Chak
De Chandigarh
Reel coach
Shahrukh has ignited their imagination & the Chak De song
is the city women hockey team’s newest anthem
Purva Grover
Time: 4 a.m.
Date: One of the 365 days
Venue: Sector 18 stadium
16 girls, 10 rounds of the ground, 50 push-ups, 20 minutes of
stepping and stretching, 60 minutes of kicking, stopping and
passing, 22 hours a day.And then the battle begins. Friends turn
to foes. A warm hug into a shove. Several scoops, flicks, pushes,
hits and centre passes later, the women in blue are just getting
started.So, while girls their age indulge in aroma facials,
manicures and designer outfits, the idea of falling flat on the
ground saving or scoring a goal is what keeps them going.
Our reel girls in Chak De
Captain,
Team India
All
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Glow
Green
Greenpeace and UT
Administration vs Edison’s bulb
Parbina Rashid
The
dream-like ambience of your
living room, illuminated by a string of strategically fitted
electric bulbs, will not prick your conscience any more. All you
have to do is replace them with compact fluorescent lamps, commonly
know as CFLs. And the motivation to do so is aplenty. Not only has
the Chandigarh Administration initiated a process of replacing
incandescent bulbs with CFLs in 500 sample households, there is a
local chapter of Greenpeace, an environment related voluntary
organisation, which is motivating people to do so.
Photo by Parvesh Chauhan |
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It’s
rich, it’s Rajasthani
Folk singer Gafoor
Khan Mangniyar on the musical troupes
S. D. Sharma
“Folk
music represents the cumulative
expression of many generations and is not the product of any
particular period. Even classical music has its origin in the folk
music,” claims Sufi and Rajasthani folk singer Gafoor Khan
Mangniyar. He is in city with his troupe to perform at a
function organised by the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi. Talking
to Life Style, Khan admits he has performed in 25 countries.
Interestingly, he never went to a school or had any formal
education. He is proud to be an Angina, a wandering musical community—the
hardworking Rajasthanis who work hard in the scorching heat.
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Bourne
was Damon’s saviour
Actor Matt
Damon says the role of screen spy Jason Bourne, which he plays in The
Bourne Identity, has saved his film career. He insists that he was on the
verge being sidelined after his films All The Pretty Horses and The Legend
of Bagger Vance bombed.
Cool
Stuff
Get
money smart
Splitting the cheque,
lending to a pal, learning to say no… it’s all about 
money, honey
Parbina Rashid
How
do you define a gentleman? A man, who opens the door for his lady,
pulls up a chair and picks up the bill while on a date? Not any
longer. In the gender-less society we are living now, the concept of
chivalry is done with—by mutual consent of course!So picking up
the tab on the first date is not a sign of one’s masculinity
anymore. Nor is waiting for the man to open the door a sign of a
lady.
Photo by Pradeep Tewari;
Location courtesy: Hotel Mountview
Necking
fashion
Saurabh Malik
Cheerful halter-necks — cut to reveal a derring-do attitude —
are emerging victorious in the neck-and-neck race for supremacy with
spaghetti and tube tops. Once strictly labelled party wear, our
fashionistas-in-the-making are showing these off with panache —
concealing them partially, and tactically, under tees. |
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A
taste of royalty
Savour
imperial delicacies from
the land of nawabs at the Lucknawi food festival at Grill-8.
The fiesta starting from Saturday promises to bake steaming-hot
excitement by blending the right amount of exotic spices, dry fruit
and nuts 
through traditional cooking methods. “Taste it and let the charm
linger on,” says proprietor Varun Kohli. The fare is prepared by
Lucknow-based chefs Mohammad Imam and Shadul, along with their
ensemble.
beauty
studio
This
monsoon, get rid of excess oil
Pammy Kaul
So
many of us have oily skin and
can’t seem to find the best way to care for it. The reason being,
everybody’s chemical make up is different. What pleases ones skin
might not work for the other. Oily skin can be a real nuisance in
hot and humid weather.
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Johansson moves to Hollywood Hill
Actress Scarlett Johansson has bought herself a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for a whopping $ 8 million. The 22-year-old purchased the pad in posh Los Angeles area from filmmaker Harold Becker. A source said that the spacious property spans over 4,352 square feet.
— ANI
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