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Nov 8, 1999

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The man has rather eclectic tastes. Lensman Raghu Rai, along with fellow photographers Graciela Iturbide of Mexico and Paris-based Brazilian Sebastiao Salgado, is working on a book called Mirrors of a Gaze, a lens-eye view of the parallels between India and Mexico. But in the middle of all this, Rai was also recently doing the rounds of Delhi fashion shows. Another book? "Oh no!" he smiles, "I'm shooting for a photo essay on Indian fashion for The New York Times." One man, many interests.

Belly Button Blues
Purabh Now listen to this one. Channel V veejay Purabh was recently at a place known as "the Nabhi of the Narmada" for his travel show. "Kya aap Nabhi dikhayenge (Will you show me Nabhi)?" he asked some locals, and a number of them lifted their shirts, to pointed at their belly buttons. Sample the desi humour: nabhi literally means navel. Now that the incident has been aired, Purabh is in the firing line, with one wag commenting on V's penchant for "private body parts". But hey, "I feel pretty important," Purabh gurgles. Read: hey, I've arrived.

Show Them
Kama Sutra is history, not Indira Varma. The globe-trotting actress of Mira Nair's costume drama is still earning bouquets in the West. She was "terrific", said a London critic of her role in Channel 4's Psychos. Another was impressed by "her commanding presence" in Chekov's play Three Sisters. As she gets set for a four-part BBC series, the Indian-Swiss beauty says her lineage is an advantage. And anyway, "If an Indian name gets in the way of my career, at least I'd have dented the door for someone else after me." If she hasn't got it wide open, that is.

Indira Varma Picture This
It's called Desperately Seeking Helen. Take that literally. Bollywood veteran Helen refused to be part of Canadian-Indian director Eisha Marjara's biopic on her. "She thought I wanted to make an expose on her," says Marjara. Never mind that. The film (Marjara plays Helen in it) received raves after its premiere on Canadian TV and Marjara hopes to bring it to India soon. Perhaps then Helen will know.

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