Tata's top 10

Amidst the fire brimstone and vitriol that passes for virtual content these days itrsquos nice to know that a collection of grabs from the speeches of the soft spoken and reticent Ratan Tata Chairman Emeritus of the Tata group has gone viral recentlyMade by a young admirer the 1210 sec unauthorised video has the former Tata chairman championing such old fashioned and forgotten virtues as lsquohumilityrsquo lsquotrustrsquo and lsquomaking a differencersquo amongst his top 10 rules for successRatan Tata with the first Indica off the assembly lineThat it has found such popularity in the digital world especially amongst a young audience reveals that there is still a yearning for traditional values though the turn in recent affairs of the country doesnrsquot indicate thisBut what struck us most was the section when Tata listed lsquodoing what cannot be donersquo as one of his principles giving the example of producing the first indigenously built car that had rolled off the Tata gangway mdash the humble Indica ldquoEveryone told me that it could not be donerdquo he said candidly adding ldquoBut when I look back nothing else has given me as much satisfaction as producing that car and proving my critics wrongrdquoTaking it on her chinldquoSaved by my chinichinchinrdquo is how actress and TV host Tara Sharma blogged about her recent hover board accident for which she took some stitches on her face recentlyTara Sharma and Roopak Saluja with their kidsWe had met the actress at a family wedding last week and commended her on the striking bikini clad picture she had posted of herself on social media ldquoThat was a few moments before the accidentrdquo she said explaining ldquoSunday is our family chill out dayMost often swimming and relaxing at a pool It was one such Sunday when for some bizarre reason I stopped a young child who was whizzing along on his hover board and asked him if I could please have a turnrdquo She shuddered ldquoI was not deliberately trying to be cool but I admit that somewhere within perhaps I wanted to show that us Mums can be daringrdquoWhat resulted was one of the most painful experiences of her life she said and a frantic dash to a hospital ldquoThank God Irsquom fine now and the stitches donrsquot showrdquo said the newly chastened hoverboarderMumbai to LAWord comes in that Bombay Boy and restaurateur Rohan Talwar has been missing from the SoBo scene of late Rohan the scion of the Nitco Tiles empire opened the Colaba favorite Ellipsis restaurant and bar in 2012Rohan TalwarThe restaurant went through a short turbulent phase recently with a change of kitchen guard but things seem to be looking up for the establishment as the Thomas Kellertrained Chef Phuong Tran has taken over as executive chefAs for Rohan after living in cities like London New York and Sydney he now finds himself a stonersquos throw from Hollywood in Los Angeles as owner of Norah his newly opened restaurant and cocktail bar on Santa Monica BlvdHelmed by chef Mike Williams and conceptualised by Rohan Norah only a few weeks old has Variety terming it lsquorusticelegantrsquo and an eater claiming ldquoNorah charms the pants off the West Hollywood Dining ScenerdquoOur starstruck source who had visited the chic eatery said ldquoI spotted no less than three Hollywood actors there over two evenings and recommend the lobster bolognese gnocchi and heritage pork glazed with ciderrdquo NiceDisco Deewane on a screen near youZoheb Hasan one half of the eighties popular sisterbrother duo of Nazia and Zoheb who had wowed listeners with their 1981 chart busting album Disco Deewane has announced that a Bollywood film on the lives of Nazia and him featuring their music through the yearsNazia and Zoheb HasanDeewane had topped the charts in 14 countries It is said to have sold 100000 records within a day of its release in Mumbai alone and went on to becoming the No 1 selling pop Asian albumKareena and Ranbir KapoorThe Pakistani siblings who had lived between London and Lahore had been at the peak of their success when Nazia had died tragically cutting short a promising career Who will play the siblings if indeed such a film is made Zoheb has put out a communication inviting lookalikes who can actdance to write inBut our bets are on real life cousins Ranbir and Kareena Anyone gameThe N Ice Man ComethFrom the Capital comes this insight into some nifty PR hokey pokey Apparently therersquos this leading Mumbai group that has perfected the art of lsquomanaging the environmentrsquoldquoWhen a new bureaucrat arrives in Delhi they make sure that their PR person befriends him in the first few weeks of his arrivalrdquo said a Lutyenrsquos grande dame adding ldquoThe PR then proceeds to inveigle himself into the heart of the bureaucratrsquos family helping with the setting up of the home with school and club enrollments etcrdquoSuch thoughtfulness We remarked ldquoYesrdquo said the source ldquoIn one recent case they even sent over a huge refrigerator stacked with the familyrsquos favourite foods mdash chocolates cheeses wines even the preferred mineral waterrdquo The iceman cometh We exclaimed ldquoEven betterrdquo said the Lutyenrsquos grande dame drolly ldquoThe Nice man comethrdquo