Lake luster
As Sukhna Lake is drying up, it’s fuelling artistic minds to do their bit for its survival
What if Sukhna Lake is no more there? The joggers and walkers will have to look for another track to maintain their fitness level. Couples will have no choice but to sit across the tables at eating joints. An alternative would have to be suggested to tourists. And those in the habit of being at Sukhna every morning and evening, just to appreciate the beauty of it, will have to engage themselves in a more sublime experience. But can any pleasure replace the joy of being at Sukhna?

Classic example
An avid dancer, scholar and administrator, Jayant Kastuar has a multifaceted persona. As a kathak maestro of international eminence and administrative secretary-cum-chief executive officer of the national apex body Sangeet Natak Akademi, he is engaged in the preservation and promotion of Indian traditional, classical and modern music.

Most wanted
Katrina Kaif beats Shah Rukh Khan in mobile searchBollywood actor Katrina Kaif is the most searched celebrity on the mobile phones and has beaten the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Aishwarya Rai.

The fan club
Deepika Padukone says that her co-actor in Pradeep Sarkar's Lafange Parindey Neil Nitin Mukesh is so protective of her that he gets tense every time she has to perform a stunt sequence."It's very sweet of him. But I insist on doing what I want to. Neil does get tense," she said.The actor has so impressed her that she cannot stop praising him."Neil is such a well brought-up guy, absolutely impeccable in his manners. Besides being a brilliant actor, he's also a great technician. I see him turning director soon. My other co-star Imran Khan in Break Ke Baad is great fun too. We shot in Delhi and bonded immediately," she said.

Bracelet or handcuff ?
Lindsay Lohan's acting career took another hit after she was ordered by a court to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet which would jeopardise her filming schedules.The 23-year-old lost a bid to relax restrictions involving drug and alcohol testing so that she can be in Texas to shoot for Machete, a Robert Rodriguez film that co-stars Jessica Alba and Robert DeNiro.

Hisss-torical moments
Divya Dutta is on a roll. Last seen as Jalebi in Delhi-6, the versatile actor says she will be seen in not one or two but eight films this year."I've been working very hard. Eight of my films will release this year and I have signed five new ones," Divya said in an interview.The 32-year-old will be seen in diverse roles in the films.In Haat, The Weekly Bazaar, she plays a Rajasthani woman who has to pay a huge price for challenging the villagers and leaving her husband. The film is the directorial debut of Seema Kapoor and also stars Mukesh Tiwari, Archana Puran Singh and Yashpal Sharma.

Child fiction
Hollywood star John Travolta's celebrity pals have congratulated the star after he confirmed reports his wife Kelly Preston is expecting a baby.The Pulp Fiction actor revealed Preston is three months pregnant last week, marking the end of a devastating period which began with the death of their teenage son Jett January last year and ended with an airport tragedy in Maine earlier this month, which claimed the lives of the family's two pet dogs.

Little honour
Catherine Zeta-Jones has won the best actor award for A Little Night Music at the Drama Desk Awards in New York.The actor shared the honour with Memphis star Montego Glover at the ceremony, which celebrates both Broadway and off-Broadway productions.Actor Liev Schreiber was named best actor for his role in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, while drama Red was cited as Best Play. — IANS

Duke Orlando
British actor Orlando Bloom has been roped in to play a negative role in The Three Musketeers.

Prized tag
The city offers affordable designer wear by a host of desi designers
No one’s asking you to buy a Roberto Cavalli, Jimmy Choo, Bottega Venetta or Salvatore Ferragamo. Designer labels aren’t limited to these few names, a creation of which has the capacity to do irreparable damage to your bank balance.But fret not… there are a host of desi designers Abhishek Dutta, Jai Parvesh, Preetu Jwahar, Neta Bhargav, Shyam Narayan Prasad… that are stylish and affordable.And the good news is, one need not rush to Delhi to buy an exclusive piece before a party as the stores in the city have brought the low-end designer creations here.Geeta Sundra and Sunaina Chandra of Aranya have just added creations by Manju Bobby Grover and Preeti Maheshwar Kapoor to the existing line. “People have an inclination for designer labels.

Launch PAD
Fight germs
Lifebuoy launches the Lifebuoy hand sanitizer, a convenient, accessible and easy-to-use way to keep ones hands germ-free, even in absence of access to water! Lifebuoy Hand Sanitizer is an effective, ethyl-alcohol based hand sanitizer, which kills 99.99 per cent of germs, including the deadly H1N1 virus without water. Added moisturizers and Vitamin E, make it tough on germs, yet gentle on hands, keeping the skin healthy and supple.

Fashion cocktailz
Cocktail ring is an eye-popping statement to make with your cocktail attire. Whether you are wearing a designer gown or a dress from the local shopping arcade, adding a cocktail ring gives a touch of glamour and makes you look bold and sexy. Wearing a cocktail ring with huge diamonds combined with precious or semi-precious gems is a trend these days. Celebrities like Aishwarya Rai Bachhan, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor flaunt them during film premiers, fashion shows, and various film awards.The cocktail ring meant to be worn at cocktail parties is dramatically a large ring. In America, it gained popularity in the 1950s, where it become a fashion statement later on. 

The stage is set
The theatre buffs will be treated to a five-day Punjabi Drama Fest as the Adakar Manch-Mohali presents third edition of their annual theatre festival, titled Adakarian-2010, from May 26 to 31. The fest, being held in collaboration with Punjab Arts Council will stage five Punjabi plays written and directed by Sahib Singh. These plays have been staged in prestigious theatre festivals in Punjab, Delhi, Pakistan and won laurels.

Graphic details
With postings on social networking sites becoming as frequent as breathing, the messages are becoming more and more frivolous
What's Myspace, Twitter, Facebook for? Learnt a new dish? Great, post it. Reading a book on hypnotism? Of what use if you don't let the whole world know about it.Not feeling great? Put it on wall. Need to get some sleep, having a new chocolate, trying a new sport, gathering rocks, need a holiday, making a paper airplane, extremely tired, trying to float boats in the puddle, don't feel like doing anything, spring cleaning your wardrobe…Looks like they love giving minute-by-minute updates. Another status change, "Chasing a squirrel." OMG, aren't they nuts!

Logic behind play list
Ever thought why you like one genre of music and dislike another? Well, scientists at University of Minnesota have delved deeper into the question to find out what makes a particular type of music pleasant or unpleasant. Researchers have got closer to the answer by studying the preferences of more than 250 college students from Minnesota to a variety of musical and nonmusical sounds.

Rare view
It's a library just as a library should be. With 'Switch off your mobiles', 'Keep quiet' posters obviated by the proverbial pin drop silence. With the books and the bookish forming part of the interiors. With everything erudite about it, the Dwarka Dass Library-Sector 15 is quite a haven for some scholarly. Manuscripts dating back to 1604 are just by the way, for this week's column on library series.

On a violent note
Songs with violent lyrics can make listeners up to four times more aggressive, according to a new Australian research. For the study, conducted by Macquarie University, over 200 students aged about 21 were divided into groups and played three violent songs by American artists, including rapper Violent J and hip-hop band D12.Some heard only backing music, others heard just lyrics with some being exposed to the full songs along with their video clips. 

Booker’s Prize
A new study has shown that parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain. The 20-year study was led by Mariah Evans, University of Nevada, Reno associate professor of sociology and resource economics.For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated.But, strikingly, this massive study showed that the difference between being raised in a bookless home compared to being raised in a home with a 500-book library has as great an effect on the level of education a child will attain as having parents who are barely literate (3 years of education) compared to having parents who have a university education (15 or 16 years of education).