Tiaras to the ready

So now that the save the date communication for a charity reception in honour of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Catherine Middletons forthcoming visit to India has been sent out by the British High Commission and British Asian Trust for early April the jurys out on who amongst Mumbais social set will queue up to be photographed with the coupleCatherine Middleton and Prince William PicGetty ImagesAfter all Middleton very much in the footsteps of her late motherinlaw Princess Diana is the ultimate society ladys selfie date The biggie will be if someone gets to host the royal couple said a society watcher You know a high tea or some such thing that gives them pole position over every one else she saidOf course given that the Brit royalty like to be seen involved in charity work it would help if it will be done for a cause to afford it the fig leaf of philanthropy she said adding But apart from that even just to be photographed by their side is social validation enough So are Mumbais tiara sporting lot dusting out their gowns their curtseying skills and yes their tiaras even as we speak to prepare for the big day You betStanding by herHow things have changed Time was when the default position of the world including its women would be to take a mans side in any manwoman split regardless of the issues involvedKim SharmaThis was because the man was seen to be more powerful and thus more strategic to support Women after all especially women who had chosen to take on a mighty and powerful man would end up destroyed the old thinking wentNot so any more Following the unsavoury legal battle between two of Bollywoods biggest stars over an alleged affair its good to see that just as many people have come out in support of the talented actress concerned as for the star actorKim Sharma who debuted a few years ago in the YRF starrer Mohabattein and then had recused herself from show business after her marriage posted this cryptic and feisty message yesterday on a social networking siteLegal notices in the mail for calling someone silly Threatening to disclose private conversations Diagnosing someone with Aspergers syndrome Grow up no one likes a crybaby she wrote NiceTweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum come avisitingFollowing the visit of the tall erudite highflying current lawyer and former finance minister P Chidambaram to engage with a highprofile audience at a fivestar soiree this week comes news that another tall erudite highflying former lawyer and current Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be coming to Mumbai later this month to engage with a high profile audience at a fivestar soireeP Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley PicsAFP PTIThis time not a group of interlocutors but just one the former editorinchief of a newspaper And thats not the only similarity between Jaitley and PC either Both are said to enjoy nothing more than a stimulating conversation spicier in Jaitleys case with media hacks after work and both have used their wit and way with words to win themselves a natural constituency amongst Mumbais glitterati Whose event will garner more interest Watch this spaceMythological photoopGiven the climate of intolerance in the air we dont know how this picture of our friend Dalip Tahil in bed with four mythological beauties will be received Raja Dashrath has a sitin with Sita and his beautiful ranis from left Sumitra Kaushalya Kekayi said the actor Livin in our bed for a week as Lennon would say he quippedDalip Tahil with costars on the set of his TV showWas it shot during a scene from his latest show We enquired It was taken during the shoot said Tahil Dashrath is ailing and his women are at his bedside not that you can tell in this photo So we collectively decided Aisaa mauka phir kahan milega he laughed Its basically a photo opportunityAnd if someone wants to make a song and dance about it they should speak with Tahil Yavery day I am Raja Dashrath he quipped Now for the usual outrage from those protecting the modesty of Indias mythological kings and queens not to forget those offended by Tahils elitist mockery of they who speak English ungrammatically and last but not least they who defend the IP rights of John Lennon and his epic sleep over with Yoko Bring itDubious royaltyAnd now that the season of royalty is upon us with the visit of Prince William and Kate Middleton next month might we spare a thought for this unctuous gentleman who has predicated what looks like his entire career on a fictitious royal connectionNo one is quite sure how he has managed to claim his blue blood certificate given that he is actually related to a leading political family and a leading business clan which by Indian standards is royalty enough but this does not stop him from assiduously flaunting his regal antecedents his palace his artworks and his royal friends in India and abroadPerhaps its so that the stardust of his connection to royalty gets translated into more sales for his heavy brocade ensembles or his other business ventures in hospitality said a friend adding quite unnecessarily After all any thing goes or sells in Mumbai society right