It's a day when the nation's thoughts are painted in the tricolour, and our roundup will help you do so. Patriotic songs, lots of sport, a buffet at the Taj, and to top it off, a grand classical concert are lined up for the day.
The Bimal Roy fest spells nostalgia for some, and an art camp spells identity for others. Then there's middle-class charm in ICONART's display of Babas & Bibis, and a few other destinations for the art buffs.
The Republic's birthday is excuse enough for local talent to pack a punch on the field. And after the hockey, basketball and tennis are exhausted, there's a well-rounded sports tournament coming up as well.
It takes high voltage to jolt the city out of its assumed long weekend ending tomorrow, and the fusion music concert at HICC does try its bit. On a more sober note, there's a life skills workshop and Bimal Roy's centenary celebrations engrossing the others.
Some might want to attend the snake show that's on at Botanical Gardens, but those who want to keep their appetite might want to partake of flute recitals and theatre, or better still, the Sunday brunches.
Time to go high-brow. Learn more about theatre or music, attend a book-reading session, or put on your thinking caps at a documentary screening. And at the end of the day, find yourself smarter by a few notches.
Make up your excuses to have a blast this weekend - music, book reading, theatre, shopping, lazing around, Indo-Pak peace, anything! For best results, switch the news off.
While Thermal And A Quarter scorched it up a few degrees at Hard Rock Cafe, the ladies can go on a liquid diet at several other places today - it's free.
A medley of happenings keeps the city occupied, and at times, productive as well. Grab your spade and sharpen your green thumb, or attend Telugu theatre or a music concert, or shop away to glory.
Lose yourself among your paper-backed friends, or in swathes of handlooms this week. The green-thumbed among us have a blast as well, and the miscellaneous shopper in us comes alive at the Numaish.
Spend your evening in the company of hot Bollywood tracks and a few even hotter from the Arabian deserts. There's a bunch of Bollywood parties heating up the night, a karaoke evening, and an Arabian-themed do.