Stage Lines

The theme is the 60’s, but the people are in the 21^st century.

How does it matter?

Radhika had worn a pink polka dot saree – which rightly fit in the 60’s as it was the era when Mumtaz, Sharmila Tagore and Sadhana would drape themselves in polka dots, doll themselves up with extended eyelines, into a delicate curl and bouffant.

No Radhika didn’t go to the extent of the bouffant, as its difficult to maintain in a party, where, one feels like dancing to the songs, but she did the rest.

Polished her nails pink, wore long silver dangly earrings; and a white, pointed trout covered high heel; the same one, anyone would be used to be seeing in a Mumtaz’s films with Rajesh Khanna, and the bag was her own style, a while crushed Jean Paul Gautier.

Of course she wore a big pink bindi, with crystals adorning the edge.

The bangle was broad silver, old –fashioned Amrapali.

Her lipstick was pink too, soft and sensous. Eye shadow, pink and white. And the rest...

Rest was the people, in their own 60’s attire, the whole atmosphere, a scene out of any bollywood 60’s film.

That’s fashion. 60’s style.

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Sea gulls don’t eat peppermint. Its a fact. They eat fish. They stay on the sea, they fly over it, they float on the water, and they have white wings, with a black speck, and a black beak too.

They fly quite gorgeously and they like humans.

Yes! That’s what I saw, when I was returning from Alibagh, its a beach village, 45 minutes, by sea, from Bombay.

Because of winter, the sea, was quiet, the breeze was pleasant, and as the boat started, the evening was approaching, and the western sky looked dressed in hues of shades of colours.

There were hoards of sea gulls, started with the boat, the moment the engine started.

It was a right, birds flying with the speed of the boat, just following it. Sometimes flapping their wings, to take a dive into the magnificent sea, but returning again to human contact.

Some passengers threw nuts at them in the air, they caught it in their beak, like cricket players catching the ball, and when they got a peppermint, they threw it back into the sea.

And that is why, sea gulls don’t eat peppermint.

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