Our men in BLACK Why Punjab’s top artists choose black to wear their attitude

What Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are to Hollywood, Shiv Singh is to City Beautiful. Baffling? Here's a clue. All three are Men in Black, literally. However, the difference is while the former two are known for saving the world from alien invasions, our homegrown 'Man in Black' is an artist and sculptor and his unique identity was established much before the former duo hit the theatres. Shiv Singh — Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Look who’s back
Last minute touch ups at newly opened Look Unisex Saloon in Sector 17. Flower and candlelight arrangement, guests pouring in, Kerastase Paris haircare and skincare products being taken out from cartons and being neatly placed; bouncers queued up, a lot happening here and there. And then walks in a man, with a small bag (a pouch kind of thing) hanging from his shoulders, salt and pepper hair.

A royal feast Newly opened Siona restaurant offers something straight out of a chapter from the Mughal Era When was the last time your entire family (yes entire) sat together for a fine dining experience? Given the fact that an ordinary table at a restaurant looks more like an exhibition of cuisines. Well, then this is your chance to savour something authentic in a rich and traditional ambience, straight out of a chapter from the Mughal Era.

Spa-cial treatment La Opulence, unisex salon supported by Wella professionals, a leading name in hair styling, professional beauty care and skin treatments, has launched a spa in Sector 15. The salon is specialsed in hair colouring, hair styles, treatments like dandruff, scalp purifying, nail art, massage and spa. Grace, unit head and beauty expert, La Opulence, said, "It is important to take care of skin and hair by experts to make them healthy and beautiful.

The grey area There's a characteristic enlargement of heads and features in each of his works. An exhibition of paintings, drawings and print-making by Kulpreet Singh, MA, fine arts student, Punjabi University, Patiala, aims to capture the complex thought process of the human mind, the chaos inside, the knots, and the doubts. He says, "They are all on or tangentially related top dreams, how there are a lot of flashbacks in our mind and when we get up there's nothing."

Start afresh
I am about 45 years and have been having this very steady relationship with a man in my work place for the last 10 years. We have been fairly settled in with each other. He is married and has children. I am not married. Until now I have been happy with this arrangement but suddenly for the past few months it has started to bother me.