Like a breath of fresh air

Shed arrived in public consciousness like a breath of fresh air all those years ago in Dev Anands Des Pardes and after heady success in films just as suddenly she opted to take a back seat after her marriage to Anil Ambani one of the countrys richest menBut we are happy to note that Tina Ambani has lost none of her spunk or her fabulousness In a recent photo shoot for the cover of India Todays Woman the mother of two handsome young men Jai Anmol 24 and Jai Anshul 21 looked every inch her old vivacious selfTina Ambani Pic courtesy India TodayWas it a recent picture we texted her incredulously And who had styled it Yes she replied It was a recent photo shoot for India Today and though I love being styled by super stylists this was by TAA she replied with characteristic warmth How did they persuade you to get featured we persisted Tina after all is legendary for her allergy to publicity and flatteryI thought it would be a Kokila Dhirubhai Ambani Hospitalcentric article said the fiercely individualistic and selfactualized woman who despite all her riches and fame has managed to remain grounded and real I thought it will create more awareness about the fantastic work my committed passionate medical team doesAnd to get a sense of the essential TAA heres a quote from the chairperson of the 16floor 750bed facility with 150 fulltime doctors KDAH which is also extending cancer care to rural India with a series of oncology centres in western India Im a working woman I have been all my lifeEarlier I was working in a field that is by nature seen as glamorous now the work I do whether it is the hospital or with Harmony for Silvers is not considered glamorous Its all about perception she said We likeIrrfans epic swagCould the AIB boys get any funnier sharper more edgy After seeing their recent kickass Irrfan Khanfronted send up of the Honey Singh malaise that has infected the fillum industry we think notAIBs Tanmay Bhat and Irrfan KhanGritty trenchant and inyourface it takes satire to another level altogether And Irrfans delicious sending up of himself Epic swag we say RespectAll eyes on YahelOur friend the Goabased artist Yahel Chirinian whose talent for charmingly mangling English vowels and consonants is only matched by her talent for creating the most spectacular works of art in her studio Monsoon Heritage appears to have surpassed herselfYahel Chirinian and right her work Can I help youHer latest artistic endeavour Can I Help You revolves around fibre sculptures and light installations of eyes and is mesmerizing The eyes have always been an object of great fascination Often referred to as the doors to the soulEmbracing enchanting and mesmerizing In fact in the Mediterranean where I am from they say that the eyes are a symbol of protection and awareness said Chirinian However rather ironically what inspired me to create this project is the worlds current situationEyes are no longer the windows they used to be They are now an object of anxiety and insecurity she explained And then comes the delicious part On one hand there is social media thats everywhere And on the other hand the NSA and Wikileaks scandals are testimonies to how eyes have stopped being the Mediterranean protective charmInstead there is constant surveillance at every level said the artist distinguished by her flamehaired silhouette Can I Help You is somebody without a frame The only thing hanging is fragilityDropping in on ClooneyHer father the late Rusi Karanjia was recently invoked in Anurag Kayshaps Bombay Velvet as one of the leading players in the Mumbai of the sixties But Rita Mehta former editorpublisher of Hi Blitz has loosened her ties with the city of her birth preferring to live and work in Dubai where she runs a consultancy firm and where her daughter Farrah is settledRita Mehta in green with friendsCurrently on holiday Mehta has been delighting her friends with many wish you were here posts on social media but none elicited as many enquiries as the one which featured a birdseye view of George Clooneys famous villa on Lake Como which hes allegedly sellingClooneys villaThe reason Hes troubled by the attention he gets when hes at the gorgeous creamcoloured shuttered mansion said a spokesperson of the stars Er OK but thanks for the pic anyway Nice viewFifty shades of grayTwo peas in a pod and handsome ones at that When Delhibased author policy wonk and former press advisor to Dr Manmohan Singh Dr Sanjaya Baru met up with TV anchor and columnist Karan Thapar they certainly made a pretty picture in their matching black Fab India kurtas white pajamas and grey manesKaran Thapar and Dr Sanjaya BaruThe old Vasant Vihar group again enquired one friend when Baru posted their joinedatthehip visage online referring obviously to the one of the Capitals regular groupings But for our money the best comment was The old Black amp Whiteand 50 shades of Grey which made a teasing reference to the fact that both men can still make the hearts of women of a certain age beat fasterJail House RockThe recent news of the Supreme Court telling the onceflamboyant chairman of this diversified Uttar Pradesh group that he is in jail by choice as he refuses to pay his stratospheric bail sum of Rs 1000 Cr which is said to be only onefifth of his alleged wealth left us pretty intriguedWhile there are many conspiracy theories about why he is still in the clinker according to a legal eagle He simply doesnt have the right colour of money to pay the courts we were informed But what about the international prestige properties and the sprawling leisure town he built Surely the sale of these assets can get him out we remarkedThe values of the international hotels do not amount to enough The sale of the leisure town would yield the money he needs but it is said to be within a green belt and rumour has it that many laws had been circumvented in its construction Also any current buyer will beat down the price knowing its a crisis saleSo what next for this gent who is said to have expected employees to bow down and chant his name when he entered a room The truth is that the case is so complicated even if he does manage to make the payments it will only be temporary relief as he will most likely be back behind bars when the sentence is finally declared said the legal eagle Sometimes life is as unpredictable as the roll of a dice in a game of snakes and ladders