Who got in first?

Who got in firstThe whorsquos who of India Inc were seen at his swearingin right from both Mukesh and Anil Ambani with their families and mother Kokilaben Gautam Adani Ashok Hinduja Shashi and Prashant Ruia Rana Kapoor Naresh Goyal the Mittal brothers Sunil Rajan and Rakesh DLF vicechairman Rajiv Singh Hero MotoCorprsquos Pawan Munjal Suzlonrsquos Tulsi Tanti and Videoconrsquos Rajkumar DhootNarendra Modi PICPTISo given Modirsquos accessibility to business leaders the big question doing the rounds in India Inc was who would be the first to be granted an appointment with the new PM After all every business head must have put in their request for an appointment the moment the results had been announcedCyrus Mistry andGautam Adani PicsAFPAnd now sources reveal that the two people who were afforded the honour were Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani ldquoBy choosing these two Modi has once again confounded his criticsAfter all Tata Sons is the acknowledged business leader of the community and seeing its Chairman is sending out a conservative message As for Adani hersquos also letting it be known that he has not forgotten his old friends Both choices were excellent and cannot be faultedrdquo said a business insiderAll work and no playAn interesting aside from those whorsquove been doing the rounds of the corridors of power in Delhi is just how unbelievably tired the new ministers look ldquoNot only are they expected to put in 14hour workdays but many of them have more than one ministry to see toArun Jaitley PICPTIFor people whorsquove been out of power and used to less work their new hours are tellingrdquo said one source adding ldquoThey look exhaustedrdquo A case in point is Arun Jaitley one of the hardest working ministers who they say not only looks extremely exhausted but has also put on a fair deal of weight ldquoWith three key ministries under him he finds no time to take his morning walk at Lodhi Garden any morerdquo wersquore toldYamamoto BlackldquoThe meeting took place last month in Yohjirsquos studio in Tokyordquo says our friend the designer Barbara Cecelia Behn Constantinescu about her teteatete with the legendary Japanese designer Yamamoto whose works we so adoreYohji Yamamoto and Barbara Cecelia PicAFPldquoYohji was amazed at the blackness of the blackrdquo she says about his response to her exquisite collection of pashmina shawls produced by her Kathmandubased company BajraSomething of a legend itself the Bajra Company was founded in 1992 when Barbara was preparing for her first trek in the Annapurna region of Nepal and was introduced to the luxurious handwoven cashmere and silk fabric known as lsquopashminarsquoSince then Bajra has grown into a vast enterprise that employs almost 10000 local artisans and weaves and embroiders pashmina scarves and shawls that are sold internationally at the best stores ldquoWhen he wore onerdquo says Barbara ldquohe went into the Yohji tactile world and touched each piece as if it was talking to himrdquoDo unto othersThose familiar with this wellheeled business clan and the travails faced by one of its daughters whose marriage broke up very publicly on account of her husband having an affair with her best friend cannot help clucking their tongues about the irony of it allBecause not only is history being repeated but this time it is also one of their own sons who is at fault Yes the twentysomething young man the elder of the two brothers whose lavish wedding in a European hotspot to the daughter of a wealthy NRI had made headlines a few years ago has done the unthinkable jeopardised his marriage by having an affair with his wifersquos best friendAnd this is not the only blot on his copybook insiders speak of the bad blood that had resulted when hersquod sold a painting to one of his billionaire friends for a price that was way above the market rates and then refused to take it back ldquoHersquos always had the reputation of being a bit of a con artistrdquo says a source ldquoAnd now his wife is fed up and we hear shersquos filed for divorcerdquo SadHappy Birthday NanaldquoHersquos really excited about todayrdquo says doting daughter Shaina N C about her father octogenarian Nana Chudasamarsquos birthday celebrations this evening ldquoAll his friends will be thereNana Chudasama rightPoliticians like Sharad Pawar the Thackerays Nitin Gadkari Manohar Parrikar and of course people from all walks of life like Salim Khan with daughter Alvira Adi Godrej Shobhaa and DiliprdquoAnd what does she love best about her dad ldquoOh easily the fact that hersquos one of the most even tempered and likeable personalities Irsquove seen Even if hersquos in hospital right from the ward boy to the top doctor hersquoll have them all eating out of the palm of his handrdquo says Shaina herself a leading light of the BJPGiven his nature why didnrsquot he get into politics ldquoHe always felt it was more important to be a voice of dissentrdquo says Shaina about the man whose cryptic banner comments on Marine Drive often have the powers that be shaken and stirred Happy birthday Nana And may your inkwell never run dry