Coffee with KJO followed with a round of golf?

Karan JoharThe last time we had witnessed a film personality interview him was when writerlyricist Javed Akhtar went man o man with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev the motorcycle riding golf playing savant of the Isha Foundation It had not been a happy encounter The left leaning Akhtars contempt for god men and their spiritual mumbo jumbo was barely concealed and by the end of it the Sadhgurus familiar beatific smile was strained at the edges This time round things might be a bit jollier when His Groovy Holiness gets to be interrogated by this Gens version of a Bollywood influencer Sri Sri Karan Johar himself The event billed as part of the In Conversation with the Mystic series will take place over the weekend at the NSCI Dome and is expected to draw a sizable following of Sadhgurus devoteesSadhguru Jaggi VasudevWhether its filmmaking with Shekhar Kapur business with KV Kamath or whacking sixers with Virender Sehwag Sadhguru offers refreshing and unique insights on every aspect of life informs a spokesperson of the guruOh one more thing Given its proximity to the Willingdon Club and its undulating golf course theres every chance that the creator of inner engineering for mankinds salvation will nip across the fence for a quick game of golf Hes been known to have done so beforeParth and Anushree Jindal Sangeeta and Sajjan Jindal and Uday and Nunu JasaniRound of celebrationsWe bumped into young industrialist Parth Jindal on the eve of his 27th birthday last week at a food event at a fivestar Jindal was hosting a table for a few close friends to bring in the occasion before flying out to celebrate his party the following day The alumnus of Brown who divides his time between working with JSW Steel and his responsibility as CEO of Bengaluru FC a football club in the ILeague was joined at the table for the cake cutting by his parents Sangeeta and Sajjan Jindal who had dropped in after dining at the Japanese restaurant next door And the following day saw the whole family join the birthday boy and his wife Anushree for a celebratory dinner with inlaws Nunu and Uday Jasani joining in the fun Besides his birthday the couple were also felicitated for their first wedding anniversary said one of the guestsSuhel Seth and Robert Vadra at the formers birthday party at DelhiOld friends and some aam aadmi tooAs expected it was a wellheeled crowd of Delhis movers and shakers that had gathered to bring in Suhel Seths 54th birthday on Sunday afternoon From UPA heavy weights like Sheila Dikshit and Natwar Singh ad guru Piyush Pandey sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with wife Subhalaxmi tycoons Sunil Munjal and Rajan Mittal publisher Shobhana Bhartiya press secretary to the President of India Venu Rajamony and TV magnate Rajat Sharma to a flurry of long limbed lasses who appeared to hang on to the bouncing bachelors every word it was a brunch to rememberIt was the same guest list Ive always had said Seth the next day from Mumbai where another flurry of parties awaited him Unlike the usual practice of updating lists to factor in whos in and whos out I dont change my friends he saidArun Jaitley would have been there too as always but he had an out of town commitment to attend In fact Sheila ji and Natwar joked that they meet every year at my place on the same occasion and the only thing that has changed this year is the sofa set he said referring to his recent change of address to GurgaonHowever one man appeared to be a new face amongst the crowd That of Robert Mango Man Vadra Ive known Robert for 20 years said Seth And hes come many times before too As you can see I dont change my friends for political expediencyShah Rukh Khan and Suneeta RaoUnfair and not beautifulKudos to singer Suneeta Rao for her spirited stand against her popular song Paree Hoon Main being used without her consent in a TV commercial featuring SRK endorsing a fairness creamThe song has been misused and placed in the wrong context and Id like to make it very clear at the very outset that I do not endorse the views of the brand or the ad in any way whatsoeverhellip she posted on social media this weekWhen a highprofile brand a reputed agency and an intelligent superstar come together and create an ad that can at best be described as prejudiced narrow minded and insensitive knowing fully well that there are a million impressionable minds out there who are believing blindly and lapping up what is being offered up on the screen one wonders whether the influencers really care about the influence they have or whether its just a purely greedy business that generates money without a thought for the social implications of their actions she thunderedRaos diatribe did not limit itself with objectionable colour discriminations and went on to herald an end to all manner of prejudices and inequalities This is also the coming out age she said Gays and lesbians are coming out of the closet women are speaking out against abuse women workers are demanding better payhellip there is outrage against injustice and a demand for dignity So anything that goes against this belongs to the dark ages she ended We agree except to add a further point phrases like dark ages used in a pejorative way should also goAshok and Reena WadhwaHello BollywoodReena and Ashok Wadhwa who we met at the launch party of Hello Guppy AD Singhs zeitgeist pop Japanese cafeacute are among a handful of SoBoites whove recently relocated to BKC I dont miss Cuffe Parade at all said Reena emphatically about her erstwhile neighbourhood There are enough restaurants in BKC Soon we are going to have world class shopping malls and entertainment centres with state of the art multiplexes she said adding But more than any thing else living here means that I can get to work and back much faster Im out of the house at 9 am and back late in the eveningIt might get even later than that When asked by a fellow diner if the tv and film producing owner of the Gucci franchise in Mumbai was still producing movies she replied Yes But Im also planning to act in them soon