Rewriting his story

Whoever it is he certainly has a sense of twisted literary humour Yesterday when Manu Joseph author Serious Men and The Illicit Happiness of Other People and columnist for the International New York Times posted a wry comment on an online hoax it elicited an expected share of chucklesI just got to know a There is some site called OK Cupid or something like that b That a fellow even though he wished to attract women has used my photograph on his profile on the dating site and flirted well He was or is called LoveHarmony 2015Manu JosephHow was the ruse discovered I got to know all this when I received a message from a good lady slightly wounded who introduced herself as ghost from the past or something like that and she said why did you leave without saying goodbye said Joseph adding I am informing all I can I hereby declare as the suckers of FB hoaxes would say I am not LoveHarmony2015What can we say but that even serious men face such frivolity in the cause of the illicit happiness of other peopleEpic sea voyageIt all started in South Africa from Cape Town Brijesh Hari bought the boat and sailed from Cape Town in two months to Mumbai through the treacherous waters of Somalia and stopped over at Madagascar said our friend Maleeka Lala who along with skipper Hari two friends naval Captain Sandeep Mhatre and wealth manager Ravi Jethani and a couple of tindals is currently on an adventurous sea voyage from Goa to Mumbai taking advantage of the last of the seasonrsquos South Westerly monsoon windsBrijesh Hari and Maleeka Lala on the boatThey are aboard the 40 feet awardwinning catamaran Tara As we speak at 735 pm on October 4 sitting on Tara in the estuary of Jaigarh we have been sailing since 2 am on October 2 from Morjim in north Goa said Lala who helps with the administration at her familyrsquos Jaslok Hospital when her adventurous spirit does not propel her in the direction of outofthebox experiencesThe catch of the day makes a dishAnd as is to be expected this ocean adventure has resulted in a haul of delights We went fishing this afternoon and caught red snappers and barramundis said Lala adding The boat has three bedrooms and two toilets with showers a gas cooker with an oven in the kitchen and a built in dining roomAnd whatrsquos most amazing is that even while sailing on the high seas so close to nature in all its glory communications between us and the adventurers was as crystal clear and smooth sailing as the voyage itselfBig fat LA weddingItrsquos official the big fat Indian wedding gets bigger fatter and more Indian when it leaves the countryrsquos shores For the past couple of weeks our timeline has been buzzing with pictures of ultra glamorous men and women dressed in designer bling from head to toeAlex gets a hug from his motherinlaw and Deepikarsquos mehendiFrom fashionista Surily Goel to former actress Poonam Dhillon to finance whiz Harsh Fabiani and blade tycoon Rocky Malhotra they have been partaking in much band baaja and baraat over the nuptials of Deepika daughter of Nandini and Deepak Chopra founder and chief executive of OSI Systems Inc the global airport security equipment giant with beau AlexGuests including Poonam Dhillon Harsh Fabiani with Nandini and Deepak ChopraDescribed as a marathon celebration of epic proportions this lsquoHinjewrsquo wedding spread over some of LArsquos most glittering venues has been the toast of the NRI community And the high spot When the very American groom serenaded his blushing bride with a sonorous SRK ballad See what we mean by band baja and baraatIn the service of Mumbai womenSaturday evening saw a flurry of activity in Colaba when Annie Chen launched her bright and sparkling state of the art beauty salon opposite the Radio ClubAnnie ChenThis is mainly for my ColabaCuffe Parade clientele said Chen whose earlier establishment is situated beside Metro cinema Chen an industry veteran with 30 years of experience is one of the reasons why a slew of Mumbai women manage to look good despite the cityrsquos many challengesStarting out as hairdresser to stars like Parveen Babi yes she was responsible for the late actressrsquo famous lsquosilky hairrsquo look for that iconic cover of Time magazine Reena Roy and Sarika Chen worked in Dubai with Shahnaz Hussain before training with Tony amp Guy in London and then in Japan where she learnt lsquorebondingrsquoI was the first person in the country to offer rebonding services says the intrepid salonist married in to a wellheeled Chinese restaurantowning family And yes rebonding is another reason why the heads of so many of Mumbairsquos women look like a million dollars Er given the humidity in the weather make that a million rupeesKicking butt seriouslyWhich Bollywood hero has quit smoking and become a proponent of this radical three injection above the ear from a German hospital above Apparently so successful has been the result that the young star has been trying to convince all his smoker buddies to follow suitIt only costs 100 Euros he was overheard telling some of his colleagues recently on the sets of his location shoot They locate a place just above the ear lobe Itrsquos been six months since then and I havenrsquot touched a ciggy since he swore Cool