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Sound of music
When Shubhendra Rao takes on the stage, his music strikes a chord with one’s soul. Born in a family where music reigned supreme, his father NR Rama Rao was a known sitar artiste and mother, Nagaratna, a trained Saraswati veena player. It is said that Shubhendra could sing before he could talk!

Shubhendra Rao interacts with the students of St Stephen’s

Catch them young

it’s rocking
City of joy
It doesn't hit you like a liquor shot but if you hear it more than once, the song grows on you. Priyanka Chopra's debut song In My City garnered the interest of none other than Will.I.Am and is backed by Universal. What more could she ask for?

Social calling
A genuine concern, a dream and a sincere wish to give back, all combined with a certain restlessness have contributed to the birth of the portal, Ludhiana Cares.com. The city, a burgeoning metropolis with the infrastructure trying to keep pace, naturally would have many concerns and what is beautiful is that the elite and the educated are applying their minds to it and taking many like-minded people into their fold.

A new palette
One doesn't have to closely observe Harinder Singh Boparai's sculpture to realise why his work won an award. Ganesha is no new subject for artists, but the medium he chose to give shape to the favourite mythological character has a novelty about it. Air filter of a car's bonnet has been used to give shape to the trunk of the God, fan wings make for the huge ears, fuel tank of a bike becomes the torso and wait, there is a navel in place also, which is the fuel inlet hole. As the neck accessory, a cycle chain has been wrapped around, summing up art of usual material and unusual thought process, which is on display at the rechristened Sobha Singh Art Gallery in the Punjab Kala Bhawan, along with 89 other works by artists from Punjab.

Wild outing
The cool and fresh pitter-patter rain falling on the mud stalls at Kalagram gives rise to a fresh fragrance. It is Thursday and the place is all geared to throw open the gates of the 4th Chandigrah National Crafts Mela starting from November 30 to December 9. A sizeable group is busy working on the different aspects on this mela. And right on the stage girls of the Bodo tribe from Assam are practising for the performance.

Chatter box

Star track

The year ahead

Astro turf