Handicrafts offer reflections to the artistic creativity rendered by the people of a region producing a traditional masterpiece even though moulded with the winds of time. These crafts serve as the roots of the ethnic fashions that shape the trends and innovations of the coming future. Phulkari craft is from the land of five rivers-Punjab which has experienced such transformation emerging out of the changing times and trends. The artefact being an important element of the cultural heritage of Punjab needs to be revitalized. The various traditional aspects of the craft need to be compared with its modern form to review all transformations. Documentation of both traditional and contemporary articles worked with Phulkari embroidery was undertaken to study the historical aspects and the modifications. The work was an attempt to preserve the essence of the craft serving the interest of the future generations.

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The purpose of this study is to compare the conventional and ultrasonic dyeing methods in terms of its colour strength and colour fastness properties of wool fabric dyed with Ratanjot root. The results suggested that dyeing of wool fabric with natural dye Ratanjot (Onosma echioides) using ultrasonic waves, significantly improved the dye uptake percentage to 12.31 per cent from conventional heating methods.  The fastness grade were found to be higher with ultrasonic than conventional heating. Additionally, the fabric dyed using ultrasonic waves gave a deeper shade and good colour intensity even at lower dyeing time (75min) and temperature (60°C). Therefore, ultrasound wave represents a promising technique for increasing diffusion of dye by the effect of cavitation, as well as for improving the effectiveness of processes when compared to conventional heating

The present investigation was undertaken to study the online buying behaviour of college students for apparel products. The study was conducted in three different colleges of Ludhiana city. A sample size of 180 respondents comprising of ninety boys and ninety girls were purposively selected. A self structured questionnaire was used for collecting data regarding their online shopping experiences and buying behaviour. The results of the investigation were interpreted using simple percentages, mean scores and rankings. Z-test was used to study the significance of variance. Based on the results of the collected data, the most preferred apparel product for online shopping was footwear by the male and female respondents. Significant difference was observed for male and female respondents regarding amount of money spend on single purchase and brand preference. Male respondents tend to spend more amount of money for online buying than female respondents. Majority of female respondents discuss with their friends and family after receiving the product as compared to male respondents. Not much difference was found among males and females for the preference of cash on delivery mode of payment and the most preferred feature regarding online shopping site was privacy and security for all the respondents irrespective of their gender.

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the polar lipids in water-melon (Citrullus vulgaris) and squashmelon (Citrullus vulgaris variety fistulosus) is reported under the present study. Eight classes of polar lipids, i.e. lysophosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, monogalactosyldiglyceride and phosphatidic acid have been identijed. In both the species, phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidyl inositol formed the major portion of the lipids. The squash-melon was found to contain a higher proportion of monogalactosyldiglycerides and phosphatidyl ethanolaniine than water melon. Only a few fatty acids (palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic) were present in a measurable amount in the seed oils of these species with linoleic as the major and stearic as the minor one. There was great variation in the fatty acid composition in diflerent classes of polar lipids. The two species seem to be closely related to each other regarding their lipid make-up. They differ only in rhe fatty acid composition and the relative proportions of various classes of polar lipids.