Rest and rehabilitation

Bina Ramani is many things to many people creator of Delhirsquos Hauz Khaus Village and the Qutab Style Mile early inceptor and designer of fusion dressing and living flower child hostess with the mostest and Earth Mother and most recently activist for womenrsquos rightsThis weekend to celebrate the birthday of this versatile Piscean a substantial serving of Delhirsquos beautiful people gathered for a Sunday brunch at the quirky sprawling home Ramani shares with husband the artist Georges Mailhot and designer daughter Malini RamaniTarun Tejpal at Bina Ramanirsquos partyFor starters there was Jacqueline Lundquist wife of former US Ambassador to Delhi Richard Celeste hotelier Priya Paul jewellery designer Hanut Singh museumologist Tasneem Mehta the Capitalrsquos resident bon vivant Suhel Seth and a distinctly rested looking Tarun Tejpal amongst many othersBina Ramani Suhel Seth and Jacqueline LundquistldquoWhen impromptu struck on Sunday friends streamed in for garden lunchrdquo said the birthday girl enigmatically looking resplendent in a dull gold kaftan that perfectly set off the tints in her hair But what most pleased her was the presence of international social activists Jaymee Jennings and Sophia Remolde from America who had arrived in India to help Ramanirsquos NGO with its task of rehabilitating victims of rape and acid attacksldquoWe timed the brunch for their arrivalrdquo she said adding ldquoSophia is a multi media art director and Jaymee a hair and beauty stylist and they will be teaching victims new skills and trades to empower them and transform their livesrdquo Their effect appears to be universal and immediate even Tejpal looked rehabilitated and empowered in this pictureOn a roleReena Wadhwa is a woman who wears many hats Not only is she a fashion entrepreneur shersquos also a television and movie producer Airlift and wife to Ashok Wadhwa known as lsquoIndiarsquos best deal makerrsquo His Ambit Holdings is said to be responsible for mega corporate couplings including Diageo and the Vijay Mallya led United Spirits Ltd though this last one might still go pear shapedReena and Ashok WadhwaThis week Reena will appear wearing an altogether new hat that of singer ldquoShe started taking classes a year agordquo said the proud husband ldquoand I promise you shersquos not badrdquo Reena will participate in Save Hindustani Sangeet at Nehru auditorium along with her guru Indrajeet Keisham and fellow students And do you do harmony we asked the ace banker ldquo Yeah I clap at the eventsrdquoNitarsquos big museum plansAs a column that continuously stays ahead of the curve and scooping stories before they occur we are pleased to note that way before the international media had stumbled upon it we were the first to write about Nita Ambanirsquos major advent into the international art world last weekNita AmbaniThis week no less than the Wall Street Journal has followed up with a fullpage article on the same Titled lsquoIndiarsquos Richest Woman eyes the Art Worldrsquo it goes on to state that Ambani is planning to open an international standard museum in 2018 at the mammoth convention centre that Reliance is building in Mumbai to bring in blockbusterlevel travelling shows from museums around the worldHer daughter Isha is quoted in the article saying that Nitarsquos lsquoAha momentrsquo came at the lsquoGates of the Lordrsquo The tradition of Krishna Paintings show at the Arts Institute of Chicago last fall Isha said lsquoShe just kept saying ldquoImagine what it would be like to see these shows in IndiardquorsquoThe sound of musicTo inherit a legacy of legal smarts and musical acumen is an unusual thing and Anushka Jagtiani the attractive daughter of ace lawyers and senior advocates Haresh and Shobha Jagtiani niece of lawyer Anil Harish and granddaughter of the legendary DM Harish the grand old man of law carries her legacy easilyAnushka with her parents Shobha and Haresh JagtianiEschewing the legal career option to work as a TV reporter initially Jagtiani took after her father and brother Shom in her love for music But whereas they are content to belt out rousting ballads and rock standards on weekends for admiring friends Jagtiani has taken her God given music talent one step further by shooting a video for the song lsquoDigging Deeprsquo And by the looks of it this is only the beginning for this spunky talented singerSweet CelebrationsThe end of the month will see a lsquohats in the air celebrationrsquo for Zeba and Rajesh Kohli one of the cityrsquos popular social couples who are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary which fell last month along with Zebarsquos big birthday this month with a dinner for their legion of friendsZeba and Rajesh KohliAnd given that Zeba is an avid foodie and chocolatier no surprises that her table mdash especially the desserts and cake mdash is being eagerly looked forward to by inviteesHistory repeating itselfThe Vijay Mallya example has obviously not served as a lesson for other highflying defaulters Word comes in of this dapper Delhibased biz man whose company owes a substantial amount to Indian banks has been declared to be under scrutiny these past few days by the media ldquoEven though his company is under the spotlight he still insists on flying a planeload of friends down to Dubai next week to bring in his 50th birthdayrdquo said a source As the old ballad went lsquoWhen will they ever learn when will they ever learnrdquo