Karan Kapoor shares an unseen photo of Shashi Kapoor and wife Jennifer

If a picture is worth a thousand words then this one speaks volumes Its my favourite photo of mom and dad says photojournalist Karan Kapoor about this evocative portrait of the late awardwinning actress Jennifer Kapoor and the muchloved Bollywood star Shashi Kapoor who passed away last week Shot around 197980 by Karan it features the beatific couple outside the fishermans cottage in Goa they had christened Love House and to which the family would periodically return to bask in each others companyShashi and Jennifer Kapoor in Goa PicKaran KapoorIt has everything that my parents believed in said Karan newly returned from immersing his fathers ashes in Goa Every evening they would walk the few metres from the Love House to the beach to watch the sunset Dad in his lungi and tshirt and mom in her kaftan he said I have fond memories of the fishing boat behind them All three of us Kunal Sanjana and I used to go in it to catch bangda machchi with our friends from the village he said evoking days of summer and love of heartstopping poignancyAll three of Shashi and Jennifer Kapoors children have in their own ways taken forward the essential simplicity and beauty so embodied in this portrait Our parents gave us this gift that is priceless says Karan adding I know they both have found another paradise and are now watching the sun set together somewhere SighTshirt activismCan a Tshirt change the world Apparently yes if the women who flaunt it are as highprofile as those who showed up for the launch of designers Shane and Falguni Peacocks enterprise described as an amalgamation of fashion and technology with a revolutionary flair At a glittering do in Bandra on Tuesday night the designers had presented a line of Tshirts emblazoned with words that evoke feminism strength and positivity whose sale proceeds would go to a womans NGOEkta Raheja Shane Peacock and Jatin KampaniThe likes of Anusha and Shibani Dandekar Michelle Poonawalla Ujwala Raut Sheetal Mafatlal Jaya and Ekta Raheja Shibani and Deanne Pandey had attended the evening wearing the FSP Tshirts we are informed But this step towards women empowerment had not come easy Actress Puja Hegde who featured on the cover of their digital zine and who was supposed to unveil it officially had arrived late as she had driven straight from a shoot in Lonavala informs a sourceTanisha MukherjiMichelle Poonawalla also featured in the issue had come in especially from Pune just for the evening as had her sisterinlaw Delna Poonawalla Amruta the banker wife of CM Devendra Fadnavis had spoken about the importance of supporting the NGO and the Tshirt campaign Farah Khan Ali had also spoken about being proud to be a part of the campaign and Neil Raheja had been there to support wife Jaya Malaika Khan Nisha Jhangiani Esha Amin and Ira Dubey had also attended wearing their new Tshirts according to the spokesperson And afterwards a delicious serving of the evenings guests had proceeded to a restaurant for a rocking partyNo love like Parsi loveAs is known our affection and regard for the Parsi community knows no bounds Which is why news of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds recent event to honor the Parsi communitys distinguished achievers called ZAAN Zoroastrian Achiever Awards Night delighted us With chief guest industrialist Nadir Godrej kicking things off with a speech in the form of a poem what is there not to loveFiruza Parikh and Nadir GodrejAnd given that members of the community have distinguished themselves in so many fields the roster of awardees had been a rich one Like the award for Medicine which was conferred on director of the Jaslok International Fertility Centre and visiting professor at UCLA Dr Firuza Parikh whose untiring work of 30 years in the field of infertility management has led to the birth of nearly 11000 babies An impassioned medical practitioner Parikh has been on lists of the top 10 doctors of India as well as on listings of the most powerful people in the country for decadesSo it was only to be expected that with patients ranging from those at the very top of Indias power elite to the countrys ordinary and anonymous many in the audience turned out to be her patients who used the occasion to thank her adding to the celebratory tone of the evening Other recipients of the awards had included Shaheen Mistry Bachi Karkaria and Dinyar Contractor And of course in keeping with the famous Parsi joie de vivre no surprises either that the evening which started with a rendering of songs was abundantly punctuated with standup comedy more songs and skitsBurning up ParisThere was a time when unlike London or New York the number of highprofile and glamorous Indians living in Paris was thin on the ground Only two outstanding Indians kept the zardorzi flag flying high in the French capital for years and both happened to be statuesque former models Pierre Cardins muse the late Anjali Mendes and YSLs Kirat Rabier Most stories of highprofile visits to Paris by Indians usually involved an encounter with eitherManish Arora Priti Paul and Koel PurieBut that has changed now Because suddenly Paris has become home to three colourful ferociously fashionable and glamorous desis Boho designer Manish Arora media maven Koel Purie and businesswoman Priti Paul of the Surendra Paul family who has moved there from Morocco This nugget was revealed when we met Arora last week at the unveiling of his installation at the Jindal Mansion Theres three of us there now and we all go back a long way and its a riot he said conjuring up visions of sartorial flamboyance and social extrovertism So is Paris burning More like heating up for sureKiss kiss kill killAccording to sources who spoke to Poonam Bhagat yesterday this is how the pictures featuring her and sister Sheetal Mafatlal seemingly in a friendly conversation carried in this paper which had created ripples in the citys air kissing set had transpiredPoonam Bhagat and Sheetal MafatlalPoonam was speaking to a group of friends at the Ensemble event when Tarun Tahiliani had tapped her on her shoulder and on turning around she had found herself facetoface with her sister who she is in an acrimonious battle with currently says an insider It was not the first time Poonam was meeting her sister socially and she has always maintained that theres no point being uncivil on these occasions so she had graciously wished her And just as quickly turned around Thats it There was no further conversation even though she heard someone remark Kiss and make up while the pictures were shot says the sourceJust because we meet and greet each other in public does not mean that I am in cahoots with her Bhagat is alleged to have said about the incident later Now the only thing left is to ask Tahiliani why he had been instrumental in getting two of Mumbais most highflying controversial and glamorous society divas together in this manner As for us we will only be able to tell if it was a friendly hug or a choking clasp once we figure out which sister is which in the pictures Jus sayinCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news current affairs from Mumbai local news crime news and breaking headlines hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go