Delhi Ready To Welcome Big O
As the most powerful man in the world The President of The United States arrives in Delhi next week, the city is gearing up for his visit. He is going to be staying at The “Maurya Sheraton Hotel”, which is now out of bounds for all. The Maurya has hosted the former President George Bush and Bill Clinton. It is also Hillary Clinton’s favourite hotel. Heavy duty security personals and the F.B.I have already started making round of the places that Obama will be visiting. Mr. Obama and his much more popular wife Michelle first stop will be at ‘The Humayun’s Tomb’. The Humuyun Tomb is the 16th centaury epitome. This Mugul architecture is a world heritage site and is in good condition now, as in 2004 The Aga Khan Trust did a lot of restoring work on it. Obama’s reception in The Maurya would be done by girls dressed as “Brides” of India. The floor that Obama will be staying in has a personalized gym and the bathroom has Mother of Pearl accessories. Obama will be addressing the two houses of The Parliament where security will not allow any visitors. Michelle in the meantime will go shopping to ‘Santushti’. The favourite of all dignities. Hillary Clinton always makes a visit there. So, do all visiting elegant first ladies of all nations who have travelled to Delhi.
As India looks forward in welcoming The President of the United States, one can not help notice how the ratings of this President have fallen so low, so fast. In America where I was last week, no one, from the cab driver to a senior executive has a good word for Obama’s policies. Recession is nowhere gone and Obama really needs to thank his over hype stature made by different agencies doing his publicity and public relation during his elections. Today the once charismatic Obama’s credibility is at stake and he needs to act real fast and boldly to put his house in order.
Fashion fatigue
As the fashion week concludes in Delhi, there is obviously a fashion fatigue. For the people of Delhi it’s become an everyday affair where now numerous fashion weeks take place in a year. First it was two a year. The top once like Rohit Bal and Ashish Soni are of course the most well attended. There collection is impeccable with chic cuts, drama, attitude and panache in every show. But, in the last two years fashion week has much more to offer than just fashion shows. It’s the party’s after the shows at different pubs mostly sponsored by some liquor company which are wild and what you can call in modern language “cool”. This is where most socialites, models and the wannabe’s hang around together. Over the year’s our models are more confident and happily carry off a bikini on the ramp. There was a time when socialites were given preference over buyers to sit in the front row but now its buyers who mostly sit in the front row. As designers realize the difference. It’s also the Behenji’s in salwar –kameej and their designer bags who occupy the front row, rather than the stiff lip-ones perfectly turned out women of today. In Mumbai it is always the film stars and especially in the last two fashion shows it is the 30+ actresses who are more out of jobs like Preity Zinta and Sushmita Sen who are either sitting in the front row or are the showstoppers. Our Indian designers are no doubt of international quality but with the international brand easily available in India, they sure have very tough competition and need to work extremely hard. Fortunately there were no cat fights this time, or tantrums. The buyers and designer went off happily and content. This season one saw lots of colour, bold prints and lace with metallic really in vogue.
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