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Gift a surprise
You have fancy chocolate boxes occupying the centre place of your house; perfumed candles stacked over one another and dry fruit trays filling up the rest of the space. This scenario shrieks out loud for the need to pick up Diwali gifts that can not only be categorised in the 'gift-with-a-difference category, but also the ones that can be 'rotated'.
Lighting it up
Diwali celebrations are sacrosanct in India. Since Diwali stands for triumph of good over evil, it is also called the 'festival of lights'. Either traditionally or with a contemporary twist, youngsters demonstrate the trends in Diwali celebrations. Here's a
quick look at how Chandigarh-based youngsters are celebrating the festival this season.
New sheen
More than just being a metal to craft ornaments or a substitute for currency investment, gold in India enjoys a sociological significance. Two events explain it better - one of Kalyan Jewellers that opened its retail outlet in Mohali recently and the second of Godrej Safety solutions held in Chandigarh a few days back.
The former's business flourished in South India partly due to their marketing
strategy and partly because even middle-class families gift their daughters a
minimum of half-a-kg gold on wedding.
Write approach
Young India is writing and reading — is what one would like to believe if one goes by the sheer number of novels coming into the market by Indian authors. Increasingly, people from different professions are taking to writing.
Master Chef
Short and sweet
Diwali knocks at the door! We shop till we drop during the day, then out come the cards for "Teen-Patti" through the night, bringing us home, happy and satiated, irrespective of whether we were victorious or defeated! Festivals and food go hand in hand, so snacks and sweets get passed around as there were no tomorrow! Making sweets at home is not as formidable as it sounds.
A leaf out of history
The tragedy of the common people is what the play 1857 Ki Kahani Haryana Ki Zubani portrays. Directed by GS Channi, this play brings the old 'swang' tradition and contemporary techniques in theatre together.
Silk route
Kanwal Preet Brar, IAS special secretary Cooperation Chandigarh (Punjab), inaugurated the Silk Fab exhibition. The participants are from various state government bodies/apex societies, primarily handloom weavers societies. On display are muga silk from Assam, kantha from Bihar, kosa silk from Chhattishgarh, patola from Gujarat to name a few.
chatter box
Lending a helping hand
She might be the most tyrannical mom-in-law on Television but Diya Aur Baati's Bhabho (Neelu Waghela) is the most reliable friend one can have. Neelu had participated in Nach Baliye last season and is well-versed with the show's format and rules. Incidentally, Kanika Maheshwari who plays her daughter-in-law Meenakshi in the show is participating in Nach Baliye-6 and is super excited to groove on the stage with her businessman husband Ankur Ghai.
STAR TRACK
Pricey act
Buzz is that actress while Kareena Kapoor Khan was holidaying in Beirut where her husband Saif Ali Khan was shooting for a movie; she was offered to do a dance performance on the reality show Arab's Got Talent.
it’s rocking
This fox says a lot
Talk of making waves and Ylvis, Norwegian comedy duo, seems to have taken the international music industry by a storm with their song The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?), which is an electronic dance song and viral video. Ever since the video was posted on YouTube in September, it has received over 145
million views.
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