HIGH DESIGN After the city, it was the turn of Ludhiana to dazzle during season one of the Blenders Pride Punjab International Fashion Week Dazzling designs, exotic hair-styles, beautiful models sashaying down the ramp…Ludhiana saw it all in the past one week, as it hosted the debut season of the Blenders Pride Punjab International Fashion Week (BPPIFW).
A model sizzles on the ramp — Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

NOTE(s) worthy
After a series of theatre and music festivals, the Department of Cultural Affairs is set to delight classical music lover with 'Rhythm of heavens' and 'Three generations of violinists' on November 16 and 17, respectively. The programmes will be held at the Tagore Theatre.

Chance pe dance Kruti and Dharmesh from Dance India Dance, Season 2, are in the city for the auditions for the DID doubles There might be lots of negativity surrounding reality shows for reasons pretty obvious, but Kruti and Dharmesh from Dance India Dance (DID), Season 2, have another picture to present. Happy to be part of this dance reality show, they consider themselves lucky to have had this platform.

Short & SWEET
John Brandi is an expert at Haiku — the world's shortest poetry form
Spring evening/ he sits in one chair/ blue jay takes the other," is one Haiku penned down by John Brandi, a prolific writer from the US, who was on a visit to the city to attend the Punjabi Haiku Forum meet. Brandi started doing Haiku long before he even knew about this world's shortest poem form.

Atta boys!
Lumps in the throat, glasses on many faces, and in many hands; nostalgia in the air, this was a very special event at Vaseela Resort near Chandigarh. Teachers who had left the maximum impact on their lives were honoured by Old Students of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala.

SPADE WORK Cut and dried It is like visiting a place and then recalling nostalgically the place visited. We decorate our gardens with all our might and then when they are at their best we want to keep the memory alive. But alas, the season is short-lived and the flowers go with the change of weather to be replaced with the new.

Colour BINDS With so many exotic colours making their entry into the car segment, picking up the right one has become one helluva job If only buying a car was so easy, a colleague of ours would have bought one, almost a year back. So, where is the hitch we question her. She has a good sponsor in the form of a husband, she knows which brand to buy. What is stopping you lady, we question her.

Small wonder
A tablet PC (iPad) is a cross between a notebook PC and a personal digital assistant (PDA). It's a flat panel, portable PC in the form of a slate. A user inputs data either by tapping the screen with a stylus or using the stylus to write directly on to the screen. The tablet PC can wirelessly connect to the Internet and other PCs, and is intended to provide the power of a notebook in hand-held form.

Hand-some
Sharp Business Systems (India) Limited, the Indian subsidiary for Sharp Corporation, the consumer electronics leader, has announced the entry into the fast-growing Indian handset market. At a launch event held in the city recently, Sharp unveiled its new range of handsets.

Tech edge
Though BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), based at Waterloo near here, has not commented on the development, Dell's decision to take nearly 25,000 of its employees off BlackBerry smart phones is another bad news for the Canadian icon.

Cody, the new robo nurse
Scientists have developed a robot that can help patients maintain personal hygiene without the need for a human nurse. Researchers at the Georgia Tech's Healthcare Robotics Lab have developed the robo-nurse, named Cody.

Print worthy
Digital technology leader, Samsung Electronics enhanced its printer line-up by launching the world's smallest laser multi-functional printer - SCX 3201 in the Indian market. The SCX 3201 encapsulates the Samsung business philosophy of bringing true value printers in the market.