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Showtime yet again
A galaxy of Bollywood stars as well as other bigwigs descended on the city for the IPL clash
 
We've seen them 'together' many times - waiting for each other, crying on each other's shoulders, shaking a leg together, singing to each other; romancing each other. But this would last only till the time the director didn't announce 'cut'. Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta, 'the Oh so romantic couple' of the silver screen are back yet again.
— Photos byNitin Mittal
 Picks & piques
n Hands full
n Like mother like daughter
n Game for it
Matka chowk
Blessings from the heart
These days wherever you go, you are accosted by the beggars or street vendors. We usually run away from them or give them a few bucks, fearfully lest ten more might emerge. Lately, I have been receiving some interesting blessings from some of them.
First, there was a young boy, no more than ten, who wanted to sell me a map of
Chandigarh. We declined and started walking away, but he wouldn't relent. He pursued us till the parking lot.
Tagore bylanes
The city saw a ‘protest theatre’ on World Theatre Day in a bid to reclaim the platform of expression
 
Tagore theatre, which was the mecca of professional and amateur theatre groups from the tricity, has gone costlier during the last few months. A year back the rate was Rs 3,500 for a day, but now it is a whopping Rs 25,000-50,000 for four hours!
It looks good, no doubt; the seating capacity has also increased, but the cost has really shot up.
The number of functions have also increased since its renovation but if one examines the profile of these functions, it becomes clear that amateur theatre groups have sadly stepped out of Tagore theatre, as they can't afford it any longer.
Curry cuisine
Sankalp-35 has made innovative additions to its menu. It includes introduction of South Indian Curries, new varieties of dosa, idli, introduction of North Indian and Chinese Dishes. Special Malabari and Chetinad items are also in the menu.
Some special starters like Crispy cheese Idli, Telangana Aloo, Onion Thool
Pakoda, Sevai Upma and some oldies like Masala Boondi and Rasam Vada .
Deeply inspiring
In the city, poet Nida Fazli says Eastern mysticism has always inspired him
Unlike many of my contemporaries who made poetry their calling at an early age, I ventured into this realm much later when I was fully matured as a person," maintains poet Nida Fazli, who stole the limelight with his songs for Kamal Amrohi's blockbuster Razia Sultan.
"My poetry is not born out of the dynamics of love, romance or Western realism, but is inspired by Eastern mysticism, the rich Indian cultural heritage and the inner urge for humanistic ideals," he informs.
Nida Fazil — Photo by Vinay Malik
An evening with visitors
Chandigarh is very different from the rest of India," chorus the three travellers - Gyda Skuladottir, Nils Hoyer and Chris Mcgaw, sauntering in Sector 17 piazza with backpacks one recent evening, looking for a particular restaurant that their travel guide mentions.
The reporter's request for a short interview on impressions of Chandigarh quickly gets accepted in lieu of helping them reach the restaurant.
— Photo by
the author
Roots in fusion
Singer Najam Sheraz talks on music,
cricket and much more…
 
He reflexively picks up the violin, readily poses for the shutterbugs and asks around, "Has anyone heard my latest single Tere Bina from
Shaapit?" But that's not where Najam Sheraz's introduction lies. Has anyone heard the song Bheege Hont
Tere? Yeah the track from Murder, it's courtesy him. "Yes, I called up Mahesh
Bhatt, he offered to compensate me but I was not interested in it…anyways when the album was re-released there was my name on the cover and also nomination for awards."
Mill Moonstone (Left) and Najam
Sheraz — Photo by Vinay Malik
Class apart
Carmel Convent’s batch of 1984 got together for their silver jubilee reunion at Chandigarh Golf Association on Saturday
One could hear the giggle across the road as Carmel Convent's batch of '84 got together for their silver jubilee reunion at Chandigarh Golf Association-6 on Saturday evening. Ladies gathered from different walks of life and various places around the world for trip down the memory lane.
It was an afternoon when some 37 friends got together as if it was yesterday that they studied together. Amongst the
ohh, aahs, hugs and shrieks the women got busy exchanging notes on what are they doing presently.
— Photo
by Vinay Malik
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