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Mona Lisa mania
Leonardo da Vinci’s sixteenth-century portrait of Mona Lisa is the subject of discussion among the city’s arty folks this monsoon, says
Nirupama Dutt
Long ago Eliot had satirised society ladies in his famous poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in the lines: In the room women come and go/ Talking of Michelangelo. However, this week in Chandigarh women have been talking not of Michelangelo but Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and more so his immortal painting called Mona Lisa.
Know the legend
Here is more for Mona Lisa lovers. The Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi is organising a lecture and slide show by renowned author, physicist and expert on Leonardo Da Vinci, Professor Bulent Atalay from the USA, on Friday. Professor Atalay talks about the genius of Leonardo da Vinci and highlights the man in full. His multi-dimensional connects Leonardo's brilliance in mathematics and the sciences with his extraordinary artistic talents.
Bulent Atalay
Three cheers!
Hungry for more? Here comes a Page 3 experience in the city
What happens if you find three restaurants while you were just looking for one? If Cappuchino, pasta, Galouti Kebabs and Thai curry shared the same space? How often does it happen that you are in a mood for an exotic oriental treat and decide to go for a coffee instead? Quite often, when you have a gourmet destination like Page 3, the first-of-its-kind in the tricity, which opened at the Huda Complex-5,
Panchkula.
 Side Lanes
Case study
A stagnant society cannot progress. Change in social habits and traditions is necessary for its survival. It is a slow process because adults have a natural resistance towards reform. Pre-teens and teens are keener to emulate ideas that appeal to their innate reasoning. This idea, mooted by Health Promoter Maya, (who witnessed too many idle children on the streets) created CASE, which came into being in November 2008.
Button up!
How far can you go with a piece of clothing? A couple of straps, buttons, bands…turn it into a corset one moment, into a curtain the next, may be a cushion cover the very next! In the city to review the passing out collection of INIFD students and guide them on the elements of fashion, Anuj Sharma fills imagination’s gap. For the moment, we get acquainted with his design principles.
Street magic
American classic A Streetcar Named Desire
comes to India
It is a literary classic that transcends barriers of time and space. No wonder then, its stirring impact has not diminished even 62 years after it first took the American theatre by storm. When an all-Indian cast and crew staged Tennesse William's magnum opus A Streetcar Named Desire in Hyderabad on Saturday, the audience was left spellbound, soaking up the angst of a society caught in a clash of values.
Bhumika Chawla
Dance to Shiamak’s tune
Ace choreographer Shiamak Dhavar will rope in ten top Bollywood stars for his upcoming directorial debut
movie Dance.
Koffee break
A Lamhaa with Bipasha
The dusky Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu has shown an amazing range as an actor in Omkara and Pankh but scaled a new high in Corporate. There is confidence in her gait… and a sense of self-assurance in whatever she is doing. She is in the news again for her super duper performance in Rahul Dholakia's Lamhaa, a keenly awaited film that dwells on the plight of Kashmiris. It is a political-drama that unfolds in Kashmir. Bipasha tells Lifestyle about playing a character Aziza in her July 16 release Lamhaa, directed by award-winning Parzania fame Rahul Dholakia.
Fashion forward
Remember the Hollywood movies where you drool as much over the clothes and styling as over the plot? Now comes an Indian movie that promises to give glimpses of high street fashion in India and set a benchmark for Bollywood. Aisha will see actress Sonam Kapoor embrace dresses that are soft and flowery, including a nude tulle flowery one with a bow and small pearls. The woman behind this pretty wardrobe is Dubai-based designer Ayesha Depala. "Aisha Kapoor is a girl from Delhi. She loves her clothes and animals, is very feminine and fashion forward. I could very much relate to her in the movie because she is quintessentially like my brand in many ways," said Depala.
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