Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier

Milind Soman gets into Pattaya modeMilind The Ironman Soman model entrepreneur and actor is in Bangkok for the Pattaya Marathon Soman who is the name and face of the Pinkathon which is known as a long distance run to promote womens health is in the Thai city with Pinkathon winners who will participate in the marathon The Shivaji Park resident created quite a stir at the Bangkok airport as many Indian tourists were taken by surpriseMilind Soman with the runners from India at Bangkok prior to the Pattaya marathon that begins tomorrow Three of them are running the 21 km while one will be running the 10 kmMilind Milind they were heard whispering as they nudged each other on spotting the hunky athlete Sporting a grey tee the Pinkathon ambassador smiled at all the adulation Milind has a British passport so he didnt need a visa to enter Thailand When this diarist asked why he didnt need a visa he replied cheekily Maybe because I am cute Ha ha Cant argue with that one MilindSmiley face pleaseThe time when there were no emoticons or emojis to express our feelings in the digital world seems like a long time ago For the uninitiated this Sunday happens to be WorldEmojiDay and to kick off the celebrations a fun survey looked at how emojis are used on Twitter everydayThe study revealed that the top three emojis used in India are the namaste emoji the Perfect emoji and the thumbs up This is followed by emojis for joy heart eyes clap kissing heart blush dancer and fire The data also reveals fun facts about how emojis are tweeted For example people tweet more beer than coffee emojis emojisTwitter has a favourite too mdash more full heart emojis are tweeted 35 times more than broken heart emojis than the rest The social media platform also has a special emoji a celebratory party cap that has been created for the occasionMum and IMotherdaughter frames evoke a charm unlike none other And this frame with the ageless Dimple Kapadia and daughter Twinkle Khanna brought a smile to our faceDimple Kapadia and daughter Twinkle KhannaThe beauties had shutterbugs in a tizzy when they dropped by for the launch of a new fashion jewellery label at the friends Abu Jani and Sandeep Khoslas chic outpost in Apollo BunderRun for cover shall weIs it a plane is it a bird Nope it is our yoga poster boy Baba Ramdev If not a poster then certainly a cover mdash that of a national news magazine Adorning it he stares back in anger or in humour its unclear but he certainly looks back in a way not every mortal can mdash from between his legs And social media cant have enough of itBaba RamdevIn one depiction he is seen flying like a plane and in a few others he is seen floating in space After being posted on Facebook there were multiple cries of How can we unsee this and Scarred for life While a few witty folk launched this pictorial missile with the sly disclaimer Why should I suffer alone We were tempted to as well but spared you the ordealShipras sinful secretsDesserts will never go out of fashion nor will books on them The latest book that sweet toothed can add to their shelves is chef and TV host Shipra Khannas Sinfully Yours WestlandShipra KhannaThe winner of the desi version of MasterChef has penned a collection of her favourite desserts including cupcakes chocolates cakes cookies and ice creamIt features a range of recipes from classics that her mother and grandmother taught her to sweets that she experimented with in college the desserts that keep her kids happy the mousse with which she won her first apron on the reality cooking show and finally the mascarpone that bagged her the winning title