Actor prepares
“I will have to cross the lanes, the potholes, lose my way and find it again, if I have to reach the highway. And then….I would jump into my Ferrari and drive at a ‘successful’ speed.” Before you mistake it as the new strategy coming from Formula One driver Lewis Hamiltons, this is a simple and a realistic take of an actor, who believes in finding his own path rather than treading on the one others have created. In Chandigarh for Punjabi International Film Academy Awards actor Aarya Babbar talks about the most passionate thing in his life, acting, and theatre and how growing up Bollywood is like, not to miss the his growing fan base in Punjab.



Up and about

n this case, there’s a storm before the lull and it feels just as odd as it sounds. Alumni meets are over, Christmas week is gone, New Year’s been rung in, now what? What next? Worst things first, it ends with a Monday beginning. Hold on! So what if the party’s come to an end, the New Year’s just begun! And there’s no dearth of ways to go about it. We give you a hundred and one reasons as to why you shouldn’t yet hit the post party blues. Opines Paljeev Johal, fashion entrepreneur, “Dragging yourself back to work or college is obviously tough after hard core partying. But I guess the vacuum dies down after a few hours.”

What an idea…
Sahil Kohli (in blue) alongwith the students of his company, XerocopyWhat Aristotle once said has today become the basis of the several business empires churning huge profits. Perhaps Sahil Kohli must not have thought this his one initiative with rake in enough moolah for him to convert his firm into a full fledged company. All of 19 years, Sahil Kohli, an electronics and communication student from Panjab Engineering College, and his team of six young enterprising friends have gotten together to innovate with photocopies.
Sahil Kohli (in blue) alongwith the students of his company, Xerocopy.

Most played songs…
Kylie Minogue’s hit single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head topped the tune of the Noughties on Saturday. The song bagged the maximum votes in a poll of the most-played songs of the past decade.

Stress Buster
Time to change
This is the New Year! Time for Resolutions! Time to bring about a change in our lives if we so desire. Goodbye to the stresses of the past year and venturing into a whole new era.

Changing landscapes
Painting her surroundings in myriad colours is what keeps Shashi Thakur going. A post graduate in painting, Shashi put her childhood hobby on hold for over a decade and half as she got busy raising family.
These is nothing to worry this year except for price and petrol hikes, terrorism, traffic jams, pollution...
looking forward : These is nothing to worry this year except for price and petrol hikes, terrorism, traffic jams, pollution...

Woollen fair
An exhibition of exquisite handloom products developed and produced under integrated Handloom Cluster Develeopment Scheme, Reckong Peo from Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) is on at Lajpat Rai Bhawan-15.

Star track
Fresh start
Bollywood break
Anne’s inspired by Hedy Lamarr
No PDA please!
Music, way to go!
All about love
Country affair for Britney
Mum's the word
Radcliffe’s learning
Supporting family

Chatter box

Astro turf

The year ahead





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