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Holi Bol!
It’s Chinese style Holi out there! From water bombs (water balloons) to water guns (pichkaris), it’s stuff from China that has flooded the markets. The only thing Indian perhaps is our desi gulal and of course, our unabated spirit. So lets talk of colours first. These colours may not be made out of flowers, but then, they claim to be herbal, aromatic, and safe. A Rangeela pack with a choice of three colours is priced at Rs 40 and claims to be made with food grade colours. The roadside stalls offer loose herbal colours in 200 gm for Rs 10 and 400 gm for Rs 20. Other local brands (Parinda, Lattmar, Rang Tarang) with weird names and weirder pictures of Bollywood celebs atop offer pakka or permanent colours. A box of colour paste tubes from Cock is a fresh entrant. This non-herbal tube box is for Rs 150. The colours are no longer limited to yellows, greens or reds. — there is turquoise, sea green, golden yellow, baby pink and more. Also available are chandan colours for Rs 20 each. Now, this one is for those who know how to aim it right. Pick up packets with 120 balloons for just Rs 40 from any city shop and fill these up with water and a colour capsule. Making the process of filling up easy and quick is a nozzle in the pack, which can fit in any kind of tap or pichkari. As for the colour capsule, it dissolves in the water lending it colour. A pack of ten of these capsules comes for Rs 10. Talk pichkaris oops water guns, and its technology, caricatures and colours that rule. The last year’s hit pressure gun with a fancy tank is back in gaudy colours, interesting shapes and huger capacity. There is trishool, gadda, bat-ball, tortoise, frog, and more. A few of the pichkaris come with an air pump that has to be pushed to spray colours. A three-litre tank with a transparent pipe falls between Rs 20 and Rs 350, a 10-litre yank costs Rs 500. Or you can pick pichkaris sans tank in shapes like robots, racer cars, Spiderman, Pokeman and more. Looking for more mischievous stuff, then head to Jewels–11. How about a magic towel? Offer this paper napkin look alike to your buddy and watch his face take different colours as he wipes his face with it. It is priced at Rs 25 a piece. Or how about plain white plastic glasses (Rs 10 each)? Fill them up with plain water and watch it take colour. How about a snowy Holi? Yes, the snow that you used to spray on birthdays has transformed into colourful snow/ribbons/sprinkle. A tin can/bottle of the coloured snow comes anywhere between Rs 45 and Rs 179. What’s more, besides the colour they carry a different fragrance too or simply pick up a bubble bottle from Dewsuns-11. So, get ready, spot your prey, and dare him with all this colourful ammunition! |
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Suji or khoya, gujiya is the ruling mithai. Rich in dry fruits and drenched in ghee, it comes at anywhere between Rs 100 and Rs 150 a kg. Kaju, kishmish, badam and nariyal add to its richness . At Gopals-8 besides plain gujiya, there is kesar gujiya too. So what else sells on Holi? “Chhenamurgi and chotte rasgulle,” tells Neeraj Bajaj of Sindhi Sweets-17. The other must try here is Sindhi Special Samosa — a sweet crispy samosa of maida with dryfruit stuffing.The Sindhi jaleb, a larger form of jalebi is another attraction.
Holi yeah! WANT to give a western touch to desi Holi? Nik Bakers has whipped up cakes and breads for the occasion. The multi-hued cakes even carry a symbolic bhang leaf (Rs 700 a kg). Then there are breads and buns, in rainbow colours (Rs 20 to Rs 30).
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Art of Architecture
TO what extent is it possible to ‘see’ and understand another culture? If Berlin-based artist Maja Weyermann’s 3-D computer simulations at Panjab University’s Fine Arts Gallery are anything to go by, it is possible. Of course, one has to have Maja’s keen eye and dedication to get to the root of things.
