FATTY issue
Before you give in to the sweet temptations this festive season, we bring some tips on how to avoid those extra kilos
Come winter and the festive as well as wedding season is on in this part of the country. Sweets, culinary delights and absolutely no time, even as one runs between visiting people and entertaining guests, it’s more than challenging to keep your weight under check. We bring to you some tips on how not to add a few more inches to your waistline!

Timely call
Even as the banner of Mad Arts Animation School went up at the Sector 17 piazza, people from different age groups started gathering. Spirited young actors further pulled the crowd with the sound of dhol. And just like everything else, Munni became a part of promoting a worthy cause — spreading awareness about breast cancer.

A scene from the street play Kahin Der Na Ho Jaye

Drink to it!
To be served ‘seriously chilled’. That’s a promise The Snow Grouse makes an entry in the city. Well, for a liquor brand, the claim has to be taken seriously. After taking the European markets by storm, the makers of The Famous Grouse, Scotland's top selling whisky for 30 years, comes as the first-ever pure grain scotch whiskey in India. It is lighter in flavour and refreshing as a chilled beer.

Side Lanes
Corbusier’s Chandigarh
Corbusier's name is flashed through the papers daily. (Let's start a campaign against calling him 'Corbu.' Makes him sound like a vegetable, which is an insult!) Anyone and everyone who knew him, is coming forward to reveal associations, anecdotes and historical facts.

Dance all the way
Day 3 of Panjab University and Heritage Festival at Government College for Girls-42 was ruled by dance forms
It was a classical music lover's and creative writer's paradise! The third day of the ongoing Panjab University and Heritage Festival at Government College for Girls-42 makes a slight transition from art and craft to literary items. There's classical dance, group dance, quiz, debate, poem recitation, elocution et al.

Live life KITCHEN size
Modern day kitchens are not just about pots and pans, they are a place to be showcased  
If you thought kitchen was all about a gas stove, Italian marble, microwave or a refrigerator, think again because Aura from A&A Modular Systems in Mohali is re-defining the whole concept of modular kitchens.Brainchild of Gurinder Pal Singh Kalsi, managing director, and Gurleen Kaur, director marketing, A&A Modular Systems; one step into the plush flagship store of Aura and you realise that kitchens are much more than just pots and pans!

STRINGS attached
The Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) brings to the city 'Musica no Museu', a leading band from Brazil, which is set to regale the audience at the Bal Bhawan auditorium on Friday.

Going places
Better known for her skin shows and sizzling screen presence, Mallika Sherawat is all set to scorch the silver screen by respiring one of the most mystical and fascinating characters of Bollywood—the Naagin in the riveting thriller Hisss, co-starring Irrfan Khan. Directed by Hollywood filmmaker Jennifer Lynch, the film was promoted with live snakes at the Cannes Film Festival 2010. Touted as India's first ever creature-feature film with never-before seen effects, Mallika, opens up on her Hisss story.

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