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What lies
beneath*****
Your ex-lover’s name or the name by which you call your boss or your bank account number...
What’s your password?
IT could be a word you remember from those boring chemistry classes or a medicine you popped in last when you fell ill. It could be a dream destination you wish to visit or the flight number of your first air trip. It could be the name of your pet or that of your ex-lover. (Oops, not a very fine comparison) It’s your password. The gateway to your inbox.
 Maan-made
The ever so energetic Gurdas Maan on his new album, changing music scene
and life
TIME has stood still for Gurdas Maan. Even now when he does his typical
jhatkas, matching step for step with young boys in Boot Polishan or romances Bhumika Chawla in Taare Gawah
Ne, the numero uno star of Punjabi entertainment industry does not look out of place, on screen or off.
Speak your heart out
Status: Don’t you have anything better to do than read my status msg?
Messages on GTalk are the newest expression of your thoughts, moods & feelings
FEELING blue, excited about a party tonight, hate your boss (this comes with a warning), looking for a solution to quit smoking, getting all philosophical about life... Want to tell the world how you are feeling at this very moment as you read this piece? Log in to your GMail account and speak your heart out through your status message on
GTalk. Yes, that’s how the world is communicating these days. Log in to find out more.
youth speak
Ayurveda & Politics
The good-old ayurveda has a new meaning. People now are using ayurveda to sell their products. Every company claims that their medicine has jari-butis. But for a layman it is difficult ascertain ‘their’ presence.
New releases
Comedy capers
FOR the men the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. This attitude is well captured in this comedy. The story of the film revolves around three married couples — Prem
(Ashish Chaudhary) and Khushi (Amrita Arora), Santosh (Rajpal Yadav) and Shanti
(Neha Dhupia) and Mr and Mrs Khurana (Anupam Kher, Rati Agnihotri).
Rising Star
Man of versatility
Actors are born not made, feels city-bred artiste Yogesh Arora. A pass out from the DAV College, he says, “Drama is a complete theatrical art comprising poetry, music and dance.” He gave a majestic start to his acting career by winning the coveted best actor award at the Punjab University Inter Zonal Youth Fest-1993. He repeated the feat by grabbing the same award in 1994-95 with his spectacular performance in Dr Surinder Sharma’s classic play Samajhdaar Log.
For your eyes only
The eyes reveal more than what is in the heart — in fact, they reveal exactly when you were born, according to a new study. The study, by researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus, used radiocarbon dating and special proteins in the lens of the eye to establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was born.
This provides a useful tool for forensic scientists who can use it to establish the date of birth of an unidentified body and could also have further conseuences for health science research.
Season of Love
THE season of love has arrived much before the Valentine’s Day at Hot Millions. Thanks to the Kabir’s Roll of Old Students (KROS), the ex-students organisation of St. Kabir Public School-26, it is raining hearts in the region. The association has come up with an innovative contest —Heart of Gold, as a run-up to the Valentine’s Day.
Square or rectangular, sunny yellow or glittery pink, cotton or silk, a few cushions here and there can lend a fresh look to any room
Pretty Adornments
MINIMUM fuss and maximum effect — is what cushions bring to one’s home. Throw a few colourful back cushions on your sofa set or just add a couple of floor cushions here and there, and voila, you have a brand new room ready. And with number of exhibitions and shop outlets bringing you exotic options, all you have to do is grab a few and let your imagination do the rest. Recreate a pure traditional setting or an East-West fusion or anything else that you fancy.
Sidelanes
A breath of fresh air
BETA NO. one, dot-in-law no. ek, better half and self drove into the Shivaliks, just behind the golf course. These mud and rock hills are considered older than their younger cousins, the Himalayas. We found the perfect spot, off the road, down the hill, hard to reach. A few Kikar thorns drew blood from our hands, but the view, reminiscent of the Grand Canyon and the mauve-pink, layered mountains of Ladakh, was worth it.
Expressed
Style Expressed
THERE is no end to this cold, so it seems. Dipping temperature is setting new records and one is left with no choice but to wrap oneself in layers of woollen. Now, if this option is leaving all you fashionistas worried, then you should head to Xpression. For, at this two-month-old store, located in the inside market of Sector 9, there are inimitable warm styles.
Chic Shop
Perfect blend
A SURVEY conducted among 20,000 plastic surgeons reveals that most people want Angelina Jolie’s lips, Nicole Kidman’s nose and Cameron Diaz’s legs. People also want Pamela Anderson’s breasts, Jennifer Lopez’s butt and Sophia Loren’s cheeks and eyes. These celebrities’ features are the most popular and ‘the perfect woman’ would be built from them. Among men, soccer star David Beckham’s legs are a favourite but everything else seemed to be Brad Pitt who was named for his eyes, nose, lips, chin, abdomen and butt.
 A man in
search...
FILMMAKER Vivek Mohan will always be known as the saviour of the historic Malana, albeit on celluloid. When Vivek made the film titled Malana-In Search Of... based on this world’s oldest surviving democratic system about a decade ago, little did he realise that his film would become the only witness to its unique culture and autonomous administration. A fire swallowed a major portion of the village and now the film is the only means that could help recreate the heritage village.
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