Maja, an artist, had nothing to do with architecture till she came to Chandigarh in 2006 and fell in love with Le Corbusier’s baby — because she could relate to the city’s “European feel but distinct Indianness”. “In the first phase I took a cross section of buildings and recreated their 3-D computer simulations to capture the essence of the city,” she explains. In her frames, light and perspective within the virtual spaces have been expertly altered. So, the familiar Government Museum and Art Gallery’s library looks quite bright and happening. And while an ordinary house speaks the language of culture, Capitol Complex and College of Architecture come with an all-new feeling. Maja’s project is not over yet. She wants to supplement her visual feat with a booklet that will have excerpt from interviews with architects, town planners and residents. “I could have done my series on old havelis, which are a fine specimen of Indian architecture. But India is changing and I wanted to capture the face of modern India and this being a hybrid city provides me with the perfect setting,” she adds. The exhibition is being organised by Swiss Arts Council, German Arts Council and Panjab University. On till March 28 |
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Nightingale from the hills
‘Coming events cast their shadows before,’ veritably applies to the prodigious singing sensation Seema, who sang her way into the Limca Book of Records in 1994, even before entering her teens. This was when she bagged the coveted ‘A’ grade from the All-India Radio in vocal. Her versatility came to fore when she cut a gramophone disc for HMV at 17. Credited with a dozen albums, renditions of Sufi music, Shiv Batalvi, Amrtita Pritam, folk and playback in films like Pardesi Babu, she’s now working on poet Akbar Allahabadi
Her litterateur father Yash Sharma and her poet husband Anil Sehgal had a profound influence on her. In city on the invitation of Pracheen Kala Kendra, this Mumbai-based singer shares her views on contemporary music, especially ghazal. Acclaimed as the only singer of her times to propagate ghazal gayaki in true sprit, Seema says if its literary aspect is taken into consideration, it’s the ultimate in lyrical expression. “I have translated qalaams of many poets into English and distribute them to the audience before my concerts. Surprisingly in my 500 concerts in India and abroad, even foreigners, Tamils and Gujratis relished my poetry. I feel privileged having dedicated my solo concerts to the likes of Mirza Ghalib, Meer Taqi Meer, Allama Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bashir Badr and Ali Sardar Jafri.” Commenting on the dearth of ghazal singers after legends Jagjit Singh and Mehdi Hasan, she opines a collaborated contribution by the media and ghazal aficionados can encourage budding singers and writers. She says it is Jaffery Saheb who inspired her into composing music and lending her voice for Sarhad, the first-ever album devoted to the work of this legendry Urdu poet. Ask her the most memorable moment of her life and she recalls with pride “The time when former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee offered Sarhad to his Pakistani counterpart in February 1999.” |
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Till 5 p.m. do us part!
Rajiv is looking out his window, cradling the telephone in the crook of his neck. “You’re the best,” he breathes into the mouthpiece in a soft purr. “I’d be lost without you. Ok then, see you tomorrow.” He hangs up the phone and turns ... to his family. Rajiv, a Gen-Y corporate honcho, is on leave from office. And those sweet, soothing words were meant for Gitika, not his wife but his workmate. The woman he shares his office cubicle and responsibilities with. They fight over who would make coffee in the morning (it’s usually her). She yells at him for eating too many French fries for breakfast (it’s bad for his cholesterol). He affectionately calls her Giti. She calls him up at 7:40 every morning to discuss the day ahead.
Till recently, they were ‘married to their jobs’. Now, they’ve moved ahead. And that’s not just on their career graph. Today, they are ‘married on the job’. In fact, lately that office cubicle where they spend around 8-10 hours a day, is filled with some kind of electrical charge. There’s a lot of energy in the air, and some bubbling of endorphins involved. For, ‘they’ve’ become the best of buddies. They tell each other everything. They depend on each other. They are intimate in an intellectual way and beyond. Welcome to the breezy-heady world of ‘office- romance’. Not made of teddies, cards and red roses, but nontheless, powerful, stormy and yup…practical. No more a phenomenon confined to the metros, workplace ‘spousing’ in city too has surged in the last couple of years. What has led to a spurt in the trend and where is heading to? We find out: The trend of office spouses is really catching up, in part, because it offers immediate intimacy without commitment. Reasons Sushant, working with a Mohali-based BPO, “With a work spouse, you know each other’s favorite food, gripe about co-workers, confide about personal issues, and support each other during good and bad times.” So where lies the difference? There’s no canoodling here,” chips this 28-year-old, asserting, “However, despite its platonic nature, the bond remains very strong