Wednesday night saw us driving down to the Juhu Vile Parle scheme to partake in an unusual birthday party. That of Simone Arora, Sanjay and Zarine Khan’s statuesque daughter, sister to Suzanne and Farah and Zayed.

The party was unusual because eschewing the practice of throwing a big fat self indulgent bash for a thousand of one’s best friends forever, Arora had chosen to put her pedigree, time and energy behind a worthy cause: she devoted the evening to showcasing and supporting Swades, Zarina and Ronnie Screwvala’s commendable foundation for rural empowerment and social change. What’s more, Arora had further upped the anti by opting for the wholly unorthodox practice by inviting solely women to partake of the evening. And what women they were!