Immortal task
More and more people are defying traditions to pledge their body for medical study and research
Harbhajan Singh, celebrated his wife Surinder Kaur's birthday on October 2 in 1998 in a special way. He took her to PGI and lovingly told, 'this is going to be our permanent home someday'. Together they filled the form for body donation. Year 2008, when Singh breathed his last, Surinder Kaur, holding back her tears and grief, made sure Singh reached his new home."He was a regular at Dr Dewan, head of anatomy department, PGI," recalls Surinder sitting composed and stoic at her home in Sector 29, two years later. "He would see all these doctors studying hard at PGI. His desire was to help someone but we did not have any financial means to spare.

The Alpha & Omega
For budding architects, Le Corbusier is still the source of inspiration
Le Corbusier is rather the prefix than the literature of City Beautiful. It's a towering inheritance that's become an introduction, the individuality, the identity. For the legendary architect's blueprints still remain the most-talked about aspect of this place. The city is more than the sum of its sectors, just as a whole is more than the sum of its parts. For the Corbusier's legacy is much more than the play of light and shadow, the concrete turned spectacular, a group of buildings put together.

Alternative theory
Bollywood hunk Kunal Kapoor is disappointed and upset. What seemed to be a replacement of model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal in much-awaited thriller Don 2 is 'not true', rues the former. Rumour mills were abuzz that Arjun's character Jasjeet will be now played by the 34-year-old model-turned-actor Kunal, who has dismissed the reports.

Dabangg Duo: Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha during a press conference to promote their upcoming film Dabangg 'in Bangalore on Saturday. — PTI Photo

Sister concern
Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, who essays the role of a stepmom in We are Family dreads and dismisses the possibility of being pitted against her elder sister actress Karisma instead of Kajol in the upcoming film.

Talent over fame
Hollywood star Matt Dillon does not care about being famous and just wants to be considered an actor. The 46-year-old actor wants to be recognised for his talents instead of people focusing on his personal life.

Heavenly bodies
Gorgeous model Abbey Clancy has topped the list of women with the Hottest Bikini Bodies in the world. Kelly Brook landed the second spot, while singer Katy Perry came in third. Princess Beatrice is in a tie with Hollywood darling Jennifer Aniston for the 'hottest biking bod' in the world - both ladies are ranked fourth in the list.

Letter love
Hollywood star Drew Barrymore is not a fan of sending emails, and prefers people to take the time to write her a letter. 

Eat, judge, love
Bollywood actor Karishma Kapoor, who will appear in the third season of culinary reality show Kitchen Champion, reveals that Kapoors are foodies and they love rich Peshawari Mughlai food. "The food has been a constant with my family. From childhood, when I used to visit RK Studio and the food used to get served in the lawn of my grandfather's cottage, the food was always biriyani, chicken curry, paya. So, I started loving those foods since then," Karishma said.

Gimme red
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she enjoys eating red meat and it is one of her "guilty pleasures". The Salt star says when she had turned into a vegetarian, it had negative effects on her health, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

CAN YOU Bead it!
Destiny is on sale, but only if you can afford it!
We wish they taught destiny management in those 'highly reputed' institutions or if someone found a smart way to change one's luck overnight. Well, if wishes were horses…But this piece of information can be best described as life changing for all the lesser mortals of the world, waiting for a destiny makeover.

Vijay Kumar Sharma

Finding roots
Amarjit Sidhu brings a journey full of expectations, inhibitions and evolution through his fiction No Way Home
No Matter how fond one might be of an alien land, no matter how much it offered, it could never be home," expresses No Way Home, a fiction from the house of Penguin.

Let's talk about SEX
Research says marriage takes a toll on our sex life. But then are we ready to talk about it? 
Flashes some condom advertisement on TV and all family members scatter to finish their 'unfinished' work. Another recent social campaign on TV concerning STDs sends everyone around into hiding with some 'genuine' excuse. So, when we come across a research by a dating service in the UK that mentions, "Marriage takes a toll on your sex life. One third of married people no longer fancy their partner as much as they did in the early days," it isn't the issue of happy or unhappy marriage that's a matter of concern here.

Spice up
Sublime effect
The lemon packs quite a bit of punch in its small form. Most of us know that it is a rich source of Vitamin C and have taken it at some time or other. Added to a glass of cold water, it can be most refreshing during the summer months. Taken regularly, it is a preventive against colds and actually strengthens the immune system.

Trick-sters

Young boys try out acrobatic movements at Kalagram, Manimajra.Lifestyle photo:S Chandan

Hair forever
Gone are the days when crying over fallen hair was only a woman's domain. As we all get increasingly conscious about how we look and what we wear to be smart and trendy, hair loss has become a nightmare for most of us. 

Matter of fat
One of the most neglected and often overlooked problems of present times is the menace of childhood obesity in this part of the world. In a recent study of school going children of Ludhiana it was concluded that about 15 percent of boys and 10 percent of girls were overweight.

BODY wise
Health package