for today’s workaholic generation.” Elaborates media professional Sarika Sikand (name changed on request), “With our generation hooked to our offices for long hours, it’s essential to bond with a co-worker. However, though these friendships begin with work related issues, they mostly move on to non-work-related issues too.” Like, Sarika recently consulted her ‘office spouse’ when deciding whether or not to get in touch with her estranged sister. Reasons Vinay Sharma, manager with a city-based advertising agency, “Increasing work pressure making married couples too tired for intimacy anyway, maybe offices are fast becoming the breeding ground for romances.” Luckily, Vinay was a bachelor when he met his wife Iti at office. Love blossomed and the couple tied the knot. But what happens when any one of these office spouses actually have another, real world spouse? Warns psychologist Neera Bindra, “While it’s a relief to have an emotional outlet for the stress that accumulates during the long hours you spend at the workplace, office spouse relationships can bring love, lust — and lots of headaches.” But what about the studies that have actually shown that workplaces with higher ‘fun quotients’ have lower health-care costs, higher productivity and improved morale? Answers psychiatrist Vani Kher, “Initially, having a pseudo-wife or pseudo-husband at work may make you happier with your job and even improve your chances for promotions and raises. However, if romance pops up between the involved parties, consequences are dangerous. There can be a lot of stress and guilt.” So how can the situation be averted? “As more women are finding themselves on equal footing with their male counterparts, this new workplace phenomenon of the office spouse is emerging. It can’t be stopped. After all, with the amount of time we spend at work it’s not unusual to become close — if not intimate — with our colleagues. However, corporate couples should be bound by mutual respect, share common interests and have that particular chemistry of friendship. Any kind of romantic involvement should be avoided, as it can lead to problems on both personal and professional front.” |
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Carpets contemporaire
From cutting-edge ones to compliment your chic clean-lined furniture to traditional Persian and Kashmiri handwovens. While the hand-woven variety in silk and wool are perfect to woo your décor with a classy touch, the synthetic, machine-woven ones in nylon, polypropylene, polyster and acrylic are more practicable. Fab India-9 stocks rugs (Rs 200-20,000!) and runners (Rs 600-4,000) in cotton, jute, wool, moonj and san in different sizes and colours. Prints range from kalamkari to stripes, checks and spirals. Equally zestful is the variety at Handloom House-17. Interesting picks are cotton and jute durries in bubble-gum pinks, hot fuchsias and bizarre blues. They flaunt geometrical prints, abstracts and bold stripes. There are lil’ cotton aasans for poojas and yoga . The range here is affordable, falling between Rs 86 and Rs 800. If looking for a perfect bedside rug, check out Krishna International- 17. While the synthetic ones come in rayon ( Rs 900-2,800), hand-knotted ones are in wool and silks (Rs 4,000-12,000). Designs range from traditional Persian and Kashmiri (think maple leaves and Chinar, the tree of life) to tribal motifs, animal prints and abstracts. For those who’d like to step on nothing but sheer soft luxury, there are fluffy shag rugs in nylon, silk, cotton, wool, linen, angora and even leather. At Floor and Furnishings, the hottest picks are leather shaggy rugs (Rs 5,000-15,000) in earthy colours. |
When Madhur Kapila had read out her short story Sukhobai Ka Soch in a literary session sometime back, it created quite a furor for her bold attempt to portray a socially marginalised woman who had the courage and conviction to live her dreams. The writer has not lost her spunk. For, her latest short stories collection Ek Mukadama Aur bring fore quite a few such characters who can rightfully be called ‘women of today’ — courageous and someone who knows her own mind. The collection has about 17 stories, all with women protagonists. They come in different shades of character, sometimes strong like Mumu known for her unwillingness to tie herself down to any man for long (Behna Nadi Ki Tarah) and not afraid to call a spade a spade or sometime self-obsessed Simone (Sapno Ka Swar Mandal) for whom when it comes to make a choice between career and having a child, its her career that comes first. And in-between we find the Kali Ladki Rabia who taunts her family for attempts to make her fair or the child artiste Saba who loses her sanity at the alter of her mother’s greed. And of course, maid Sukhobai who goes ahead with her decision to have a child by her hi-society lover and gets her son his birthright at the end. Essayed sensitivity, these characters show Kapila has a good grasp over the movements in society, which she has captured with an engaging narration. She does not believe in making her characters larger than life, nor overshadow them with her literary expertise. She weaves her plot with straightforward dialogues and follows her characters without being judgmental and hence leaving the reader to draw his or her own conclusion. The book is being published by Sheelalekh Prakashan, Delhi. — P. R.
