From Sagarika's pen

gtgtu00a0Each night she faces the nation with her sparkling questions comments and eye makeup but therersquos even more brilliance to CNN IBNrsquos Sagarika Ghose than her TV outings as this latest article in the highly readable First Post proves Called lsquoFathers and sons Why a modern Dhritarashtra is a failed citizenrsquo and pegged it on Sanjay Duttrsquos imminent incarceration Ghose tracks the cases of other law breakers like Bitti Mohan Sanjeev BMW Nanda and Manu Sharma whose actions she traces to bad parenting ldquoOnce there was a fond father A fond father blinded by the love for his son blind to his sonrsquos failings The fond father moved heaven and earth even broke the law to save his son from the law Sagarika Ghose Sanjay Dutt But in spite of his efforts the fond father failed to protect his son and instead became a model of failed parenthood The sonrsquos life was ruined by an excess of love the fatherrsquos own life came undonerdquo is her opening salvo We like Sanjeev Nanda Happy birthday Klaus gtgtu00a0We recall a memorable dinner we had with him hosted by our old friend the erudite NK Singh easily the cleverest man in Delhi at the Golden Dragon a few years ago in the company of three of Indiarsquos most famous women two bankers and a media star ldquoI thought my friend will enjoy picking the brains of beautiful and intelligent womenrdquo said Singh about Professor Klaus Schwab the German economist best known as the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum turned 75 last weekrdquo u00a0Whereas the conversation at dinner was private mdash suffice to say that Narendra Modi featured pretty prominently in it and Schwab whorsquos had 42 continuous years of leadership of the World Economic Forum was all ears And this heartfelt birthday greeting from fellow hack Pranay Gupte aptly sums up the man ldquoProfessor Schwab has been honoured by numerous government and civil society organisations during his career has founded three global foundations and continues to drive the evolution of the worldrsquos most significant platform for multistakeholder dialogue He and his wife Hilde are role models as parents and people Irsquove been privileged to know themrdquo Professor Klaus Schwab Jet apologises gtgtu00a0And from Jet Airways an official response to the item we carried on the death of James Dean the cat ldquoWe sincerely regret the accidental demise of James Dean pet cat of Preeti Varma and are saddened by this incident The CCTV footage on the tarmac area shows the pet jumping out of the trolley and being unfortunately run over by another trolley travelling in the opposite direction When the trolley carrying the container reached the aircraft the loading supervisor noticed that the container was empty On close inspection of the container it was observed that the wire mesh in the front of the container was bent outwards and pushed out of the main frame Based on the above and taking into consideration the CCTV footage and the processes that our staff had followed it is inferred that the pet forced itself out of the container by pushing the wire mesh and thereby creating a gap for it to come free Following the incident Jet Airways has embarked on a global review to check out procedures adopted by airlinesairport operators and will endeavour to implement all enhancements that will prevent occurrences of such accidents We truly understand Varmarsquos feelings and share her sorrow and if the actions of any members of our team came across as insensitive at any point in time we would like to assure that this was unintentional and would like to apologise to Varmardquo This is an abridged version mdash for lack of space but suffice to say that from its length tone and alacrity Jet appears to have learnt from the incident Perhaps other pets will be safer thanks to the sacrifice made by James Dean April foolrsquos gag gtgtu00a0Incidentally for our money the best April fool gag was initiated by our friend and former editor R Jagannathan editor of the excellent webzine FirstPost who in an article said lsquoAn apology from Modi for Gujarat riotsrsquo strips and lays bare all the hollow posturing and cynicism in politics as we know it todayrsquo ldquoRiots are of course deadly serious mattersrdquo he says in his editorrsquos note following the piece ldquoBut we thought we might use the occasion of April Foolrsquos Day to have a whimsical look at the manner in which even grave matters of public discourse acquire a farcical edge when the political spin doctors go to work on them Nice Playing against type gtgtu00a0Get an eyeful of actor theatre impresario and ardent feminist Kaizad Kotwalrsquos newest avatar ldquoItrsquos for News Nation a new TV channel being launched by Aaj Takrdquo he posted ldquoI had to play Seth Dhaniram a rich land owner whorsquos furious as his daughter ran away with the chauffeurrdquo he says adding ldquoI could fit into a Gangs of Wasseypur with that look nardquo Style icon gtgtu00a0When we saw her at the IDF with her lissome look her long shiny hair and her ever present shades Maithli Ahluwalia CEO and creative director of Bungalow Eight gave every sign of becoming one the cityrsquos iconic personalities But how many in the ersatz set of double espresso quaffers knows that she is to the manner born After all she draws her lineage from two of fashionrsquos most enduring stylistas mother Jamini Ahluwalia who has been accessorising the cityrsquos wellheeled with beads and baubles from her Cumballa Hill bungalow for decades and even more stylish late grandmother Chandu Morarji who from her craggy hill top sea facing bungalow in Kashid reigned over all that was supercool and hip before the words were even understood mdash let alone invented Three decades of good taste great style and funk Take that other pretenders to the throne u00a0 Maithli Ahluwalia