An evening dedicated to books

At the age of 14 LK Advani read How To Make Friends And Influence People, Advaita Kala has still not sold the rights of her book Almost Single, Gautam Bhimani has taken a lighter take on cricket in his book and calls himself the light side of the game. Chetan Bhagat is getting ready to pen down another book. For Jaswant Singh books are one's best friend. Writing is Gulzar's lifeline. But why are we discussing books and people? That's because a leading publishing house recently completed 75 years and hosts, RK Mehra, Kapish G Mehra and wife Dr Asheena Mehra, made sure no one missed out on good times.

MY VIEW: Every guest got talking to us and shared their views. Whereas, Advani stressed that authors should be readers too, Chetan taught us how to handle embarrassment, "If you are embarrassed, embarrass others!"

HOST KAUN? In the middle of all the revelry, we saw the surprise guests – Vishal Bhardwaj with Rekha Bhardwaj. But later the duo along with Gulzar vanished from the scene. We heard them discussing, "Let's go and have chicken." And when the host stopped them Vishal said, "Hum mehmaan nahi host hai, aap apne mehmaano ka khayal rakhiye hum apna rakh lenge." What a relief, Mehraji, no?

Full report here Times of India