DLD‰‰†‰KDLD‰‰†‰DLD‰‰†‰MDLD‰‰†‰C In the line of Raveena bowls THE TIMES OF INDIA love: Graham Bollywood over Sunday, January 26, 2003 waits for Weitz with Stumped! Page 8 Page 7 TO D AY S LUCKY Qutab Minar 81 810 Downing street Red red wine 829 OF INDIA 848 Four dozen THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY MANOJ KESHARWANI Now, it’s Operation Colour ARUN KUMAR DAS ile the colour scheme entails Times News Network the dominance of brown and green, the fauna attendant on The cement look isn’t exac- a typical vineyard — birds, tly popular in a city known squirrels, butterflies, snails, Tas a concrete jungle. Ye dil caterpillars — will find a maange colour — specially aft- presence,’’ informs DCA pri- er The Times of India has sho- ncipal Vijay Mohan. wn the way by becoming the first Quite clearly, colour is the newspaper worldwide to go all- buzzword. And it’s just what colour. Freedom from black and wh- Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit ord- ite is the mantra of the moment. And ered: “To begin with, we will that’s official. For, officialdom sarkar start work on a few flyovers. plans to leave no stone unturned — and Depending on the response to no grey area unpainted — to add a VIBG- our pilot project, flyovers acr- YOR meaning to Delhi’s life. Starting wi- oss the city will be covered in th flyovers and stretching across to rou- a phased manner.’’ ndabouts, the road taken now leads to the NEELABH But that’s just a sneak peek united colours of the rainbow. at all things bright and beau- Of course, to ensure that Operation tiful. ‘‘Our primary objective Colour emerges with flying colours, it is is to make Delhi a beautiful important that it gets off to a city. Artistically painted ur- flying start. So, what if the fly- ARTISTIC LICENCE ban structures will go a long overs criss-crossing the city way in making Delhi a tourist were touched up with an eye- After the newspaper showed hub,’’ says DTTDC chairman catching coat of colour? Pic- Romesh Sabharwal. So, ther- ture perfect? Say thanks plea- the way, colour has become e’s artistic licence to take col- se — for, the city sarkar plans the buzzword in the Capital our into more diverse areas. to paint the town red... blue, If the DCA will redesign and green and what have you through the creativity paint the bathing ghats on the Yamuna’s banks of the Delhi College of Art (DCA). at Wazirabad, the NDMC is all set to plant vi- ‘‘For starters, the Moti Bagh flyover will be brant flowers at all 48 roundabouts in Lutyen’s done up with ceramic tiles to appear as a vineya- Delhi. No, it’s not Holi yet. But who said it can’t rd, complete with rows of grapes encircling its be Rang Barse time in Delhi? pillars and spreading across its underbelly.Wh- [email protected] The hitch after the itch... HALL OF FRAME! Delhi Times greets its readers on the occasion of Republic Day as Ankita Aggarwal courts the spirit of freedom in a creation designed by fashion students of Wigan & Leigh College, at The Oberoi (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) ANUBHA SAWHNEY Does Mohit have a point? Analyse this. Sex Times News Network expert Prakash Kothari cites the case of a fem- ale patient who expressed her frustration at her ourtship. Marriage. Honeymoon. And th- husband’s lack of interest in foreplay.‘‘She gave Cen, been there done that. ‘‘I don’t enjoy sex me a month’s time to talk to him, after which with my husband anymore,’’ she claimed she would not thi- MALLIKA SARABHAI: IN STEP WITH LIFE says Priya Tuli, a market anal- nk twice before having an affa- yst, ‘‘There’s no excitement left ir,’’ he elaborates. I am an amalgam of my pa- Papa’s death shook my life: in our relationship.’’ The sev- Medical men call this condi- rents: My parents, Vikram SUNDAY SPECIAL I was 17 when Papa passed en-year-itch in reverse? tion the Coolidge Effect which, and Mrinalini Sarabhai, lived away.He was 51. Barely 24 ho- ‘‘Gone are the days when the by definition, is the situation of Her footsteps bear the imprint of with my grandparents on the urs earlier, I had chided him concept of the seven-year-itch a couple married for some ti- eastern bank of the Sabarm- creativity. To this celebrated exponent for working so hard. I was to was limited to men,’’ points out me no longer finding each oth- ati. I was born in Ahmedabad of Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi, the