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Zip, zap…zoom!
A bunch of daredevils from the city love stunt biking, even at the cost of a few broken bones
 They risk, risk anything and risk like anything! Kicking up dust, raising a storm, screeching to a halt, the zoom, vroom sounds are just a peripheral part of the story.
It's a mind-over-matter thing, is all about gathering your guts, holding the nerves, taking a deep breath before you can do a couple of wheelies or free hands! Note, the idea is not to encourage all and sundry or each and every.
Looks like most adventure addicts show early signs. Shares Yogesh Dhiman, IT student and a professional stunt guy, "Since childhood, even when we had only bicycles, I've been doing it in some way or the other.
On the edge
A mountain-biker from the city is out to promote the extreme sport among youngsters
Hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain; a 10,000 feet free fall from a cliff; touching dangerous heights in a glider; cutting through turbulent undercurrents…is this adventure? Well, sure it is.
But no sane person would hang on a cliff upside down for a dicey fall, which could well be the last! Somehow, these stunts are a prerogative of those who love adventure. A practice undertaken by those who want to know themselves better.
Road to stardom?
After playing a spoilt brat in Dev D and a thief in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Abhay Deol is back to entertain viewers with his next Road, Movie, which releases Friday. But this time he plays a “sheltered young man who wants to see the world” and finds salvation by screening cinema across a desert.
Produced by Ross Katz and Susan B. Landau for $1.8 million, the 95-minute film has been directed by Dev Benegal. It also stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik and debutant Mohammed Faizal Usmani apart from Abhay.
Enlightened speech
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has said Indian cinema is one entity that brings all together, adding that he feels proud to be associated with it. Brooke Bond India Limited honoured Bachchan with a special award, Taj Enlighten Tareef Award, for his contribution to Indian film industry.
Bollywood calling
American singer-songwriter Akon is reportedly appearing in Bollywood big-budget action film Ra.One, starring megastar Shah Rukh Khan. Akon, 36, and Shah Rukh reportedly recently met in Los Angeles. Akon, besides one song, will reportedly also form part of the cast.
MNIK is SRK’s top-seller in the US with a record haul
Shah of success
My Name Is Khan has set a new all-time career record for Shah Rukh Khan by becoming the Bollywood star’s top-grossing film in North America with total sales of $3,635,000 after 17 days of release.
Basic instinct
Katrina Kaif says she goes by her instincts while choosing a movie
Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif, who has donned a de-glam look in her upcoming film Rajneeti, says she goes by her instincts while choosing a movie. “I go by my instincts and the potential of the script.
Novel experience
Manisha Koirala to launch Nepal’s ex-princess’ new novel
Bollywood actor Manisha Koirala, who became unpopular in her own country Nepal five years ago by supporting the army-backed coup of King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, is set to lend a helping hand to another member of the former royal family.
Creative line
Ten students from the Chandigarh centre of INIFD will showcase their collections at the Lakme Fashion Week
 Forty-seven budding designers from INIFD will showcase their designs at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2010. Rewind. Prior to that these students gave final touches to their collection; before that they were getting their clothes stitched after finalising the fabric and accessories.
And even before, they reworked on their designs on paper and decided the one to be used. But basic to everything that a designer does, be it the likes of Rohit Bal, Ritu Kumar or student designers from
INIFD, is finalise the theme.
Close to the roots
Gurbat (foreign) mein hon agar ham, rehta hai dil watan mein…samjho hamein vaheen tum, dil ho jahan hamara…a prolific author, scholar and presently a teacher at the Tennessee University in the US, Anu Celly Narula gets rejuvenated even as she thinks of her home town Chandigarh.
Although she lives in Knoxville Tennessee, she is in love with the city beautiful.
Meet Madame Sophie
Here's an invitation to all the Sophie fans in Chandigarh, to meet with the style diva, the former VJ, singer and actor and Madame's brand ambassador - Sophie. She will play the perfect host for the Chandigarh's Fashionistas.
For the sake of environment
A desire to get first-hand experience of how different countries treat their environment made Jessica Lewis, a masters in Science and Public Health, take a break from her career in Washington DC and set on a journey across Europe, Asia and America.
"I want to be an environment policy-maker and for that I am out to get practical experience through voluntary work," says Jessica who is visiting India after her trip to Japan, Ecuador, Mexico and a few countries in Europe.
Event-full days
Nope, they don't wind up in three days…Student fests, generally a weekend affair, are not the customary Friday to Sunday thing with them. Chandigarh College of Architecture, rolls out yet another edition of their annual fest Archo 2010, beginning March 3 to 20.
Who minds it free!
Free periods are always welcome, but spending that time depends on individual preferences of students
Attending lectures is obvious; the only way out, everybody does it. Ditto with official breaks. Bunking is ok, give and take. Proxy sounds music. Anything like a free period? 'No teacher, no class' scenario? Save for a few aberrant studious sorts, the majority of the register-tucking community gives thumbs up!
Marijuana scare
Teens who smoke marijuana are at a greater risk of developing schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms in the future, a new study has found. After observing more than 3,800 youngsters, researchers learnt that people who used the drug for six or more years were twice as likely to suffer from delusional disorders than those who never used it.
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