Style Policing

Wednesday night saw us at the launch of Kareena Kapoorrsquos The Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva in the company of the star Shobhaa De whose eponymous imprint Shobhaa De Books has published the book the bookrsquos writer Rochelle Pinto and Penguinrsquos Chiki Sarkar ldquoKareena Kapoor has a massive fan following of young people who admire her sense of style as much as her acting prowess An authoritative style guide coming from her seemed like a pretty obvious fitrdquo says De adding ldquoThe SDe Books Imprint will celebrate the lives of real celebrities from different fields Shobhaa De Kareena Kapoor and Rochelle Pinto My next launch is the Adi Godrej biography itrsquos a riveting read Followed by Zia Modyrsquos thought provoking book 10 Judgements that changed Indiardquo But who we asked the writerpublisher had been the most stylish star when she edited Stardust in the late seventies ldquoParveen Babirdquo she replied Adi Godrej ldquoI can never forget the first time I saw her at Parmeshwar Godrejrsquos home in Juhu clad in a sea green Grecianstyle gown she was a visionrdquo And the one style tip shersquod like to give todayrsquos actresses ldquoSack your stylists Donrsquot be slaves of designer labels and big brands Find then flaunt your own identityrdquo Nice Italian style Roohi Oomerbhoy Jaikishan the lady who is responsible for a certain Lo Dolce Vita in India invited us to Gypsy Cinema next week where her company RRO will be participating in a popup cinema to be held on the terrace of Marine Plaza Roohi Oomerbhoy Jaikishan ldquoThe four day event will feature four classic films set in Italy Roman Holiday Cinema Paradiso Romeo and Juliet and La Dolce Vita in an ambience evoking a Roman terrace cafe on a summer evening RRO will be hosting a tasting session of its Italian range of products with a special focus on its range of cheeserdquo she said ldquoSip a glass of wine experience Fellinirsquos Rome Buon Cibo Buon Vino Buoni Amici Good food good wine in the company of good friends and good cinemardquo she saidu00a0 Golf lore We received an email from avid golfer and one of the cityrsquos leading industrialists Arvind Jolly ldquoYou had recently written about a golfer who had collapsed on a golf course with nobody accompanying him to the hospitalrdquo wrote the gentleman Arvind Jolly ldquoBut all golfers are not heartless and I have a story to tell you I slipped and fractured my ankle nine years ago on a Sunday morning at a city club A dear golfer friend of mine Bhagwat Devidayal Namita Devidayalrsquos father rushed to the car park drove his car through the parking lot onto the golf course to hole 3 and took me to Breach Candy Hospital where I was operated within an hour Namita Devidayal He then spent the next two days looking after me I had to write this letter because yes we are losing human values and emotions But for some of us golf is a game of friendship and carries high responsibilitiesrdquo A week in the life If you think yoursquove had a busy fortnight spare a thought for Martin da Costa who runs 70 EMG a flourishing event and festival agency ldquoOn Wednesday last week I inaugurated one of the greatest exhibitions of the year the top 20 Artists from the Skoda Prize 2012 entries at none other than the magnificent NGMA Martin da Costa The next day I was in Vagator Goa dealing with the setup for India Bike Week A setup that luxuriated in all the glorious contradictions of Indiardquo says the LSE educated UK born expat And suddenly from a clear blue sky the worst of times because that same day was when I learnt that a very very good friend whorsquod been a mentor support irreplaceable guide and a constant benevolent presence had diedrdquo ldquoThe crazy up and down rollercoaster of Mumbai had just tightened its grip once morerdquo he adds ruefully ldquoShe gives so much and takes away so fast Therersquos no one like her Anywhererdquo Cartier Sunday So itrsquos off to Bandra this Sunday for the third edition of the Cartier Travel With Style Concours drsquoElegance ldquoCartier Travel With Style is among the worldrsquos best four Concours DrsquoElegance globally reputed vintage car exhibits and competitionsrdquo say its organisers ldquoHeld every two years in India and curated by the noted Indian automotive expert HRH Manvendra Singh of Bharwani and orchestrated by noted car aficionado and HRH the Duchess of Cornwallrsquos brother Mark Shand Seventyfour cars and 32 motorbikes competing in seven distinct created categories will be showcased at a specially created Cartier Exhibition Area spread across Taj Lands End in Bandra rdquo ldquoRoyal patrons HRH Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur and Princess Esra of Hyderabad Vijay Mallya renowned vintage collector Diljeet Titus media barons Vivek Goenka and Hormusji Cama vintage authority Nitin Dossa art entrepreneur Jagdish Thackersey and noted vintage motorcycle collectors Mandar Phadke Percy Bhathena and Reuben Solomon among others are some of the dignitaries who will be at the Concoursrdquo we are assured