Arun Jaitley, Mukesh Ambani spotted at the Karanjawala wedding in Delhi

It was a wedding laced with affection and not with power Everyone who walked into the various functions was treated with equal affection and love and thats what set it apart says Suhel Seth about the recently concluded wedding of Tahira Karanjawala to Jatin Mongia in Delhi which saw the power elite of the country converge in the Capital over the past few daysThe Karanjawalas with the newlywedded coupleThe Karanjawalas both the Mumbaiborn Parsi Raian and wife Manik herself the daughter of one of the countrys most respected jurists V M Tarkunde aka Father of the Civil Liberties movement are a muchloved Delhi couple with friends and admirers across the political and legal spectrums and the wedding of their daughter was expectedly a much celebrated affairArun Jaitley at the weddingLovely sundappled lawns elegant crowd dressed in oldmoney clothes heavy hitters from the worlds of industry media law and social society including many Bombay scenestealers namely Anil and Tina Ambani Tanya and Arvind Dubash and Natasha and Adar Poonawalla made their presence felt said Delhis ace spin master and PR maven Nikhil KhannaOld Parsi aristocrats BJP heavy hitters Congress young guard and gobsmacking jewels worn by the likes of DLFs Pia Singh and Park Hotels Priya Paul dazzled at the huge sitdown lunch in shades of pink and ashes of rose and the menu was full tilt Parsi fare along with other stuff of course he addedBut Delhi being Delhi theres always political compulsions to consider even amidst such celebration and festivities Apparently such was the guest list that many of those invited had to rush from the wedding celebrations to the opening of Sonia Gandhis exhibition in honour of Indira Gandhis centenary Was she surprised seeing many arrive in full wedding gear If she did she didnt show it we are informedOf museologists and culturistasPatron of the arts mother of photographer Ketaki Sheth and Mumbais original grande dame Asha Sheth hosted the select Bizot Group comprising 60 of the most influential museum directors from around the world for dinner at the Yacht Club this weekendBunty ChandSabyasachi Mukherjee director of CSMVS the only Indian in the group had hosted the annual Bizot meetings in India a great honour for the country to coincide with new worldclass exhibition India and the World at CSMVS Several illustrious museum directors attended Ashas dinner including John Leighton of the British Museum Tristram Hunt of the V amp A Laurence des Cars of Musee dOrsay and Dr Eugene Tan of National Gallery SingaporeSabyasachi Mukherjee and Pheroza GodrejAnd of course they met and mingled with Mumbais very own culturalistas chairman of the Museum Society Pheroza Godrej India head of the Asia Society Bunty Chand former editor of a national daily Dina Vakil who was looking especially radiant in her characteristic silk sari and authority on Islamic art Mahrukh Tarapore amongst many othersAlso interesting to note is that Ashas soninlaw graphic designer Aurobind Patel had been the design consultant for typography for the India and the World Exhibition which according to those in the know is a show that does Mumbai proudFunky townIt was like time had stood still and the clock had been turned back to the 80s90s almost everyone who was anyone in the fashion fraternity turned up to salute the original designerchoreographer of our world said erstwhile super model and our old friend Anna Bredmeyer about this Mondays celebration of designer Hemant Trevedi at the launch of the Runway Project which saw many former top models in attendance Whats more as the cherry on his cake fellow designers Prasad Biddappa and Wendell Rodricks flew in for the occasionHemant Trevedi with Riyadh Kundanmal Prasad Biddappa and Pooja BediThe spirit of genuine warmth and mutual respect flowed in abundance at this celebration as did all the other spirits and a feel good factor dominated the air like heavy dew on a misty morning said Bredmeyer The only thing missing was Funky Town blaring from the speakersLisa Sadanah Anna Bredmeyer Beverly Soares and Suzanne PillaiAll well and back to businessAfter a harrowing few months of being incarcerated in a Middle Eastern jail word comes in that highprofile and popular event manager Aditya Motwane who has to his credit some of the biggest and fattest HNI NRI weddings in recent years is finally back in the city And though earlier reports had believed that he had shed a lot of weight and had become a shadow of his old self due to dire conditions in fact he was spotted at the Ed Sheeran concert over the weekend looking as cheerful and in good spirits as everAditya Motwane and Manasi ScottIts back to business as usual informs a source Fortunately his close friends and loved ones namely Manasi Scott stood by him and luckily his business didnt suffer while he was away either He is back to being in charge of upcoming bigticket events in the coming months And in fact he is currently in Udaipur for work Alls wellAlso view Photos 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