Here they are. The new crop of Miss India wannabe’s and the efficient little factory we will henceforth affectionately refer to as the Beauty Brigade!
Miss India Regional Round 2009 was held yesterday at Sahara Star judged by Marc Robinson & Sindura Gadde, where 65 contestants from all over India were unveiled for the very first [...]

Sunny Sara, Acquin Paes & Harshad Chawan sure know how to throw a party (evidently anywhere!) Friday night walking into Vama on Peddar Road, Mumbai (an all-in-one shopping destination for your brands of choice) was like stepping into one of those glossy magazines. Models everywhere. (When the average height amongst the women is 5′10″ and [...]

Say hello to the Indian edition of Harper’s B. So check it out the fact that almost every international glossy is here now means more face time for Page 3 personell. Kishen Mulchandani must be so excited. (Speaking of which I haven’t seen him at any of the do’s around town lately, he’s either laying [...]

Flashback to 1966: Reita Faria, a young medical student from Mumbai, created history by becoming the first Indian to be crowned Miss World. However, it took almost twenty-six years for another Indian to win at an international beauty pageant. The turning point for the Femina Miss India pageant was when Madhu Sapre was selected the [...]

We all know celebrities must work out like crazy to look the way they do. Sameera Reddy for instance works out with her fitness guru Leena Mogre at her gym in Bandra. Her sculpted body comes from a mix of cross training, functional training and kickboxing.

On Wednesday night Madhu Trehan’s launched her intriguing book ” Prism me a lie tell me a truth – Tehelka as Metaphor” amid a slew of the well-heeled. Shankar and Devina Sharma, Adi Godrej, Bakul Patel, Kavita Khanna, Rashmi Uday Singh, Rahul Bose, Tasneem Mehta, Divya Thakore, Jamini Ahluwalia, Pravina & Jamal Meclai, Queenie Dhody, [...]

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Unless you’ve been living under a very large rock you probably already know that Rehman has bagged two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Song “Jai Ho” from the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Apart from the obvious pride and a certain sense of “well its about time innit?” I also can’t help but feel warm [...]

First up I apologize for the disappearing act but a bunch of friends and I decided to scoot off to Goa to celebrate a birthday weekend (no, not mine but it sure felt like it!) I highly recommend Goa in this slightly on-offish season when everything is still open but won’t cost quite as much. [...]

Ash Chandler brought in his birthday at Magic, Mumbai  on Wednesday night. A refreshing mix of retro tunes kept the likes of Kelly Dorji, Shamita Singha and Brian Brown bopping. Narendra Kumar Ahmed made a late but stylish entry as well.

The Stardust Awards saw Bollywood’s boys and belles dolled up top to toe for their red carpet stroll. The celebrity turn included  Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Amar Singh, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Kajol, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Dev Anand, Rekha, Asha Parekh, Shatrughan and Poonam Singha, [...]