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Sidelanes
NINETEEN eightyseven -- the year is a black one in the annals of past memory. Nauseated, pale, tired, I went to Bombay to revive sagging spirits. The sickness: A third pregnancy at the age of 44. Overly sensitive to the surroundings, I smelt fish on every wafting breeze, retched over anything that was vaguely limegreen and hung over the basin after biting into a pea. The family could not bear looking at a sullen, droopy mug surrounded by dull, dank shoulder length hair and pushed me into an elite salon. Three hours later I emerged with a halo of tight, African curls. When I ran a comb through, most of the chemicalled fuzz fell into my hands. “Why did you not tell us you were pregnant?” The woman was justifiably annoyed. I went home looking like a chicken that had survived the Tsunami.
At Chandigarh, I won a bingo prize through one of the dailies. This led me to Tress Lounge -- a beautiful place for “with it” people. The main attraction is a unisex salon. Equal numbers of men and women are ministered to by a corresponding number of boys and girls. After 21 years into an unsuccessful foray into the world of ringlets and kinks, I decided to treat myself to an expensive makeover. I nervously recited past histories and hirsute failures. Sanjay, the smiling artist, trained at Singapore, assured me it would all be a piece of cake. He handed me over to Rakesh, who fluffed the locks that sank again like the flattest beer. He said nothing but smiled gently at a widening bald patch. “Just give me two and a half hours,” he assured me. Whatever followed is straight from the torture chambers of the Spanish Inquisition. Rakesh papered, pulled, rubber-banded and lotioned around fifty wooden spindles onto my head. Time taken: An hour and a half! After wrapping approximately ten hair at a time, my nut was on fire. To hide all offending, manic bits and pieces, he gently covered my porcupine skull with a huge towel and offered me coffee as a palliative. I closed my eyes and meditated to ease the pain. Just when the headache was under minimal control, Rakesh opened a single curl to see if there was some zing. It lay in his hand like last night’s over-boiled noodle. He shook his head and asked his helper Aman to dab on more solution. I was given another cup of coffee followed by fruit juice. Aman massaged my neck and shoulders and assured me that the pressure applied would ease the headache. Four hours into excruciating misery, Rakesh tested the noodles and found enough spirals to satisfy him. New hairdo and all, I met the family at the door. There was a stunned silence. When friends came to visit they asked if I’d touched a live wire as my hair was standing on end. An Afro-American wanted to know if I was of mixed parentage. Only when I went for a trim four days later to settle Khosla ka Ghosla did I and those who beheld me realise that I was one of the “beautiful people,” in every respect. I feel revitalised and different. The “before and after” pictures are perfect. Stelli Minelli, our golden spaniel, is sitting in my lap. My friends say she looks just like me. Rakesh has called me for a repeat three months from now. I’ll go through the fires of hell again as I like the new look. Thank you Rakesh, Aman and Tress Lounge! (This column appears weekly) |
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Workaholic Kim!
So what do you play in Money Hai…? “It’s a romantic comedy and I play a typical girlfriend,” she says. And what else is the honey up to? “ I am shooting for Loot with Govinda, Sunil Shetty and Nemo,” she tells. But that’s not the surprise! The surprise will be in Boomerang, where she’ll be seen performing stunts. Inspired by Charlies Angel, here she’ll screen space with buddy Amrita Arora. Besides work, she also wants to do her bit for her love for animals. “I’ll reveal the plans very soon,” she says. The animal lover has a 2 ½ year old bitch called Sawana as a pet. And what’s this obsession with statues of Lord Buddha? “I keep collecting them wherever I go and have around two dozen of these already,” she tells. Ask her why? “They stand for peace, enlightenment and compassion,” she says. And do we see her in the city soon? “Why not, sure. There is so much I need to see in Chandigarh,” pat comes the reply. No, she doesn’t mean Yuvraj, instead she means Rock Garden and Rose Garden. “I’ve heard so much about these two spots but never got a chance to visit them,” she laments. Plus, she admires the cleanliness and planned nature of the city too. But, there’s time for that, for at present it’s work that’s the priority! We wish her luck.