appear for my IIM entrance psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh, er sexually attractive. That a on May 9, 1953, into a home art of communicating through the exams the day after the crem- MD, ‘‘More and more women relationship suffers after the with no stereotypes. My pare- unspoken word comes as naturally ation. My brother was away are outlining how dissatisfied initial euphoria of marriage is nts are famous names in the as the singular finesse with which at his university in the US they are with the sexual prow- now an inevitable reality. fields of science and dance. she maintains a pluralistic profile and I lit the funeral pyre. I ess of their husbands and how Psychiatrist Samir Parikh, Our family has four generat- as dancer, actress, activist, publisher was in no condition to appear they would prefer other men.’’ MD, suggests counselling and ions of larger-than-life wom- and single parent. But if destiny has for the IIM test. But my frien- What was a man’s adultero- enhanced communication as en. My bua Mridula Sarabhai scripted recognition for this Sangeet ds dragged me to the exam us fantasies in The Seven Year the best way to prevent the kn- is a legend in Kashmir,where Natak Akademi awardee and hall. All I remember is that I Itch, has today become a way of ot from coming apart. So, even NEELABH she helped people cross the recipient of the French Palme d’Or, was blinded by tears and the life. ‘‘I think it’s unfair to if there is no itch after border during Partition. it has also brought dejection in its exam sheet got wet. have blamed the men all INTIMACY INTERRUPTED seven years, all it takes School shaped my life: I att- wake. Yet, be it the tragedy of her Dance saved me from depr- along,’’ grins Mohit Sha- to understand your spo- rma, a graphic designer, ‘‘Who would be able to use is scratch below the surface. Yes, that night ended a Montessori school father’s demise or the torment of ession: My first crush dates resist thinking of the voluptuous Marilyn Mon- in shining amour could be just an intimate pil- run by my aunt Leena. It was divorce, Mallika Sarabhai has taken back to when I was 12. I was roe? Technicalities aside, men are much less pr- low talk away. a project-oriented school with life in her stride. DIVYA VASISHT in love with love then. Now, even carpentry and leather- the same guys I had a crush one to being fickle than women.’’ [email protected] traces the spectrum of silhouettes work being taught. While I on make me feel sick. I had a sketched by a self-sustaining soul was growing up, Amma was broken engagement at 22 — out on tours more often than he turned out to be an MCP Papa. But there was always one parent at home to and a mama’s boy. I went through a period of deep depression — but look after me and my brother Kartikeya. emerged with the conviction that all I wanted to do was dance. I wasn’t drawn to dance: I took to dancing My marriage fell apart: I first met Bipin Shah when I went to the US early in life — just because all my friends to hire him as a consultant for my magazine Inside Outside. I just knew danced. Darpana, my mother’s dance ins- we were made for each other. We were married two months later. Unfortunate- titute, was part of the house — our dining ly,the marriage didn’t work. If asked for a single reason, I would point to the fi- room was used to teach dance! I was a la- ve years of separation when I was abroad for Peter Brooke’s Mahabharata.I zy child. More than dance, I was interes- came back as a different person, having lived Draupadi’s life for five years. To- ted in theatre — it was less taxing physic- day,Bipin and I have been separated for 12 years, but are still co-parents to our ally.But Amma never forced me to dance. children Revanta and Anahita, and co-publishers for Mapin. She said that only frustrated parents for- Motherhood is the ultimate joy: I grew up believing that I could never put ced their children to do things. myself second. But my parents showed me that, whatever their achievements, College was a shock: I was 14 when I st- children came first. I felt that since I could never give this kind of uncondi- epped into St Xavier’s. My background tional love to my children, I had no right to become a mother.But once I was taught me to look for information rather married, I wanted children. And I think I have been a terrific than be spoon-fed.