October 19, 1998
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Oh Jackie!
Natural Choice
Matching Up
Monica's Own What's the most famous address after the White House, USA? How about 46, Raymond Plaza, Sydney? Its occupant, Charudatta Bhadkamkar, 36, a Sydney-based Maharashtrian tool maker, recently found the press dogging his steps. What did he do? Nothing. Turned out his rented flat belongs to the most famous intern in history, Ms Lewinsky. Says a bemused Bhadkamkar, who got the house through a trust that manages Lewinsky's affairs in Australia: "My wife couldn't believe the house belongs to Lewinsky." And you, sir? "I think Bill's doing a good job." You think his landlady will agree? |
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Is Uncle Sam smiling on Rina Dhaka?
Nope, but Jacqueline Lundquist is. The American ambassador's glamorous
wife is not only hosting the designer's fall-winter show this week, she's the emcee, and
while she's at it, she'll even wear a Dhaka design. Why the generosity? It's charity
that's drawn Jackie. The proceeds from the ticketed show will go to the Concern India
Foundation. "I'm glad I'm working with Jacqueline," says Dhaka. "She's a
concerned person, and in her own way she promotes fashion." For one thing, she wears
it well. 
You don't often get to play
your own grandmom. Pooja Bhatt's one of the lucky few. In the film Zakhm,
dad Mahesh Bhatt's semi-autobiographical swan song, Pooja's playing the character
fashioned after Shiraz Mohammed Ali, the woman who mothered her father. "She was
extremely tenacious," says Pooja, "and yet as a woman of the '90s, there are
many things about her which I couldn't come to terms with, like staying at home with the
children while my grandfather married someone else." Catch Pooja doing that. 
The boys won't be the only ones in
uniform this time. When the Indian cricket team goes to Dhaka this month, Ravi Shastri,
Sunil Gavaskar, Geoff Boycott and the rest of the commentators will be wearing Ritu
Beri's clothes. Well ... actually ... "navy blue blazers, basic trousers,
shirts in neutral colours and ties with the WorldTel logo", all designed by Beri.
"Since guys like Gavaskar and Shastri are very conservative dressers," she
explains, "we had to give them a trendy look without being too funky." I mean,
who'd take Sunny in pink ruffles seriously? 
