The case that rocked India

Its a story that has riveted urban India and driven it in to areas its never gone before Seven years ago when young Aarushi Talwar was found murdered in her bedroom in Noida and the body of family servant Hemraj was discovered a day later it sent a shudder down Indias collective spine as the needle of suspicion was soon pointed in the direction of her parents Nupur and Rajesh Talwar the epitome of middle class propriety and ethicsRajesh and Nupur TalwarNow languishing in jail after they were convicted of their only daughters murder for many the Talwars are a symbol of justice denied Now a book written by senior journalist Avirook Sen titled Aarushi Penguin attempts to redress this I came into the story knowing very little about the case but the Ghaziabad court with its muck guns and occasional assassinations on the premises intrigued me said Sen when we asked him why he chose this as the subject of his second bookAarushi Talwar and Avirook SenThe possibility of a great narrative emerging dawned on me only after I started covering the trial in June 2012 There were the hearings that turned more bizarre by the day he recalled The first witness was a policeman who said dhyan nahin hai to practically all questions the defence hadThere was the cop who said he couldnt smell when he was asked about whether Hemrajs body had putrefied since it had been lying in the May heat of Delhi for nearly two days There was stuff like this happening on a daily basis said the author who is said to have interviewed all the key people involved with the case from Aarushis friends to Hemrajs old boss to the forensic scientistsWhy did an open and shut case raise such a circus He said Between the nature of the manipulation by the CBI and the strange proceedings in court the story kind of wrote itselfThe Birlas sing alongSOBO finally seems to have a venue for hosting live events concerts and special performances The recently opened Dome at the NSCI Worli managed by the Morani brothers of Cineyug entertainment has been booked for the next couple of weeks with some hiprofile gigs we hear now that the parking mess with the authorities that led to the cancellation of the Jerry Seinfeld show is said to have been sorted outArijit Singh Rajashree Birla and Kumar Mangalam BirlaThe multipurpose venue saw comedian Russell Brand entertain guests with no hickups or FIRs last month And last Sunday we hear it was packed again for singer and composer Arijit Singhs live performance where no less than top Birla group head honcho Kumar Mangalam Birla along with his mother Rajashree Birla joined the 5000 strong crowd in singing along to filmy hits like Kabira Tum Hi Ho and Dilli Wali GirlfriendLoving TokyoActress and TV anchor Koel Purie whose red hot Couching with Koel on her dad Aroon Puries TV channel India Today is the toast of TV viewing is leaving Delhi later this month for a stint in TokyoKoel PurieMy husband Laurent who works with the Airbus group has been assigned there and I am desperate for a new adventure said the consummate media babe who had charmingly announced her departure on a social networking site with We are moving lock stock n baby to a place where the food is the yummiest people calmest customs wackiest seasons trippiestWill her famous red couch that has hosted the likes of Amitabh Bachchan Khushwant Singh and Anoushka Sharma travel with her My couch is staying put but I may end up getting a red tatami she said indicating that her pursuits will be more Zen in the land of the rising sunFor a while I will play the expat wife learn Japanese and the art of bonsai to calm my hectic internal rhythm she said Then something new mascot of Olympics 2020 perhaps Surely she will miss saddi dilliIll miss gate crashing those big fat Delhi weddings But bringing up a child in Delhi is totally not fun its pollution and Nanny central said the girl who says she still misses her life in Bandra so very much But Ill be ever so happy to kiss goodbye to the palpable aggression thats become ubiquitous in Delhi she saidKotwal on NetflixI play a wedding planner a bit of a con man for whom money dictates every thing said Kaizaad Kotwal about his appearances in a few of the Sense8 sensate series episode 12 created for Netflix by the Wachowskis the brothersister duo responsible for modern classics like The Matrix series and Cloud AtlasKaizaad KotwalShot entirely on location in 8 countries with the Indian cast including Anupam Kher and Avantika Akerkar Its the stories of 8 individuals from all over the world who are all connected by mystical and metaphysical forces said the actor And what kind of conman wedding planner does he play we enquired The type who can be paid to shorten the length of a wedding ceremony he said The more you pay the shorter the ritualsBhopal ExpressOur filmy snoop dropped in on the sets of Prakash Rajs action entertainer Gangaajal 2 in Bhopal where Priyanka Chopra is currently shooting Shes managing the balancing act like a pro he saidPriyanka Chopra with a fanThe actress who has been shooting around the clock in Bhopal so she can leave for her Quantico commitment abroad was also simultaneously shooting for a fashion magazine All this while nursing a flu and posing for countless pictures with her fan following Attagirl