After organising the much-in-news lit fest, Himachal Som is moving onto a new assignment as the Indian ambassador to Italy. Needless to say, all the Delhifriends are invited to Rome for an exchange of the latest gossip...The biggest question atthe end of the conclave was regarding the no-show from Arundhati Roy. Didshe even accept the invitation?... Pankaj Mishra says he refused toattend because he felt it was safer to stay away than contend with the many egosinvolved... Meanwhile, Sir Vidia, we hear, is completely enamoured by theMaurya but did not think much of Neemrana...Another visitor in the capital was the host ofBBC’s Talking Movies, Tom Brook. Brook is an unlikelyadmirer of Lagaan.
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Why were Arundhati Roy and Pankaj Mishra not at the lit fest?
He never liked cricket till he saw the film. "It was themost exciting match I’ve seen," he raved...Long after Yash Chopra’sDaag, the two Bengali actresses Rakhee and SharmilaTagore are teaming up again for Rituparno Ghosh’s new crimethriller. Sharmila plays a filmmaker, Rakhee is a housewife and Nandita Dasplays a journo. Worth waiting for...
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