Abiding sibling love

From that storehouse of messages that put a sparkle around onersquos heart comes another one Boman Iranirsquos picture of his mom saying goodbye to her 90yearold brother from Pune is as good a testimony to abiding sibling love as any yoursquod seeldquoHe canrsquot come up and she canrsquot stand for longrdquo said Irani ldquoI took this below our home Mom is 87 and her brother is 90 and mom talks about herself and her very naughty brother all the timerdquo he explained ldquoEven today she is very protective of him Both of them have all faculties in good order except the hearingBoman Iranirsquos mother and uncle PicBoman IraniSo this intimate conversation was actually very loving mdash but loud She kept saying lsquoEnjoy yourselfrsquo as he drove awayrdquo said the thespian affectionately adding ldquoMomrsquos Parsi bheja is sharper than all of us put together She insists she canrsquot remember things But she can recall the colour of her bobby pin at her Navjotrdquo See what we mean about a sparkler around our heartThe risingOK herersquos a simple GK question Whorsquos the industrialist whose interests include steel hospitality zippy wheels tractors glossy mags TV a think tank an IT company a theatre award films a hip annual music festival and a Kabbadi team That was too easy So herersquos a tougher one whorsquos the industrialist who has interests in all of the above and also in one of the worldrsquos best restaurantsAnand Mahindra and right Rohit KhattarYep itrsquos Anand Mahindra because with Indian Accentrsquos appearance in the worldrsquos best restaurants list this week the industrialist is said to have invested privately in the award winning eatery that has come up topsldquoYes of course we know Delhirsquos most difficult to book restaurant is Chef Manish Mehrotra and businessman and impressario Rohit Khattarrsquos labour of love but without Mahindrarsquos backing it is arguable that it would have been such an irresistible lsquoRisersquordquo said an insider We say how about bringing Indian Accent to Mumbai nowFrom Peru with loveOur foodie friend called up to chat about the latest news from the culinary world The conversation centered on the recently concluded San Pellegrino Worldrsquos 50 Best Restaurants awards held in London this weekChef Hemant OberoildquoYes Gaggan Anand got a lot of attention coming in at 10th place and hersquos being taken even more seriously now but the trend this year seems to be South American food and specifically Peruvian cuisinerdquo said the foodie adding ldquoBoth Central and Astrid Y Gaston from Peru got high ratings on the Pellegrino listAnd more and more Peruvian food restaurants are popping up in international cities that are being frequented by the trendy lotrdquo he said Makes sense Coya serving Peruvian in Londonrsquos Mayfair has begun to top Nobu Zuma Kai and Hakkasan as the top choice for the discerning traveling foodies from India wersquove noticedAnd given its appeal for the Indian palate The Taj group seems to have been an early mover having opened Tesoro a Peruvian themed restaurant in Dubai already with murmurs for a quite a while about its former executive Chef Hemant Oberoi learning the cuisine with the idea of opening a Peruvian fine dining restaurant at the Bombay Taj Colaba to replace the Zodiac Grill And on the Taj subject we hear the new airport property in partnership with the GVK group which is almost ready will also have a Golden DragonOur daily missal pavAnd in this season of gourmet Indian restaurants and molecular gastronomy chefs winning acclaim in the international food arena it comes almost as poetic justice that missal pav the simple Maharashtrian breakfast dish has come out tops at the global Foodie Hub Awards held in London yesterdayMaharashtrarsquos tasty breakfast missal pav Pic for representationlsquoAaswad located not too far from Shivaji Park at Dadar has bagged the award for lsquoThe Worldrsquos Tastiest Vegetarian Dishrsquo said the food site IFN lsquoMissal is a spicy curry prepared with moth beans or matki and served with chopped onions tomatoes fresh coriander and lime along with some green and tamarind chutneysThe highlight is the farsan which adds crunch to the dish And the best way to enjoy a plate of missal is by wiping it off with Mumbairsquos favourite bread that is pavrsquo writes the site Incidentally lsquoVegan Spinach Pie Athens Baby Beans with Quail Egg Barcelona Black Barley Perth and Palmito Assado na Casca a dish prepared with palm Rio de Janeirorsquo are among the other dishes from around the world that wonTruce between titansIt is a moment that the matriarch of this top line industrial conglomerate must have dearly prayed for when her billionaire son and her blue chip soninlaw set aside old hostilities to establish cordial relations The occasion was a family ritual in the presence of the familyrsquos abiding nonagenarian and respected patriarchldquoPerhaps out of respect for the elders a truce evolved on this solemn occasion and has been followed up by family visits to each otherrsquos homesrdquo said a source adding ldquoThis must come as a great relief to the women in the family who are always the ones who bear the brunt of such feuds when they have to choose between loved onesrdquoAnd whereas the start of the trouble is said to be a business rivalry the recent rapprochementrsquos ripple effect is being looked upon as one that will bring much required healing on an old sore that festered between two members of Indiarsquos leading business houses ldquoThe business community is keeping its fingers crossed that this has a positive influence on other hostilities within the clan alsordquo said the source