Lunch break at work? Get going!
It’s what we call lunch-hour activism. For those working, one hour of office break is just as precious as it’s personal. Nothing should stop you from making the most of it. Start by running away from the desk, leaving the desktop alone. There’s a lot one can pack into the break apart from the lunch. Opines Pallavi Sharma, former UBS student, “First of all, I move away from my computer, relax for a while and take a stroll.

What to do

‘Qawwali celebrates spirituality’
Qadir Niazi, in the city to perform for SPIC MACAY, talks about the correlation between music and other elements
Be it Bollywood music or the imported forms like Rock and Jazz, nothing can drive qawwali into oblivion. It’s for the simple fact that the music form has originated from Sufi shrines, which will be there till the world exists. “It’s important to understand the correlation between qawwali and spiritually, and even between qawwali and its popularity. Qawwali celebrates spirituality and with growing stress, people will resort to spiritually for relief. Thus, the music form will get popular,” explains Qadir Niazi.

Gem queen
Revivalist couture jewellery designer Roopa Vohra is in the city with her assorted line
Her creations are flaunted by the likes of Anushka Sharma, Madhuri Dixit, Chitrangada Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, but it’s for the first time that her hometown will get to see them. Roopa Vohra, revivalist couture jewellery designer, is in the city with her assorted collection.

Sunidhi loved singing with Enrique 
Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan, known for her versatility, has gone global and recorded a track with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. She termed the experience “great” but felt there is not much difference in song recording in India and abroad. “The experience was great. I have already recorded the song. Unfortunately, I can’t talk much about it. But it’s in the process and will be out very soon,” Sunidhi said. She and Enrique sang I Can Feel You, which has both Hindi and English lyrics. Sunidhi has also shot for a video with the Spanish singer for the song that is slated to be out this month.

Caterina to make Mumbai her home 
She is Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez's cousin and is all set to make a splash in Bollywood with an item number. Caterina Lopez loves being in Mumbai, is a Shah Rukh Khan fan, wants to learn Hindi and says she just might make India her second home.

No TV for Keira
Hollywood beauty Keira Knightley has banned TV in her house as she does not want to get addicted to reality shows. The Pirates of the Caribbean star prefers to read or sketch in her free time and is even considering to cut off her internet connection to make best use of her free time. "Do you know what it is? It's that I'm the laziest in the entire world. It's true. And stagnation is always really, really imminent.

The worst actor trophy for SRK
Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Aiswarya Rai are competing for the worst actor trophy at the 3rd annual Golden Kela awards, a spin off on Hollywood's Razzies.

Will Patiala House mark bullish turn for Akshay? 
After a disappointing last year when most of his films saw a bearish turn at the box-office, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is hoping that his first release of the year, cricket based family-drama Patiala House, witnesses a bullish trend in the movie business. The film is releasing on Friday. Directed by Nikhil Advani and jointly produced and distributed by Hari Om Productions, T-series and People Tree Films Credence Motion Pictures, Patiala House shows how difficult it is for a Sikh boy, played by Akshay, in a patriarchal set up to fulfil his dreams.

Technology: A boon for sports
We bet you haven’t limited the scope of technology to only Facebook, Twitter, defrost fridge, fully automatic washing machine, Bluetooth technology, to name a few. Sports…did someone ever spare a thought on how the live action on field is transmitted to your television sets? We agree, it is difficult to take your eyes of Sachin Tendulkar or Yuvraj Singh, but this time it’s about technology in sports. We get you a quick low down on certain things that assist in putting together the on field action and bringing it to our homes live.

Geek SPEAK
Transport your comp to a HDTV
We can carry out countless functions on a High definition TV (HDTV) - connect it to a laptop, play games, watch movies or surf the Internet. By displaying data and other contents of your laptop on a big screen, a lot of features get greatly enhanced.

Here comes Maybach
Mercedes-Benz celebrates its 125th anniversary and invention of the first automobile by its founders Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler by raising the bar of luxury motoring yet again. The iconic “Maybach” brand is launched in two top of the line variants - Maybach 57 S & Maybach 62. 

A camera that gives window to your mind
A team of doctors have written software that creates dynamic, real-time, three-dimensional colour movies of the brain. “We usually think of cameras as looking out at the world. This is a new kind of camera. It gives you a window on your mind,” the Globe and Mail quoted Mark Doidge, from Toronto, as saying.

Say it on G-chat! 
The search engine Google will tell you 10,000 ways of spending time in the office. G-chat might just figure as one of the ways, but it sure is one of the most used methods of spending time in the office. Most people, when asked what is the first thing they do when they reach office, candidly put across - log on to the Internet and open Gmail chat. Didn’t we tell you! In some offices, Facebook and Twitter is blocked (they don’t want their employees to be distracted at any cost) G-chat is the ‘beggars can’t be choosers commodity.’

Tune in
Darling, it’s fresh!
Darling….aankho se aakhan char karne do…Exactly what Sheila did for Tees Maar Khan and Munni did for Dabangg, Darling is doing for Saat Khoon Maaf. It's a fresh tune with undertones of Goan music and mischievous enough to build our curiosity in Vishal Bhardwaj's next flick. Youngsters who already have the number on their I-pods and cell phones give their ratings. The second on their list is favourite list this week is Patiala House track, Long ka Lashkara.

Designer cut
Exhibition to showcase work by women
Life in a designer's lane is always fashion forward and layered with multiple hues. City-based designer and event manager Rashmi Bindra is one such designer who has to her credit some 20-odd exhibitions. Adding another feather to her cap, she is now coming up with an all-women products exhibition on March 6 and 7 at Hotel Mountview. While the exhibition will also felicitate women achievers from the city she says, "It's all about an idea and my idea is to bring forward the work of women who have been working behind the curtains." A lifestyle exhibition, this will showcase stalls from some 50-55 people from cities like Jaipur, Calcutta, Mumbai and Delhi.

Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan with Mukesh Ambani and wife Neeta Amban, Shahrukh Khan with wife Gauri Khan, Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherjee pose at the wedding reception of Imran Khan & Avantika Malik in Mumbai on Saturday night. — PTI photo