Glamour World
Writers For Taslima
The Jaipur litfest and the World Book Fair may have kept mum, but writers
turned up in full force to support Taslima's cause. Vinod Mehta, Arundhati
Roy, Girish Karnad, Mahashweta Devi were among the galaxy of authors,
editors, academics who turned up at the press meet in Delhi. They also
expressed solidarity for M.F. Husain and journalists in jail.
Achtung Baby!
Whatever happened to all that fine European restraint? SRK, our very own
angel of bombast and overblown cool, created quite a hungama at the Berlin
film festival. Arriving for the gala screening of *OSO*, he duly spoke up
for Bollywood kitsch, song 'n dance numbers and the rest. "Hollywood should
consider borrowing from us," quoth he.
Paint It Green
Ten years on, and the challenge of building a greener earth has been taken
up by the students of the Mahindra World College, near Pune. Their
biodiversity park projects earned plaudits from none other than the PM, who
inaugurated it last week. Seen here from left, Anand Mahindra, Sharad Pawar,
Keshub Mahindra and Shashi Tharoor.
Belle Belle
Pakistani models making a beeline to Bollywood is a fine form of track two
diplomacy. After Meera and Sana Nawaz, now it's Mehreen Syed. The doe-eyed
'International Model of the Year' will exhibit her acting skills in *Maine
Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara*.
