God made the Earth in six days, says the Bible.
These boys took thrice that time, and came up with just a sari. So what? Is God in the
Guinness Book of Records? Brothers Vikash and Rajesh Chhajer
are. Their 121 m long creation has been certified as the longest sari in the world.
"The idea," says Rajesh, 23, "was to commemorate the 50th year of
Independence." So they took some silk, dyed it in saffron, white and green, and
sprinkled it with 127 hand-painted portraits of women -- from Mamta Kulkarni to Princess
Di, Hillary Clinton to Mother Teresa. Too long for any of them to wear, of course.
Watch Out!
Cindy Crawford, Pierce
Brosnan, Martina Hingis and Manpreet Brar ... What do they have in
common? Omega, says Brar gleefully. The former Miss India, now model, has bagged a
prestigious two-year contract to be "brand ambassadress" for the watch company.
In fact, Bipasha Basu, Sheetal Mallar and she are just back from Switzerland where they
graced a celebrity golf tournament and shot for Omega's catalogue. What did it for Brar?
"They were looking for someone in the glamour industry," says the mannequin with
the mind, "and since it's a spokesperson's job, they want someone who can talk."
And talk. And talk. And talk.
Hello!What's This?
How unprofessional can
professional rivalries get? Anaida and Mehnaz --
singers, if you insist -- could tell you. Blank calls made to Anaida's house over the past
month have been traced by the Bandra police to the Miss India miss' home. "We've had
shows together. I did not expect this of her," fumes Anaida. But why not? Suresh
Thomas of BMG-Crescendo, the company that promotes the two, puts it down to "the
artistic temperament of the singers". Artist? Which one?
Tune in to the PM
"He's not just a neta, he's a kavi,"
says Padmaja Phenany Joglekar. So what's new? An album, dear friends. So smitten is Joglekar with
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's verse that she and composer Mahesh Chandar have put the PM's poems
to tune, for an album--Geet Naya Gata Hoon--being brought out by RPG Enterprises.
Tell us, are Vajpayee's words in tune with his deeds? Well, says the 35-year-old Mumbai
singer, microbiology graduate and Pandit Jasraj's shishya, "He may have his own
political compulsions, but kavi Atalji is dearer to me. I am dealing with Atalji the poet,
not the politician." Touchingly frank, isn't she?
God made the Earth in six days, says the Bible.
These boys took thrice that time, and came up with just a sari. So what? Is God in the
Guinness Book of Records? Brothers Vikash and Rajesh Chhajer
are. Their 121 m long creation has been certified as the longest sari in the world.
"The idea," says Rajesh, 23, "was to commemorate the 50th year of
Independence." So they took some silk, dyed it in saffron, white and green, and
sprinkled it with 127 hand-painted portraits of women -- from Mamta Kulkarni to Princess
Di, Hillary Clinton to Mother Teresa. Too long for any of them to wear, of course. 
Cindy Crawford, Pierce
Brosnan, Martina Hingis and Manpreet Brar ... What do they have in
common? Omega, says Brar gleefully. The former Miss India, now model, has bagged a
prestigious two-year contract to be "brand ambassadress" for the watch company.
In fact, Bipasha Basu, Sheetal Mallar and she are just back from Switzerland where they
graced a celebrity golf tournament and shot for Omega's catalogue. What did it for Brar?
"They were looking for someone in the glamour industry," says the mannequin with
the mind, "and since it's a spokesperson's job, they want someone who can talk."
And talk. And talk. And talk. 
How unprofessional can
professional rivalries get? Anaida and Mehnaz --
singers, if you insist -- could tell you. Blank calls made to Anaida's house over the past
month have been traced by the Bandra police to the Miss India miss' home. "We've had
shows together. I did not expect this of her," fumes Anaida. But why not? Suresh
Thomas of BMG-Crescendo, the company that promotes the two, puts it down to "the
artistic temperament of the singers". Artist? Which one? 
So what's new? An album, dear friends. So smitten is Joglekar with
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's verse that she and composer Mahesh Chandar have put the PM's poems
to tune, for an album--Geet Naya Gata Hoon--being brought out by RPG Enterprises.
Tell us, are Vajpayee's words in tune with his deeds? Well, says the 35-year-old Mumbai
singer, microbiology graduate and Pandit Jasraj's shishya, "He may have his own
political compulsions, but kavi Atalji is dearer to me. I am dealing with Atalji the poet,
not the politician." Touchingly frank, isn't she? 
