Long live Facebook!
The news of Facebook shutting down is a hoax. So, why not log on to your favourite website? 
Who would want to bid farewell to Facebook? Long-suffering parents and other authority figures for sure, and for a while it seemed that they might have their way. To the tremendous relief of millions of users worldwide, the “news” about the demise of Facebook was ‘greatly exaggerated.” While some wallowed in misery at the very thought of losing their favourite social networking site, others deftly checked on the Internet and found out that the story was a hoax.

Punjabi tadka at Jaipur Fest
Bulleh Shah’s kaafis, pages from Sikh history, Sant Ram Udasi’s songs sung by Dalit icon Bant Singh and more from both sides of the border go into giving a fine representation to the land of five rivers
Baba Bulleh Shah (1680 to 1757), one of the best-loved Sufi poets of Punjab, gets the pride of place on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival (January 21 to 25) with a presentation written by Christopher Shackle on the experience of translating the kaafis of the poet. Shackle, former Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures of South Asia in the University of London, is an expert of Siraki dialect of the Punjabi language and had earlier worked on the poetry of Khwaja Ghulam Farid. He was asked to especially to do a volume on the poetry of Bulleh Shah for the Murthy Classical Library of Indian Literature. 

Freaky comeback?
Madhuri Dixit is considering getting into Bollywood again
Actor Madhuri Dixit, currently judging a dance reality show on TV, is eyeing Bollywood once again and is ready to play any meaningful role regardless of its age. The popular star of 1980s and 90s said she is seriously thinking whether to accept the role of mother to actor Sonam Kapoor in the Hindi remake of Freaky Friday. The movie is slated to be made by her long-time co-star Anil Kapoor's home production.

Voice over
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr is all set to lend his voice to the character of a genius dog in a new animated film.

Lock-lustre 
Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston thinks that the haircut sported by her character Rachel in the hit sitcom Friends during the 90s was "ugly". The 41-year-old actor, who sported a bouffant-style layered cut done by friend Chris McMillan in 1994, thinks it was the "ugliest haircut ever". "I love Chris but he's the bane of my existence because he started that damn 'Rachel', which was not my best look. How do I say this? I think it was the ugliest haircut I've ever seen," said Aniston. The blonde beauty confesses she has since got better at styling her own hair, and now will blow-dry her locks herself instead of letting Chris do it for her.

COUPLE of solutions
Love thy partner and fight too!
Have a glass of water, count till 10, focus on your breath - heard of hundreds of techniques to control temper? Well, a recent study offers just the opposite. Mad at spouse? Shout. It makes marriages better!

Beauty can be bought!
Rakhi Sawant's comment 'Jo bhagwan nahi deta woh doctor deta hai' made every female go white in the face. After all how many of us would want to visit a doctor for that perfect look? On the contrary, when the market is flooded with products that can help you get that 'fake' look, why bother! The definition of beauty is no longer the same; women are redefining the meaning through all add-ons possible.

Adieu acne
Pimples? Blackheads? Imperfection marks? The battle against acne finally comes to an end. Garnier launches Pure Active – a new generation of concentrated formulas that serve as an efficient solution for acne prone skin.

Brush with paint
Abstract art is more about understanding, about perceptions, about forms assuming shapes and about meanings you assign to them. Artist Prabhinder Lall's works are as much about the architecture as about the abstract.

Inspired strokes
Vrinda Aggarwal’s exhibition on at the Punjab Kala Bhawan
Art may be an extravagant display of one's talent for some, while for others it may be an expression of emotions on the canvas. Nevertheless, creative process is more of a subconscious act rather than a deliberate one," says Vrinda Aggarwal, student of Art Institute of Chicago, at her painting exhibition titled 'Erosion' at the Punjab Kala Bhawan.

Merchant of cricket 
Former cricketer Madan Lal was in Zirakpur to launch the merchandise for the World Cup 
This is Team India's best chance of winning the World Cup and you have to believe the claim when it comes from someone who contributed to the win in 1983. Madan Lal, who was in Zirakpur to launch the merchandise of World Cup at Big Bazaar, has enough reasons to support his stand, "All players are in form. Since the world cup is in the subcontinent, support from the home crowd and understanding of pitches will be an advantage." One obvious difference he sees between the cricket of his time and now is the magnanimity of the game.