Here’s a peek at designer Surily Goel’s resort wear collection entitled “A Safari Anecdote” which will be showcased at the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour this evening at theTaj Lands End, Bandra. As per the PR note “the collection encompasses black, beige, military green and animal print pleated dresses and skirts edged at the hems with swirls of [...]

September at the Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai is looking smoking hot. I’m most especially excited about Sean Kingston making an appearance and hoping I can get him to do a live rendition of “Bollywood Girls” (DJ Suketu’s mix that I love) for my blog :) Here’s the rest of the line up this month so [...]

Check it out! MissMalini and Tarana Raja Kapoor revisited our dancing days about a decade on! So fun :) I highly recommend you try a class. Big love to: Manik Bhatheja for a killer routine and oodles of patience, Ashwin Mushran for engineering our late start so he could be there and everyone who cheered [...]

I’m giving Chef Manu Chandra’s new menu at A.D. Singh’s Olive Bar & Kitchen, Bandra a double thumbs up! I have to say though that Mitali Kakar and I (who were both unfashionably on time) were tres surprised at the modest turn out and speculated whether it could have been the rain, people ending up [...]

Mumbai Glitterati is now gearing up for Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive ‘10 at the Grand Hyatt from September 17th-22nd. After announcing the 74 designers participating this time at a press conference earlier in the week, Lakme and IMG hosted a party at Olive, Mahalaxmi on Thursday to celebrate 11 years of fashion where all the pretty [...]

This is a super week for gigs; I’ve no idea when I’m going to get any rest! Bangalore folk-rock band Swarathma play Hard Rock Cafe. They’re collaborating with Old Man River, a one-man act visiting from Australia and putting a new spin on popular tracks like Ee Bhoomi and Bolo Hai Kya. With colourful costumes, [...]

You gotta love the whole Indie music vibe that’s picking up big time in Mumbai. (Especially when some of the city’s most fashionable glitterati deck up for the do!) Ashutosh Phatak launched his new dance album, Petri Dish along with Arjun Vagale + Ash Roy (Jalebee Cartel) at Blue Frog on Friday. Apart from the [...]

I’ve seriously never met anyone THIS tall in my life. (Like how I’m standing on my tippy-toes as if THAT’s gonna help?) Meet Pau Gasol. He’s the Spanish 7′ center and power forward for the current NBA champs, the LA Lakers and is in India as part of the NBA’s mission to grow its brand [...]

Koko looked pretty damn cute as a show stopper for Tarang and Akanksha Arora’s Amrapali show at IIJW.
Spotted: Kirron Kher, Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta (her daughter with Vivian Richards!), Ila & Ishita Arun, Alka Yagnik, Payal Gidwani Tiwari, Shraddha Nigam, Mayank Anand, Jeanne Merchant and Anita Dongre.

On Wednesday night I finally got to sit front and center at a fashion show (to see what all the fuss is about) and ended up bang opposite Suzanne Roshan, Zarine Khan, and Farah Ali Khan (the cutest mother-daughter combo ever btw, Farah was super friendly and twittering away as always and mommy Zarine even [...]