LOOKS matter
With more and more people visiting salons, the beauty industry sure is getting bigger and better
So, when was the last time you spent an entire day at a nice, swanky salon? "What are you talking about? Last time when we visited a saloon? Which age is this!" Samira Sidhu, a political science student from GCG, Sector-11, finds the question absolutely inane, as we are trying to nullify some gospel truth. "I visit a saloon twice a week. 

Munish Bajaj

Asmi Ahuja

NET work
Internet is a boon for mankind, especially for youngsters who are not only tweeting, blogging, chit-chatting, uploading their pictures on Facebook, but are also into the serious business of shaping a career with the help of these sites. Meet Eshan and Manit from our city, who are ready with their first single (Dil Ne Kaha) to be digitally uploaded on Facebook, YouTube and ibibo.com. 

Dream team 
"I loved working with Rituda. It was a wonderful experience. I loved being Binodini in his Chokher Bali. Even working with him in Raincoat was a brilliant experience. I am looking forward to experiencing it again. So far my schedules have not permitted," Aishwarya told reporters while addressing a promotional of Guzaarish. In Ghosh's Chokher Bali, Aishwarya played a young beautiful widow Binodini who falls in love with a married man Mahendra, played by Prosenjit Chatterjee. The film revolved around the characters of Binodini, Mahendra, Mahendra's wife Ashalata (Raima Sen). The film received the 2004 National Film Award for best feature film in Bengali.

Rising to the occasion 
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has pledged to donate his bone marrow to spread awareness on stem cell donation. Khan urged people to donate their bone marrow to save lives. "It's simple to donate bone marrow.

Food for thought
Sonam Kapoor lost oodles of weight before entering Bollywood, but her taste buds are still very active and she is busy binging on Goan food along with her Players co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh. And guess who is jealous? Abhishek Bachchan! The actors are shooting in Goa for their upcoming film Players, which is the remake of hit Hollywood movie The Italian Job that also stars Abhishek and Sikandar Kher. Sonam wrote on microblogging site Twitter: "Eaten so so much at Mum's Kitchen in Goa!! Nothing beats Goan food."

Show business
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow sported a racy avatar donning a sexy mini-kilt and knee-high boots for her performance on the hit US TV show 'Glee'.

Out of the Twilight zone
'Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has dismissed rumours about any tiff with Twilight star Robert Pattinson. As the leading men of two of America's most popular fantasy fiction series, the actors share a lot in common.

Break-free 
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli was forced to cut down his promotional tour of upcoming film Break Ke Baad in US and Britain after falling seriously ill.

Call off, Craig
Hollywood actor Daniel Craig is said to have called off his engagement to producer Satsuki Mitchell.

First in India
Indian fans might be ecstatic to know that the third in the Narnia series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, will release in India a week before its US screening.

Smooth walk
Pop princess Christina Aguilera has received her Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Aguilera, who launched her career nearly 20 years ago as part of The New Mickey Mouse Club, received the elite walk's 2,432nd star. In an interview, she called the honour 'pretty surreal'. The 29-year-old singer was still a teenager when she won her first Grammy in 1999, for best new artist and has collected three more in the years since.

Generation Bridge
Here is a family where melody binds three generations
In modern India music with its spontaneous and aesthetic appeal remains progressive and dynamic. Passing on the legacy of music to his disciple and daughter Sangeeta and her progeny Ragini and Nandini, violin wizard N Rajam's family boasts of a generation of talented violinists. Rajam incorporates vocal music and the ancient veena into her playing. Her yearning for self-development took her to the holy city of Benaras, where she embarked on a rigorous musical journey for fifteen years under the guidance of legendary singer Pundit Omkarnath Thakur of the renowned Gwalior Gharana. — Suresh Talwalkar with Savavni (left) and N Rajam with her family

Eye contact
An audio-visual presentation, Eye of the Architect, sub-titled Photographing Buildings & Beyond was delivered by Prof Rajnish Wattas at the Chandigarh College of Architecture on Tuesday. Addressing a packed hall of students, faculty and visitors attended the presentation, Wattas initially talked about the fundamental concepts of architectural photography. He emphasised that one did not need expensive cameras to do good photography, for this was more a pursuit of passion for the art form than merely technology; though it assists. 

All set
Luminarc's Carine Opal Dinnerware sets the new standard in elegantly chic. As far away from the mundane and commonplace as you can get, the range literally makes the dining table a canvas to display wonderful art.

Healing touch
Art here has another purpose that goes beyond a visual treat for the eyes. At times, art acts as a therapy for problems that medicines haven't been able to cure. For Kanwal Kundhal, art is a medicine and a way of life. A patient of chronic arthritis, she lost all hopes to lead a normal life after she became bed-ridden. "It was during that time that I had this strong urge to pick up a paint brush and play with colours. My will power helped me recover and take to the canvas." Now settled in Canada, Kanwal is in the city to put her collection of 40 artworks on display at the Punjab Kala Bhawan-16.

Joys of colour
In an effort to promote design as a career and hunt for budding designers in the region, Raffles Millennium International, Asia Pacific's premium Design Institute, organised a poster making competition at its Chandigarh campus. The competition was inaugurated by Sim Keng Lim, campus director, Raffles Millennium International, Chandigarh. More than 750 students from 45 schools across the region participated in this week-long competition which culminated on Tuesday.