are winds rustling softly and an occasional twitter of birds to sitting in front of the television and hear celebrities sharing their mugged up, tailor-made New Year resolutions to unfailingly attending the graveyard shift in the office, editing stories and making pages, New Year is celebrated in different style at different destinations.
Kiss and tale
Mika took to the mike and as if everyone was itching to pop just one question, drop just one name. A couple of icebreakers and viola, someone gathers the guts and spells out bluntly, ‘What if some good script comes your way along with Rakhi?’ “Wherever there’s Rakhi, there cannot be a good script,” comes the reply. Boy, was he calm; the entire audience laughs. Mika kisses goodbye to any future chances with her. And we, having told you all the floss, strictly move onto bigger, better business.
Get real, get healthy
For New Year resolutions, set realistic targets to keep fit
Resolutions aren’t tough to make. All you need to do is just think of the nearly unachievable and decide upon it. What’s the harm in resolving to lose 20 kgs if your weighing machine crosses the 75 mark or flat abs (in a girl’s case) and eight packs (in boys case) or shun
cholcolates, ice creams and cakes. After all, there’s no law to tell us that we follow what we decide.
Vision wise
Forced to give up pudding is not the worst thing about diabetes. In 15 years, diabetes can cause blindness; approximately two per cent diabetics turn blind, while about 10 per cent develop severe visual handicaps. While patients with diabetes are likely to develop eye problems such as cataracts and glaucoma, it is the disease’s effect on the retina that is the main threat to vision.The effect of diabetes on the eye is called diabetic retinopathy. Dr Harinderjit Singh, a Retina, Macula & Vitreous Specialist, and heads a state of the art eye care hospital Augusta Ratina Laser Surgicare at Augusta, USA, was available in the city for performing Pars Plana Vitrectomy
(PPV) surgeries to cure diabetic retinopathy patients.
BODY wise
Puffing your health away
Tobacco has been used as a mood-altering substance for centuries. It has been chewed, sniffed, and smoked. Today it is most commonly used in the form of cigarettes. The reason tobacco is used by so many people is because it contains a powerful drug known as nicotine which is not only addictive, but gives you a pleasurable sensation.
Time & tidy
People with a long-term perspective are more likely to make positive decisions about their health, whether it’s how much they drink, what to eat, reveals a new study. During the study, researchers compared people’s perspectives on time with their health behaviours. “If you are more willing to pick later, larger rewards rather than taking the immediate payoff, you are more future-minded than present-minded,” said James Daugherty, a doctoral student in psychology who led the study.
Music to the ear
Ethno musicologist Daniel Newman's take on Hindustani music
India is unique for it preserves and passes on the musical legacy from generation to generation," says Daniel Newman, an ethno musicologist and a professor at University of California, Los Angeles. Just over with a seminar at the university on Hindustani music that Newman taught with Shujat
Husain, sitar meastro and Abhiman Kaushal, an outstanding tabla artiste, he is in India to look for research opportunities on music inheritance, evolution of music and society and patronage to musicians in Bengal.
Daniel Newman
Spice
up
Quick fix for party
Keep a bowl of rose water in the fridge, with cotton wool pads soaking in them. This 'pick-me-up' facemask can leave your skin clean and glowing.Cleanse the skin. Mix honey with egg white and apply it on the face. Wash off with water after 20 minutes. For dry skin mix half-teaspoon honey, one-teaspoon rose water and one teaspoon dried milk powder. Mix into a paste and apply on the face. Remove after 20 minutes with water.
Stage managed
Jarnail Singh Hoshiarpuri's book Billo da Viah is a compilation of skits
Though it is not an exception but certainly a rarity to watch a father and son playing roles in the same theatre production. And, the audience remained curious to see Jarnail Singh Hoshiarpuri playing a jailor and pitted in dialogues against his real son, Mandeep playing great revolutionary and martyr Bhagat Singh in a play Chhipan Tonh
Pehlan.
Some place down under!
With most of the clubs centered on the city, this one's for the Tricity. Party lovers of Panchkula get a multi cuisine party lounge with the opening of Down Gate Party Lounge at Mansa Devi Complex, Swastik Vihar. The Down Gate, the first of its kind in city will cater to the need of city party lovers and youth who till now more or less depended upon its neighbouring city Chandigarh, for finding a place blended with the facilities of multi cuisine.
Best foot forward
Soh Koh Clothing Inc., a city-based multi designer store, situated at Sector 26, has now brought designer footwear to the city.The store, which became synonymous for designer wear has now brought the celebrity designer Payal Kothari's label Verushcka to their store. Payal Kothari's clutches would also be available at Soh-Koh.
—TNS
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