Flowing along
In the city for the launch of a store, Hard Kaur talks about her debut in Bollywood
Celebrities are 'supposed' to throw attitude. They are 'supposed' to make journos wait even if they reach the venue on time. Even better, they are 'supposed' to become high-headed after a hit film or a TV show. Celebrities are not supposed to behave like common people.One celebrity breaks this trend. She acknowledges the value of time, has no hang ups on being a star kid, need we say the 'rap kid' on the block.

(L-R) Models Vidhyut, Sahil, Hrishant and Namit will walk the ramp for the opening on Saturday

Vintage drive
The Aulakh family from Patiala have a fleet of 18 vintage cars and jeeps
There is no price for passion. And this exactly is the case with the Aulakh family from Patiala, who are so in love with vintage cars and jeeps that they maintain as many as 18 of them! The tradition continues generation after generation and Sammy Aulakh and Kavi Aulakh, the third generation of the Aulakh family, completely adore these vintage cars.Outside their house near the Moti Bagh Palace, they have a specially designed garage for these cars, which is spread out in an area of 1,500 square yards. "For us, these cars are no less than heritage because we got them from our father Harinderpal Singh," chorus Sammy and Kavi Aulakh. 

Role call
Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, who plays a modern day Karna in Prakash Jha’s Mahabharata inspired magnum-opus Raajneeti, says he was initially reluctant to be a part of the multistarrer.

Playing Paa
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is a doting father to his children Aryaan and Suhana, feels parents should spend more quality time with their kids.“Each time I am away from home for long I make sure that on return I have spent enough time and catch up with my children. I am sure a lot of fathers today go through this guilt as they may have missed seeing their child grow,” said the actor-producer who recently shot for a toothpaste commercial where he plays a loving father.

In the soup
Kristen Stewart faces criticism for rape remarks Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart is facing criticism from officials at a leading US charity after she compared press intrusion to rape.

John feels blessed
The Pulp Fiction star who has a 10-year-old daughter Ella with wife Kelly Preston, revealed that the actress’ pregnancy came after years of trying to conceive and is thankful to the people who blessed them. “We tried for several years, and we didn’t think it was going to happen for us. This is a miracle, and we feel blessed and we are so moved by the generous outpouring of support and goodwill we’ve received from people all over the world,” Travolta said.

John Travolta with wife Kelly Preston

Selective Mel
Hollywood heavyweight Mel Gibson who comes back to the big screen after a seven years hiatus, with thriller Edge of Darkness, seems to have taken a liking for unhappy roles.

Noble couple
Hollywood actress Katherine Heigl and her husband want to adopt a child from earthquake-ravaged Haiti.The Killers star, who adopted daughter Naleigh from Korea in September last year, says she is so happy to be a mother and wants to adopt her next child from Haiti.“We would like to have a second child adopted or biological.




Katherine Heigl with husband Josh Kelly

History revisited
Much that we know of our ancient civilisation and ruling monarchs comes to us through books that lay down straight facts, but the latest Punjabi book Moghul Badshahan De Ajab Kisse by senior bureaucrat Jagjit Puri goes beyond and reveals certain interesting facts about the Mughal emperors.

Team members

Cast members Jessica Biel and Liam Neeson attend the premiere of The A-Team at the Mann’s Grauman Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California. Photo: Reuters

Raising concerns
DEEKSHA (Diffuse Environmental Education, Keep Society Humbly Aware), a Delhi based NGO working in the field of environmental protection and education, launched it's regional resource center at Chandigarh by releasing a documentary film, Water is Life. An effort by Siddharth Samuel and Divya Jaiswal, both class twelfth students, the documentary is made under active guidance of Murali Menon, a renowned information scientist.

Of cakes & stuff
What’s a chic city without its cafés? Or what’s a city without its food, to be precise. Chandigarh is no more a city with a dead palette and with more and more cafés opening our appetite for innovative platter is getting bigger. And another example to prove our point is the Rae’s Café.

Get fresh
A complete breakfast should consist of food groups that represent a variety of nutrients necessary for optimum health. These include complex carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fiber. Ideally breakfast should meet 25% of your daily dietary requirements,” says Dietician Nidhi Joshi.Joshi, who has been associated with renowned hospitals including Ivy Hospital said, “It is about time we dispensed with the notion that a healthy breakfast is necessarily a leisurely one. If you stick to the basics you might very well fit a healthy breakfast into your cramped schedule. 

Three cheers!
This news piece is for all those who love their history and savour it too. In a quite unsual way, history was ressurected by a bunch of scientists in China. Here’s how.

Bon Appetit
Forsaken flavours 
Summer brings the onslaught of some less popular vegetables like lauki, tori and bhindi. You’ll probably add karela to this list if there are young children in your house! Yet, each of these veggies have a few avatars that are definitely likeable, so long as they are prepared with love and care! It can beat any vegetable hands down, when cooked right.