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Kidding on ramp
Kids walk the ramp for designer Ritu Beri during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week-2010 in New Delhi.
Kids are no more strangers to the ramp; they are the latest show-stoppers in fashion week circuit

Fashion is serious business. Selling style, glamour, bizarre concepts and front row tags is no child's play after all. But, off late, the role a child plays in elevating your selling quotient is the talking point. Kids are no more strangers to the fashion galliaras; they are the latest show-stoppers in fashion week circuit.Ritu Beri had the cute brigade marching down the ramp flaunting the olive green in style, at the recently concluded Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week.



Kids walk the ramp for designer Ritu Beri during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week-2010 in New Delhi. — PTI photo

Strategic tucks
Complete transparency is giving way to boisterous declaration of impressive assetsThat's right folks! All those lucid tops, bringing the inside out, have been relegated to the remote corners of the wardrobes, and the recycle bin of memories. To be taken out only when the winds of change alter the old into new, again.

Tall claim
Fauji Surjit Singh enters the Limca Book of Records 2010 for tallest rose bush in the country
Fauji Surjit Singh of village Bhurrade, Chamkur Sahib, has entered the Limca Book of Records 2010, courtesy, his rose bush that stands tall at 40 feet.'Surjit Singh of Bhurrade village, Chamkaur Sahib, Ropar, Punjab has the tallest rose bush in the country. The six-year-old plant grew to a height of 10.67m (35ft) as of May 14th 2009. It has produced 50 flowers on each branch,' says the citation that holds Surjit a national record holder.

Voices divine
Away from the glamour of the commercial formula type music contests with loud music and beaming lights, a traditional akhand jyoti and an idol of goddess Saraswati emanating spiritual sanctity and contemplation, marked the Gurukul Vidyapeeth and S-4 Trust sponsored music contest. As many as 40 contestants in the age group of 9-18 years and selected already for the quarter final of the Voice of Chandigarh vied for a berth in the semis of the mega contest among the school and college students of Tricity.

Spice up
Get fresh
One of the most important parts of looking and feeling good is your personal hygiene. You may have attractive features and an alluring figure, but lack of personal cleanliness can really put people off. Believe me, it shows. No amount of perfume, cologne or make-up can camouflage the signs of inadequate hygiene. Keeping clean, fresh and fragrant is something you owe, not only to yourself, but to others you come in contact with. In fact, it is the basis of good health and good grooming.

An affair to remember
It was an occasion for Freemasons to celebrates, duly dressed in their regalia's for the eventful golden jubilee of the lodge Yadavindra 141 in Chandigarh on April 3, makeshift Freemasons temple in the Rock Garden to celebrates the 50th anniversary of the lodge Yadavindra 141 which was a colourful and glittering affair. Excelsior Lodge 60 which is around 110 years old and has a 1937 old own temple building at Kalka is the sponsoring lodge of Yadavindra 141.

Grand entry 


Giovani, the apparel brand's entry to the city was marked by a lavish bash at Hotel Taj on Saturday evening. The party was hosted by MK Dhir, managing director, Giovani. Present at the occasion were socialites and bureaucrats of the city's Page 3 circuit. Also a fashion show was held, in which casual, club and formal wear were displayed on the ramp by models from Delhi. Meenakshi, Femina Miss India Finalist, 2009 walked the ramp as well.