Aishwarya talks 'straight'!

Much has been said and written about Ash's apparent inability to shed her pregnancy weight post giving birth to Aaradhya more than a year ago.

Ash at a book launch on December 13

Photographs of her at an event last year with what looks suspiciously like a double chin kicked off a media blitzkrieg with accusations against Ash of even ‘betraying her country'. Perhaps her make-up was a bit garish and her hair worn wrong. But the damage to her carefully orchestrated image was already done.u00a0

At a product launch event in Hyderabad on December 19

Ash then did what women across the world do often to usher in a major change in their lives. She simply went for a haircut! And so did Kate (Catherine) Middleton when she discovered she was pregnant. The context similar, the timing months apart.

At a press conference on January 9

And suddenly the Junior Mrs Bachchan is back to doing what she does best - flaunting her good looks while flashing the perfect smile. After all, on this matter she's had the last laugh.u00a0