So far, so good
A still from Jihne Mera Dil Luteya After a long, long time…finally we had the jatt leave his fields and move to Chandigarh on a gypsy, enrolled himself in a university, fought student elections and did some foreign locale romance. Finally, the jatti slipped into a designer wear, though she still ran around the trees, but this time these were the palm trees! Before you wonder who has done what, it is time to take a quick look on how well and bad the getting better Punjabi cinema fared in the year 2011.
A still from Jihne Mera Dil Luteya

Street wise
It's the season of parties and fine dining restaurants of the city are obviously busy churning out gastronomic delight for their elite customers. But, we decide to go the street way, featuring some well-known hubs in the tricity that offer some lip smacking dishes to whet the festive spirits of a common man. Generally chaat, channa bhatura, gol guppa, tikki samosa, pav bhaji are considered to be the street food varieties. Liberating themselves from the ala carte menu some International and national dishes have steeped into the arena of street food variety and well.

Monday is the day
Monday may indeed be the most effective day to reach people with health messages, a new study has found. According to a nationwide survey conducted by FGI Research for The Monday Campaigns, most of the people see Monday as the day for a fresh start: it's when they're most likely to quit smoking, start a diet or begin an exercise regimen.

Mutual admiration club

Stress buster
Let the party begin…
Party time! Aha! Now isn't that exciting. No matter how serious we might be as people, a good party is definitely a true 'Pick me Up' I have always felt that as stress accumulates we need to unwind by just letting our hair down. No need to get into complicated Stress Busting techniques if we have learnt the art of partying. Treat yourself to a New Years Bash to get the spirit going in you, it's a great time of the Year to burn away the last year's stresses and bring in the New Year with a whole new and fresh perspective.

Complicated matters
Men who struggle with new complicated Christmas gadgets feel twice more reluctant than women when it comes to asking for help to understand the basic operating instructions of the device, a new study has revealed. They will either fume, swear, sulk or they will blame their new smartphone, iPad, games console or sat nav and say it does not work.

Star Track
Congratulations and celebrations!
Renowned South cine and celebrity couple Dhanush and Aishwarya of the Kolaveri di fame celebrated their platinum day of love by exchanging platinum love bands of a certain collection at a jewellery store in Chennai.

Chatter box
Aman loves being bad
Talented actor Aman Verma will be soon essaying an interesting character in Zee TV’s hit prime time show Chhoti Bahu. Aman has been roped in to play the role of an Asur (demon) and he will prove to be a formidable opponent against Lord Krishna’s Godly powers. The current track in the serial has been well received by viewers and Aman Verma’s powerful entry will surely add an interesting angle to the story.

Astro turf

The year ahead

 

Find traditional ware at Gurjari on at Lajpat Rai Bhawav-15. On till December 28
(Left) City mood: Find traditional ware at Gurjari on at Lajpat Rai Bhawav-15. On till December 28; and
(Right) Christmascake: Winter carnival at Parade Ground-17 had 101 feet cake for Christmas Celebrations on Sunday.





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