Snarl-up in holy city
Maddening. The word sums up the unregulated traffic movement and haphazard parking on the roads of the holy city. And this holds true, for not just the narrow lanes of the walled city, traffic bottlenecks have become a common sight on the once-spacious outer roads as well.

Award for Sehgal again
For Puneet Sehgal, 40, getting an All India Radio national award has become an annual routine for the past 13 years. Zeal to inform and educate youth drives this programme executive at AIR, Jalandhar, to create colourful programmes.

Puneet Sehgal

Sudhir’s responsible touch

Although his characters give an emotional touch to the tele-serials but he has some strong advises for film or serial directors and producers. A veteran actor, Sudhir Pandey, says keeping in mind the impact a film or serial leaves on the audience, these art forms should be handled more responsibly. Sudhir Pandey and Nandita Puri during the launch of tele-serial ‘Maayka’ in Amritsar. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

Life goes to seed in urban walls
Along with the increase in poverty, the fast pace urbanisation is affecting the quality of life drastically, said Dr K.L. Sharma, a former vice-chancellor, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, during the two-day national seminar on ‘Quality of life in urbanising world’.

World Cup in flying colours: (Right) Cricket fans show their kites with images of favourite players; Kite-maker Jagmohan Kanojia flies his creation. — Photos by Rajiv Sharma

In love with thorny beauties
Ridiculing the belief of Vaastu Shastra that professes against keeping cacti in homes, Manjit Kumar Uppal has been keeping up his obsession for the thorny plants with earnest zeal for the past many years.