Witch way to go
On Halloween's, here're some horror plans city folks have lined up
Oh my Devil, look at you, looking so witchy!' Thanks, do you like it? I went all the way to the countryside to get these claws. 'I thought of putting on red lenses but they were just not as scary.' I have a strong feeling; the guy behind that mask is as ghostly as the dead. She couldn't have looked an authentic witch without that black soot smeared around her eyes.

Bon Appetit
Curry-culum 

• Nilgiri korma of vegetables

• Paneer bagh-e-bahaar

Something fishy 
It's not just culinary etiquette to pair red wine with red meat and not fish, with a Japanese research team finding there is a scientific explanation. Researcher Takayuki Tamura and colleagues from the product development research laboratory of Japanese wine producer Mercian Corp have found that wine connoisseurs established the rule of thumb because of the flavour clash between red wine and fish. Until now, nobody could consistently predict which wines might trigger a fishy aftertaste because of the lack of knowledge about its cause.  

Theme for a dream
At 14, Rohin Bains, who plays young Mannu in film London Dreams, knows what he wants from life 
He is a busy guy. Promoting his latest movie, London Dreams, six-seven hours a day through Facebook and Twitter, discussing details and updates with his friends and acquaintances, giving interviews and posing for shutterbugs. He is just 14, but Rohin Bains is a very busy guy these days. Why? Playing the character of young Mannu

Fact & fiction
City-based Tishaa’s book Pink or Black goes into seventh edition
Fiction needn’t be fantasy always. It can be derived from reality and interspersed with some exaggeration to make it as good a read as popcorn genre. And that is how the character of Tiana, the protagonist of Tishaa Khosla’s maiden book, Pink or Black was written, “Tiana is a fictional character but the problem she faces, the identity crises she goes through is what almost every youngster deals with and that makes her character and storyline so real,” says Tishaa.

Act of love
A dream play is the one that offers an engrossing as well as meaningful entertainment and all that which should have meaning for life, the world and society that we live in. Driven by the belief the Yadvindra Public School (junior wing)- Mohali relied on the theatrical vision and potential of young thespian Zubin Mehta. The result was a mesmerising but didactic evolution of a play called The Last Leaf, based on a classic short story by O Henry, the American literary genius. The play was enacted by students of Class V of the school who performed like professional artistes.

Stage of growth
In city to shake up the people with his play IPTA’s Be-Libaas (Introduced by the Sufi foundation) to be staged at Tagore theatre on Saturday, Aziz Quraishi, the playwright shares that theatre has definitely come of age. “We can see a lot of regional theatre now. Watching a play is a subjective matter, but there is no dearth of good plays and actors.” No wanting to scrape much into the play, Aziz throws light on the plot of the play, which is based on man woman relationship. “We react to situations, and sometimes they are the real culprits. Be-Libaas too depicts how simple, social and morally defined relationships at workplace, neighbourhood and even home can get twisted and cross the traditional accepted boundaries.” Aziz adds, “Ninty per cent of the plays have a strong social message, and this one too is challenging in terms of subject and execution.”