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Your Honour
Respect your country and culture: Gulzar
‘ Jai Ho’ is probably the oldest slogan in the history of India but has not lost its relevance till date. In 2009, lyricist Gulzar has once again refreshed the very feeling attached with these two simple words and won the Academy Award for the Best Original Song for the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008). For Gulzar, who is in the city to attend the 33rd Convocation of Punjabi University, Patiala, respecting one’s country and culture are the best things one could do.
— Photos: Rajesh Sachar
Sound of
Sufi
Lighting up the lanes of life through soulful strings of Sufi. Padam Shree Puran Chand Wadali and Ustad Pyarelal Wadali see no reason why they should even try out any other genre of music. “Sufi has taken us to unimaginable heights. This is our ibaadat, our way to thank god for letting us spread his word through music. Also, we want people to know the bliss attached to Sufi music,” expresses the duo.
— Photo: S. Chandan
We are the world…
Pakistani salwar with Patiala jutti, Karachi halwa with Amritsari kulcha — the gap between the two countries is sure shrinking
What an irony! A cricket match between India and Pakistan is expected to draw more crowd than Shahrukh Khan’s padyatra. The crowd waits patiently and tirelessly with malai keema naan, roghan josh food coupons outside a Pakistani food stall, vis-à-vis a Mexican, Thai or Arabian food stall near it. Ladies will have no qualms shelling, rather paying a ransom on an authentic Pakistani salwaar kameez and dupattas. Audience can’t help swaying in trance when Abida Parveen sings Woh Jo Ishq Tha. Yash Chopra mints critical acclaim and moolah by making dimpled Pakistani Zara fall in love with Indian Veer. The entire nation gives a standing ovation to Sunny Deol as he goes on a fearless shooting spree inside the Pakistani territory in Border.
Jean Rodrigues checks out a Pakistani stall |
Preneet Kaur at CII |
Neelam Man Singh Choudhary at an exhibition |
Understanding the ‘F’ word
Whoever said fashion is for the foolish or fool hardy? Formal or frivolous, they were all fabulous.
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2009 proved to be quite an eventful year for Panjab University
Doing the year rounder is like how many inches of newspaper columns were devoted to fights, violence, ragging, festivals, fiascos, frolicking, expulsions, …Heck, we’re talking of one winter, one summer, one autumn and one monsoon, two semesters, a dozen months, fifty-two weeks and we’re talking of campus. A lot happened, apart from the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, three sixty five times. Time to roll up the sleeves to recall, reconnoiter and recapitulate.
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Art scope
Art flourished not on the canvas alone, but in the market too
It’s time again to take stock of things that had happened this year and when we particularly zero down our attention to visual art, we find reason enough to smile. Art flourished, not just on canvas, but in the market too. When was the last time we heard that some artist had sold his works to the tune of Rs 1 crore in City Beautiful?
— Alka Pande Ü
Anlolie Ela Menon with B N Goswami and Diwan Manna |
The condolence meeting for Manjit Bawa |
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