Karva Chauth celebrations at Anil Kapoor's house is a tradition

For those who think that life imitates art and that all the harking back to traditional spectacle and ceremonies like Diwali and Karva Chauth across India are the result of all those KJo and Aditya Chopra movies heres a thought The overthetop choreographed spectacles are very much part of a certain Punjabi culture in which both men have grown up and what they depict on screen its what they were most likely surrounded by in their formative yearsAt Sunita Kapoors Karva Chauth celebrationsThis thought came to us when we chanced upon these perfectly synchronised beautifully colourcoordinated photographs of Sunita Kapoors recent Karva Chauth where the likes of Rashmi Thackeray Kahkashan Patel Lali Dhawan Bhavana Pandey and Shilpa Shetty observed the ceremony which looked like it was straight out of a movie setNo one can beat Sunita Kapoor at her hospitality and warmth said a guest Beautiful Indian traditions Karva Chauth said another Starving thirsty and still in high spirits thats what friends are for said Kapoor herself One more thing while the KJo adi combination might have only replicated scenes such as these from their growing years what they have undoubtedly done is export them to nonPunjabi homes across the country and of course added all that glossSmells like curryIf your recent visits to some of the countrys top eateries reveal that their star chefs are MIa blame it on the fact that an Indian delegation comprising Indias best and brightest chefs is currently away in sunny Spain to take part in the prestigious San Sebastian Gastronomika a culinary festival organised by the Spanish governmentAt the Spanish culinary festivalThe festival is honouring Indian cuisine as this years theme and the group features stalwarts ITCs Manjit Gill along with four of his colleagues from various ITC restaurants Gaggan anand the reigning threetime asia number 1 chef from Bangkok celebrated chef Manish Mehrotra from Indian accent Tajs Michelinstarred chefs from foreign outposts in London and San Francisco Sriram and Srijith as well as younger chefs from standalones in Mumbai Thomas Zacharias from Bombay Canteen and Saurabh Udina from Masala LibraryGaggan AnandThe group members will be away for a week and take part in various culinary debates as well as cooking classes to showcase their talent and we hear Gaggan took to the stage on the first day for a demonstration of his progressive cuisine and in true Gaggan fashion wore a Tshirt that read Hug me I smell like curryMumbais big fat heartFriday evenings Charity Gala for Magic Bus the NGO founded by Mathew Spacey that equips some of Indias poorest children and young people with the skills and knowledge to grow up and be successful was witness to a veritable flood of empathy and philanthropy as some of Mumbais best and brightest took time off from their busy schedules to pledge their support for the disfranchised and needyMandira Bedi and A D SinghWe spotted men about town impresario Shailendra Singh restaurateur a D Singh and marketing whiz ashok Kurien digging deep into their pockets and making significant contributions It didnt hurt either that the auctioneer was the very charming and persuasive Mandira Bedi or that the items being auctioned were droolworthy beach getaways and whiskey toursMumbai once again you proved just how special you are exulted Bedi at the end of the auction and then of course to celebrate there was dancingOf hair and haremsWord comes in that this glamorous middleaged bombshell who is a media favourite has a little secret that she has managed to keep away from the Indian high society and media glare The jetset lady in question frequents the Mumbai London first class route every couple of weeks and has been spotted on numerous occasions in the company of her Londonbased sugar daddy a sleazy top industrialist with homes around the worldShe is a ferociously ambitious woman and destroyed her own exhusband by forcing him into a large debt which he is still paying off informs a Londonbased source The fact is that she has been seen on more than one occasion with the industrialist at his love nest in Mayfair she says Its known that he has the sleaziest setup in London and the joke is that he has more mistresses than hairs on his head we are informedand how does the said industrialist manage to keep the lid on his various affairs His operation is a threestep one says the source First he insists that the woman trashes him in public Secondly she pretends to be very spiritual and thirdly she sets up a business to throw people off the scent as for the newest arm candy it is the worstkept secret in London that the ambitious lady is part of his harem she says Phew