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Little Interview They may be the men in white, but Abbas-Mustan have a penchant for dark films. The soft-spoken director duo’s ready with their next racy edge-of-the-seat thriller — Race. They’ve already proved their mastery over thrillers genre and have a reputation of not typecasting their stars and extracting powerful performances from them. In an interview to the Lifestyle, the director duo talks about their film Race, set in the fabulous locales of South Africa. n What is your film Race all about? It is a taut, thrilling, fast paced and gripping film about betrayal, greed, intrigue and revenge. n
You think Race will help you to get the top slot? Yes, this film will definitely give us a top position because it is a perfect thriller. n
Your film has a lot of highflying action? Yes, it has many well picturised action scenes by director Allan Amin. n
Considering your stupendous success, you have maintained a low profile? We are firm believer in karma. We speak through our films. The only thing that matters is work. We try to fulfill the expectations of the audience. n
Do the big budgets add extra pressure? No, because we are sure what we are going to make is not a routine film. — Dharam Pal |
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Youth speak
THOUGH the 2008 budget does talk of allotment of Rs 28,702 crore for education, the amount put aside for higher education is less than a third of this. Students of today will shape the India of tomorrow, so it is the duty of the government to provide them with quality higher education. For at present there are only limited superior education opportunities.
Many insist on giving SAT rather than AIEEE or entrance exams of regional institutes.Only a minority of students manage to make it to premiere institutes like IIT. But what about the unfortunate lakhs who have no choice but to settle for intermediary institutes? Though the government has promised a few more institutes , but the question is are these enough for the umpteen ignited minds. The government does not have much to boast of in terms of world class technical institutes. It is in fact the private players who are fast emerging.Government of a country of over 1.2 billion people, obviously cannot cope with the countless demands of its people, but it certainly can help the hundred thousands of youth who wish to change the dynamics of current India. Feel strongly about something? If you are under 25, this is the forum for you. Mail us your views in not more than 300 words along with a passport photograph at lifestyletribune@gmail.com
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Troubled times again!
SINGER Britney Spears has had to give up some of her cars to her dad, who plans to dispose of them permanently. Her father James Spears was granted power by the court on March 17 to “sell or dispose of” an untold number of her seven cars. Reason the maintenance of the fleet of vehicles was too expensive. Among the cars are two white Mercedes (a SL65 and a CLK350), a white Mini Cooper convertible, and a black Audi.
— ANI
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New releases
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil
Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Sameera Reddy RACE is the story of two brothers – Ranvir Singh (Saif) and Rajeev Singh (Akshaye), who live on the edge of life. Their business is horse racing. Winning is their habit and danger is their sport. Set against the high-flying social fabric of modern South Africa, the film is about betrayal and greed, intrigue and revenge. Even love comes laced with a motive. The stakes are too high. Double them and you have the perfect ground for a perfect murder. That is exactly what happens – a murder is committed, a contract killing is issued, double crossings become the order of the day, betrayals are executed at the blink of an eye, and a point comes where you cannot pick the good from the bad, the evil from the righteous and the tame from the wild. Who was the game? Who held the strings? The glamourous model Sonia (Bipasha) whom Ranvir loved, or the beautiful personal secretary Sophia (Katrina) who loved and adored Ranvir? The sudden appearance of detective Robert D Costa (Anil Kapoor), a flamboyant police detective who lives by his wits, provides the film with witty humor and a very intriguing murder investigation. His dumb but sexy assistant Mini deepens the plot and the story starts to move at a breakneck speed, full of unexpected twists and turns making the climax of the movie impossible to predict. A back drop of horse racing, the beautiful locales of Durban and edge of the seat excitement are the crux of Race. With the brothers pitched against each other, who will win? The one who plays to win or the one who plays to defeat? Showing at: Fun Republic, Batra, KC (Pkl)
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Health Tip
Tennis elbow is an injury of the muscles and tendons on the outside of elbow joint that results from overuse or repetitive stress. Tennis players suffer this agony due to flawed technique. Lifting heavy weights, squeezing clothes, using screwdriver and turning keys can also cause tennis elbow. The problem is characterised by pain and stiffness on the outer side of elbow joint and difficulty in holding, pinching and gripping
objects. Treatment
Avoid activities that aggravate the injury like carrying heavy bags or opening tight taps. Ultrasound with deep friction massage is effective. Placing the elbow band two fingerbreadths distal to the painful area also helps. Injection steroid at the site of the tendon reduces inflammation. Exercises
