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Power drive
Over 55 per cent of Indians state they are keen on purchasing a Sedan over a hatchback
Simple living and high thinking, it was long back that someone came in contact with a flamboyant Punjabi or Gujju and rephrased the adage ‘high living and bemused thinking’. Changing cars like clothes, and spending the kind of money on swanky machines that could fund a freedom struggle, we wonder has the generation found their own khul ja sim sim somewhere! And now Gaadi.com’s survey brings out some amazing facts—people in an annual income bracket of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 9 lakh are willing to spend their entire annual income on a new car purchase, respondents under the age of 30 are willing to spend almost twice their annual income to buy their first car, over 55 per cent Indians state that they are keen on purchasing a Sedan over a hatchback without keeping the hurdles of traffic jams in mind and nearly 40 per cent would like to buy a car over the internet, and half would purchase parts and accessories on line. Now, this is it.
A vision of creativity
The genius behind world famous Rock Garden, Nek Chand released his memoirs Rock Garden, A Vision of Creativity. V P Mehta's long interaction with the artiste Nek Chand resulted into the book that narrates his life, struggle and memories. Deeply troubled by partition, Nek Chand could get over the trauma only after the creation of the Rock Garden. The memoir tells the story of its creation from the very beginning.
Photo: Vinay Malik
Koffee break
Real close
Actor Sharman Joshi says, his character in the movie 3 Idiots is closest to his real self
Coming
from a family of actors, Sharman Joshi who debuted with
Godmother,
is
rocking with a comic college caper
3 Idiots
produced by Vidhu Vinod
Chopra and directed by Raj Kumar Hirani. Son of a Gujarati theatre actor
Arvind Joshi, Sharman is married to Prem Chopra's daughter Prerna. Loosely
based on Chetan Bhagat's best selling novel
Five Point Someone,
Sharman
Joshi talks to
Lifestyle
and says his role in the film
3 idiots,
is extremely important.
Matka Chowk
Wish list—2010
The advent of a new year is viewed with joy - somehow we are optimistic about a new year. We make personal resolutions - we also formulate wish lists for the unfolding year. On this New Years Eve, I spoke to many Chandigarh residents and gathered a motley collection of their wishes. Let us hope, 2010 will be kind to all of us.
Picks & piques
Three dis-engagements!
Three releases this week and all three are below average fare. Accident on Hill road is a Celina Jaitely vehicle gone aground, Raat gayi Baat Gayi is forgettable and Bolo Ram with Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Padmini Kolhapure esaying leading characters flatters to decieve A Celina Vehicle! Rakesh Chaturvedi's Bolo Ram is a mystery of sorts. Collegian Ram (newcomer Rishi Butani) loves his mother (played by a well-preserved Padmini Kolhapure) dearly and is quite content to lavish all his affections on her.
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