First Take

What is the BJP gearing up for? People everywhere are talking about PM AtalBehari Vajpayee’s new trousers. Hotly debating his new sartorialavatar—brown pants and white shirt. Is he making a style statement or a political oneoverseas by shunning the Nehru jacket? Other BJP party workers meanwhile must be gearingdown for the national executive meet in Goa this weekend. Will the oceans churn when L.K.Advani and cadres hit the waters?...Further up, floating away from each other, itseems like the rip tides have gotten to the Dutts. While Rhea is holdingon to the The Art of Living and a business magnate with whom she shares a Sudarshan Kriya,Sanjay it seems has found comfort simply in the arms of another... MIT,

in Manipal, is going in for a redesign, by none other than Charles Correawhose blueprints foretell a grand new vision...And on another wistful note, all ofMumbai’s Upper Crust and Afternoon people gathered to remember BehramContractor, father of all foodies, on the first anniversary of his passing...