Rehabilitation should be started immediately with stretching, finger extension (spread fingers placing a rubber band around fingertips), ball squeeze (squeeze placing rubber ball in palm) and reverse wrist curls (grasp a stretch band in hand and curl the band up-wards at the wrist and then return back). — Dr Ravinder Chadha
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Tarot talk
ARIES: The Priestess reveals your imagination this week. You would be intrigued by everything that is fanciful and mysterious. Sensitive subjects appeal to your senses. You would be open to new ideas, however don’t put your trust in the hands of negligent people. Socialise selectively. TAURUS: The Princess of Pentacles reveals that emotions and intuitiveness will be the focus. Some of you may be bothered about certain relationships, it’s better to discuss, but don’t argue. Professionally, there is growth on the cards. Financial matters will need
revising. GEMINI: The Five of Wands advice that legal cases should be left for next week. Putting your money into the stock market would not be a viable. Travelling for business brings results. Health concerns should not be ignored. CANCER: You draw the Seven of Swords. Your confidence would have a positive affect on your social life. Relationships would be fulfilling. Married Cancerians need to be flexible. There may be travelling for many of you. LEO: The Knight of Discs Goal predicts a week of taking decisions. Don’t be rigid at work. If planning a career change, think carefully. In matters relating to law, money or health, trust the advice of an expert. VIRGO: Your card The Princess of Cups says your energy would be high and you would take on additional tasks. Be discreet and sensitive at work. There may be changes on the personal front. Finances may be a concern. Virgo women working with charities should be wary of an undependable colleague. LIBRA: The Hanged Man shows contemplation on a particular life issue. Students to double their academic efforts. Housewives may be burdened by guests. Businesswomen would receive praise for their work. Professionally, take up any opportunity that comes your way. SCORPIO: The Nine of Cups says you would concentrate on improving family situation. Pending tasks would be taken care off. You would be full of energy and meet new people. At work, communication skills would come to the fore. You may splurge a bit this weekend. SAGITTARIUS: Justice says professionally, you may have to be extra careful. Give your best to the assigned tasks. Romance would blossom. Favourable week for sports and outdoor activities. Older Sagittarians should not exhaust themselves. Capricorn: The karmic Wheel of Fortune turns in your favour. Some of you may take interest in social work, others may help family and friends. You would be strong and energetic and also make profits. Aquarius: The Five of Pentacles prompt you to introspect closely. Some of you may use this week to be on your own. The presence of the full moon would place focus on elements of security. Business people and those planning to buy or sell property would have a productive week. Housewives would plan redecoration of home and children would need to work doubly hard. PISCES: The Sun shows it would be a week in which you’ll handle difficult jobs. Professionals would find superiors helpful. Students need to develop their creative abilities. Financially, you may receive rewards. |
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SUNNY yellow, sacred orange, pretty pink, vibrant blue, shocking red, and cheerful green. Yes, it’s that time of the year again when the mischievous ‘you’ eagerly awaits a prey to drench him down and right. Heaps of colours at street side shacks, kids’ brigade all attentive with their pichkaris, buckets full of colourful water, and loads of water balloons eager to hit the bull’s eye — the city is draped in swirls of colours. And in case you haven’t ventured out yet, then here’s where to get your dose of colour.
HOW can a splash of colours be complete without a bite into desi ghee delights? The colour carnival brings with it many melt-in-the-mouth traditional temptations. Mithai enthusiasts read on.
At Goapls-8, you can choose from long latta balushahi, sweet samosa and chandrakala. Prepared with maida, khoya, dry fruit and ghee, these come in different shapes. Chandrakala, is moon shaped and the long latah looks like a knotted gujiya. Adorned with vark (silver sheets) these can be gifted in creative boxes, baskets or trays too. Though, best would be to display these on a simple tray and bite into them as a part of your
Holi hungama!
“Buildings alone do not make a city. I am interested in culture and this is what I am trying to catch in city offices, homes and streets,” she says. And Maja could not have found a better place to carry out her project. 
The heat is on. The sun is shining it’s sizzling best and we’re already in the summer-protection-preparation mode – getting AC’s repaired,coolers re-fitted, and buying sun-blocks. With all this happening, don’t we wanna spruce up our floors? Though it’s the clean and bare look that looks best in summer floors, at times bare gets bland. So spread a chic rug ala durrie on the floor and see a riot of colours and textures peppered on your floor. Here’s rolling out for you the spread of rugs available aroundtown.
SHE came, she saw and she vanished. And then she appeared from time to time, courtesy Yuvraj Singh. That’s Kim Sharma, for you. The sizzling, yet innocent Sanjana of Mohabbatein, who is once again on Page 3. Nope, this has nothing to do with rumours of Yuvraj dating Raima Sen, rather it’s just about Kim, her work and work only. The cutie will now be seen opposite Aftab Shivdisani in Money Hai Tu Honey Hai. We spoke to Kim on her work, of course.