December 5 2006
 

The evening had the host's friends joining in to have a whale of a time. But some of. them like Laila Rajpal Khan and Purnima Dhawan left soon after taking a long observed look at the artefacts.

MY DADDY IS THE BEST: Shamshad Hussain was smiling with pride as folks congratulated him on his father's work. And he did let us in a li'lsecret. "You know my father wanted to do the furniture too. But when Renu and her husband DK saw the triangular structure that abba created for a bed, they refused," he said.

 

Renu Modi might be known for her kove for art but its depth was understood only at the party hosted at her residence in the capital. The occasion was to celebrate the exhibition of bronze sculptures organised by Renu but they were easily overshadowed by the master's strokes - Renu's house had been designed by none other than Maqbool Fida Hussain, way back in 1986.
AMOL FLAUNTS HIS KNOWLEDGE: Amol Vad-hera's knowledge of mythology took Sita Raina by surprise. To ,begin from the beginning, Sita was ex- plaining the importance of the garud constructed on the top of the, Modi house to a phirang friend: And wasn't she delighted to hear Amol bringing in details about Vaaman and lord Vishnu. Pretty impressive, hub? .
THE JAIN LOVE STORY: Prof Jyotindra Jain is hardly spotted minus his german better half Jutta. Ask him when did cupid strike and he is more than happy to ob1ige. "I was part of the visiting faculty at Jutta's college in Germany. She was studying Indian culture and that is how we began interacting. No sooner did we realise, than we were in love. It's been 25 years no " expressed he.
THE TULLY CONNECTION? Sitting in one quiet corner was Philip Turner along with a very pleasant lady Anna Tully, who after introducing herself added, "And I am not related to Mark Tully," All this while the Modi parivar Kapil, Manav and his wife Nidbi helped mum Renu in making the do a success!