Mom and me, virtually
Moms these days are exploring 'online' space and loving it too!
A lot has been said about social networking mania amongst teens, Internet addiction and the budding generation of mouse potatoes? Looks like the kids today don't find anything interesting until it's online. Be it movies, video games, music or fashion trends, the effects of virtual world have gone beyond the limits of parental advice. Wait a sec, here's a piece of information. It's not only the kids who are hooked, but their mummies too are addicted to it as well. There is no denying the fact that mothers are the driving force behind anything we do. Interestingly, that implies to Internet as well.

Miss Midas touch
Miss Pooja is ready to repeat her success, this time in the Punjabi film industry
If figures add weight to facts then here they are: 1700 songs, 170 albums, 300 music videos, an average of 30 shows abroad annually, helped almost 50 male singers to make a debut in the industry, everything in the span of mere three years. But even if these figures weren't there, facts particularly in case of Miss Pooja, would have been enough to script her success. She managed to create a niche for herself in the male dominated Punjabi music industry and now she is all set to repeat it in the Punjabi film industry as.


Photo: Vinay Malik

Bonds through time
Generation gap is real and so are the challenges it poses. But there are a few who have successfully bridged it
Man is a product of his time and circumstances. Values and ideologies change and each generation bears the stamp of its times is some way or the other. When it comes to relationships, a lot has been said about generation gap and the challenges it poses. We move away from the regular to find those who have successfully bridged it.



Birinder Pannu with her family

Relatively speaking
Middle path
Today, generation gap is the biggest hurdle being faced by many families. Albeit the gap cannot be completely eliminated, it can definitely be narrowed down. The catch is to understand each other's views. A friendly attitude is sure to strengthen the bonds between parents and children.

Renee Writes
Love matters most
I am 39 and have been married for over eighteen years. My husband and I are great friends as we grew-up together in the same neighborhood. Recently, I have started feeling that I am a stranger in my own home. I have a full time job and apart from that I do voluntary social work on the weekends. This weakened I decided to stay at home and realised that my two kids and my husband and I had nothing to say to each other. Whatever we spoke about seemed trivial and unimportant. I feel, I have lost touch with my family. Even my social life is negligible. I hardly have any friends. I always felt building a career was very important. Now suddenly it has no meaning as all my relationship are a mess. Please advise on how to deal with this.

Soft target
Contrary to popular belief, the ups and downs of romantic relationships affect young men more adversely than women, says a new study
In the study of more than 1,000 unmarried young adults aged between 18 and 23 years, Robin Simon, Wake Forest University professor of sociology, challenges the assumption that women are more vulnerable to the emotional variables in a relationship.

Power Dressing
Dress to kill … or kill the dress? The new survival mantra at workplace
Dressing up seems to have made an impact on the young professionals as a latest survey "Grooming at Workplace". This is the 8th survey commissioned by TeamLease in a series to understand India's new "World of Work".

Together we can
Taking up the cause of girl child and environment, Nanhi Chhaan is trying to bring a change
An initiative backed with an honest yearning and right kind of like-minded people is likely to get a positive response. And if there is an emotive reason attached to it, there is no reason why the endeavor will go unnoticed. Nanhi Chhaan Foundation is backed by all the requisites. As Harpal Singh, founder chairman of Nanhi Chhaan, an initiative in support of the girl child and the environment says, “The two year old foundation is a household name because we haven’t budged from the path of creating awareness of the two most important issues of the society and existence at large.”
Harpal Singh — Photo: Vinay Malik

Art of translation
Writer Narinder Jit Kaur tries to capture the essence of Punjabi writing
From retaining the essence of the story, to restructuring the sentence to rewriting to keeping the intensity of meaning intact. It’s complex and challenging but there’s actually lot in translation. “Translations make the work permanent, reach out to a wider audience and serve a larger purpose of taking a culture to places,” author Narinder Jit Kaur speaks of her latest book Voices in the Back Courtyard.



                                                   Narinder Jit Kaur

Zoom in entertainment
From Sunny Paaji and Bobby Puttar to the original Jatt of Bollywood – Dharmendra, you can connect with your silver screen idols right in the comfort of your home as the never-ending wait for complete Bollywood entertainment is over.

Director’s cut
Avantika Sharma from the city is on cloud nine. She has finished shooting for two Punjabi films Ek Kudi Punjab Di by Manmohan Singh and another untitled film by Trilok Singh, as an assistant director after completing a two-year course in film-making from Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Wood International Institute for Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts in Mumbai. “These films will give me an opportunity to carve a niche for myself,” says Avantika.

Playing an icon
Nothing decided yet on Kishore Kumar biopic: Ranbir
Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor has not ruled out the possibility of him playing legendary singer Kishore Kumar in a biopic, but said nothing had been finalised on the project.

Recreating romance
Bollywood funnyman Arshad Warsi says he is being asked to make film on a love story that he had written almost a decade ago. "Had written a love story almost 10 years back and forgotten about it. Now I am being asked to make it.

Love lost
Multilingual actor Siddharth, who is busy shooting stunts for a fantasy adventure film these days, says he really misses playing a lover boy."I'm so stiff and sore from yesterday. I miss simple love stories.

Soccer daddy
SRK flying to South Africa for World Cup
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has some great vacation plans for his children - he is taking Aryan and Suhana to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup starting Friday. "Taking kids for the matches (World Cup) in South Africa," Shah Rukh posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. "Soccer is beautiful...will play today if it rains. Rains and soccer more of a turn on than a singing in the rain."
                                                               Shah Rukh Khan

FIFA fanlist
With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa only three days away, football enthusiasts are gearing up to fly there to see the exciting matches and one of them is Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan.


                                                       Abhishek Bachchan

Class Apart
Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra to document classics
FilmmakerVidhu Vinod Chopra is all set to start one more division under his banner, which will document Bollywood classics in the form of detailed books.

High flier
Ronit Roy signs international project post Udaan
Television star Ronit Roy is looking forward to play a bigger role on the big screen post Anurag Kashyap-produced Udaan, India's only official entry at this year's Cannes film festival.