The glam quotient
It's catching up with the belles, the babes and the beauties at the INIFD Designer Medley 2010
It was quite an assortment of beauties for INIFD's annual affair. Think; ramp beauties, models, Miss India's, title winners, reality show participants…with introductions over, long list of resumes of each one of them read out, post the grand finale of the faculty, and the team behind the show…it's catching up with the belles, the babes and the beauties!
Photos: S Chandan

Well begun
The annual INIFD fashion show is all about glamourous faces, supermodels and big names. And then, hiding among them are some 'outsiders', not necessarily a part of the industry but then no less on the glam quotient. So, this time we have two such names - Mukti Mohan and Divya Singh - who belong to the category of fashion freshers.

Master strokes
The inspiration comes from the inside; so do the strokes. Just as in the case of artist Malkit Singh's canvases. The three works reflect the transformation and essence of Punjab. "We are here at Kalagram for a workshop, which is a fortnightly initiative by the North Zone Cultural Centre. They'll be inviting a painter and a sculptor fortnightly and this will continue for a year."
                                                            Malkit Singh

Pet pal
Pets act as the best emotional anchors; what's more they bring the family closer in more ways than one
A house is not a 'home' without a pet. Not only do pets bring liveliness to your family, they also affect interpersonal relations. We explore how pets affect home atmosphere with their sweet chirping, meows, barks as well as other acts!
"Pets bring the family together," says Kanwal Jit Singh from Sector 36.

Feed them less!
It's not just humans who are becoming fat, a study has shown that half of all dogs in Britain could soon be dying prematurely because they are overfed and spoilt.

BOND WAGON
Papa’s pride
(Poorvi Koutish and Veval Sharma)
Relationship: Father-Daughter Time together: 16 years Same-to-same: Both love music, started giving professional performances at 14; are patient and fans of old Bollywood hits Yet different: Westernised, loves to experiment, love Hollywood movies and loves black. - Poorvi







Poorvi Koutish and Veval Sharma

Tiny tantrums
American author Bill Cosby in his book Fatherhood says, "In spite of the 6,000 manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage".

Renee Writes
Start afresh
I am 39-year-old woman. I got married recently. I have breathing problem since childhood. I have been on heavy medication throughout, but now I am trying to lower the dosage. I am on the heavier side and need to shed to weight in order to start a family. I would like to give up on my medicines. My husband is very keen for us to have a child but I am not able to get rid of my problems. Please guide me on how to deal with it. I want to look beautiful and attractive and lead a normal healthy life. I feel that my illnesses have overtaken my life since childhood.

LIVE it up
Live gadgets are an important part of the music industry now, thanks to the advances in technology
There is a lot of catching up to do. But of course, with technology zip zap and zooming at the speed of light, new gadgets being rolled out, old ones being packed off to a museum…their definitely arises a need to upgrade the information cells, lest we cannot take the load of the new files. So, we get the dope on the state-of-the art gadgets that have changed the shape of live programmes, shows, concerts and events.

Driving force
He might be best known for his wisecracks on the small screen, but veejay-actor Cyrus Sahukar had his wits running out on the sets of Aisha as he was forced to learn driving. He does admit, however, that playing a rich guy was a pleasant change!

Going places
Dhobi Ghat, directed and produced by Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao, will have its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Dr Yash Chopra!
Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by a UK college, for his contribution to cinema in the past six decades.

Justin in the queue
Pop star Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to emerge as a potential replacement for music mogul Simon Cowell as a judge on talent hunt show American Idol.

Oprah’s OWN
TV mogul Oprah Winfrey has reportedly roped in Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker and Goldie Hawn to produce documentaries for her soon-to-be launched cable network OWN. The talk show queen has also taken on-board filmmaker Gabriel Byrne and actor Mariel Hemingway to produce the docu-films which will be part of the monthly ‘Documentary Film Club’ to air on the network.

Sensible walk
Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson has landed another major honour as she is set to join the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Sense and Sensibility star’s one-time college boyfriend Hugh Laurie will be among the celebrities saluting her when she unveils her pavement plaque.

Thrilling experience
Hollywood superstar Daniel Craig is moving on from the James Bond series with a role in a new thriller franchise. The British actor has been signed up to star in a Hollywood movie series based on late Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s hugely popular Millennium Trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.