Yesterday, like most other media people, our phone was flooded by calls from news channels requesting that we go on air with our take on the spine-chilling Sheena Bora murder

It would not be wrong to say that urban India is reeling from the Sheena Bora murder revelations. From what was a sensational case of a high-profile media tycoon killing her own sister that broke on Tuesday night, to the unbelievably shocking follow-up revelations, that Sheena was actually Indrani Mukerjea's daughter

Those who know him, say that Mukesh Ambani, the 58-year-old chairman of Reliance Industries, a man legendary for his business foresight and work ethic, has never worked harder in his life

When we met our friend, the Delhi-based designer Rina Dhaka at the Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Byculla, for Shaina NC's Banarasi Textiles Revival Movement, in the presence of Chief Secretary Maharashtra &mdash; Shri Swadheen Kshatriya; Minister of State for the Ministry of Textiles &mdash; Santosh Gangwar, and Chandrakant Dada Patil amongst others, she told us the trauma time she&rsquo;d faced in the past few days on account of negligent courier companies

"Growing up I had always seen my mother wearing her saree ulta. Little did I realise that I would be able to drape the saree in 54 different styles, as a single saree or a double. Obviously this is genetic," said BJP spokesperson and designer Shaina NC

"Our brief was very clear it had to reflect the spirit of its context, and of course, since it is the tradition that every St Regis hotel property has a mural themed on the city its located in, and since this St Regis is located in the mill area, we were very clear that it should capture its spirit," said Gayatri Ruia, who is one half of the team that transformed Lower Parel and helped usher in a new chapter in the city&rsquo;s metamorphosis

So here's what we learnt at Twinkle's star-studded book launch last evening. Karan Johar observes Karva Chauth. He went to the same boarding school as Twinkle

And since we were the very first to write about The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival (KSLF) Kasauli, that excellent meeting of minds and people that is conducted annually by his son Rahul Singh and the lovely Niloufer Billimoria in memory of the writer who died at the ripe old age of 99 last year here's an update on this year&rsquo;s fare

We have a pact with Twinkle Khanna: we get her to think up ideas for this column ('Put those formidable grey cells to work!' We said to her); and she gets to call us 'Aunty M'

"Kiran and Anil (Agarwal, Chairman of Sterlite) are throwing a reception for Rishi and me at their home next week," said Queenie Singh who got married to beau Rishi Sethia recently and fittingly, aboard a yacht in St Tropez

Malavika Sangghvi

An unspeakable sadness

Dial M for murder

Seventeen-hour days

Make in India, lose en route

Reviving the handlooms of Banaras

Telling Mumbai's tales

Mrs Funny Bones and pals

Remembering Khushwant

How I wonder...

The Queenie-Rishi celebration

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