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Soak in nature
Camping sites in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are a perfect getaway from the blistering heat of the plains. Jasmine Singh checks out
A forwarded message clearly states - some questions don't have answers. How can it be so damn hot? Why is the sun pouring fire? And then there are umpteen geographically supported logical answers — global warming, direction of the winds etc etc. But, still there are none! Is their any respite from this sweltering heat? Do we have an answer to beat the heat? Thankfully, we have. Thank god, some questions come with answers.
Disc man
If the profession (most people think it’s hardly one!) of playing on the console and making people dance to your tune attracts you, DJ Chinx puts things in perspective.
Campus diaries
Post Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone, a plethora of novels inspired by college and school life have flooded the market
Mushy love stories end up in heartrending break ups. Then begins another love story. Betrayals wreck friendships. Careers are made and ruined. There are infatuations, crushes, gossips, arguments; a world in its own right exists inside and outside the campus.
Blotches on the green
Chandigarh is beautiful with all the greens, but are we lacking somewhere?
Manpriya Khurana finds out from some “residential guests”
Who wants to be around Miss Goody Two-Shoes all the time? How about some political incorrectness, some reality checks, some refreshing changes? Some facing the truth; being shown the rough edges, being told to prune down, prim up. Here’s a reverse of the saccharine sweet, “green city, clean city” rhetoric.
Simone Wipf
Memories relived
Thoughts on diverse themes of socio-cultural relevance jostle against each other in the mind of young journalist and writer Jagtar Bhullar. And a part of these find expression in his maiden literary work Dehshat de Parchhavein, which was released at the Chandigarh Press club on Saturday.
Write Path
As many as 85 students of tenth standard and above, drawn from twelve city schools participated in the two day creative writing workshop at the CSA complex.
Students at the creative writing workshop held at CSA
Block in style
At a time when Fashion is returning to the roots with organic clothing, natural dyes and ethnic inspirations, here's your chance at customizing traditions and making a style statement with it. Come and create your own designs!
Block printing workshop at Fabindia stores
Picks & piques
Dream come true
India's dismal show at the T20 world cup doesn't seem to have given the Bollywood biggies any hope, so the draught on big-ticket releases continues with one release this week. Bumm Bumm Bole is Priydarshan's inept adaptation of Majid Majidi's Iranian classic Children of Heaven.
Saif’s cricket weary
He may have been an ardent cricket fan but Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan has now shifted his loyalties to soccer after an overdose of the gentleman's game.
Breaking the chain
Actor Arjun Rampal is a self-confessed chain smoker but he now wants to kick the habit for the sake of his two young children.
Feel fresh
Sometimes solution lies in small bottles. At least for summers, a small bottle holds an answer to the 'stink' problem. A refreshing bottle or a nice-looking perfume or deodorant can make all the difference in the scorching heat. Remember, not just any bottle will do the trick. The catch is to pick up perfumes that leave you refreshed from morning, afternoon till late in night when you return after shaking a leg at the discotheque. This summer make sure you scout for a natural ingredient based perfumes that are non-allergic to the skin.
Chill out
Coffee Day Xpress brings six new ‘Summer Chillers’ at all their outlets, that will help you chill down and enjoy the return of the warmer months. The new Summer Chillers will not only provide relief from thirst but they are also packed with goodness of vitamin C and loads of antioxidants. Just perfect for the health conscious consumers. Go out in the sun and embrace yourself with the all new
Mongoleecious, made with two of the most
loved fruits in summers — Lychees and Mango or with Pomano Steen containing real Mango, real Pomegranate with rich dose of antioxidant.
Cool school
You want your child to learn how to play guitar or chess? Or be an expert at public speaking, become a dancing star or singing sensation? Hmm…or are thinking MF Husain school of art? Your child can be an expert at all of these at Jelly Bean Junction, a place meant for kids.
Gurpreet Sekhon helps out kids at Jelly Bean Junction.
Summer style
Summers are here to stay and everyone is hunting to for clothes, which are comfortable, cool, and yet stylish as well as elegant. And suits are just the right answer for this scorching heat.
Sector 26-based multi-designer showroom, Soh-Koh Clothing Inc., launches the suits collection of famous designers Ayan Sarkar, Preeti Jhawar, Niket and Jainee and Zephyr by Jyoti Khosla.
Movie magic
Samsung launches a new range of home theatres to enhance a consumers' home entertainment experience, with HT-C450, HT-C550 and HT-C555 as the flagship models.
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Women in white |
The Cannes Film Festival’s score on the glamour meter keeps on rising every passing year with the most beautiful women walking the red carpet. Deepika Padukone (from right)represents the Indian beauty as she arrives for the screening of Tournee; jury member Kate Beckinsale and actor Michelle Yeoh add for the rest of the world as they arrive for the screening of the film Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. — AP/PTI Reuters |
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