Left off Page Three
These are the kinds of things that make reading the IIIrd page of the Pune Times so fascinating and worthwhile. Today (2 Nov's) Pune Times of India has a detailed report of a pre-Karva Chauth bash (I must admit that is a novel idea to me in the saturated space of the party-shaarty world). Assorted women "dressed in pink partied hard while applying mehendi, getting bangles, eating delicacies and dancing to DJ Jiten Singh’s music". Oooh! What fun! As the news report mentions, it must have been one hell of a "rocking Karva Chauth bash".
But bashing KC parties is not what this post is about. There, was quietly ensconced among all that "reportage", this little gem (I'm usually not one to pick bones about typos, for it would be akin to a sinner casting the stone):
Spotted there were socialists Maushmi Sanas, Shalini Lunkad and Preeti Mody.
I didn't know the Left took such a keen interest in social customs and revelry! I must admit it shatters my rather narrow view of them as dull ideologues more at home sipping tea and clashing over the finer nuances of Marxist theory over Leninist revolutionary strategies.
Looking at the picture, I'm sure there were no Leftovers that day.
But bashing KC parties is not what this post is about. There, was quietly ensconced among all that "reportage", this little gem (I'm usually not one to pick bones about typos, for it would be akin to a sinner casting the stone):
Spotted there were socialists Maushmi Sanas, Shalini Lunkad and Preeti Mody.
I didn't know the Left took such a keen interest in social customs and revelry! I must admit it shatters my rather narrow view of them as dull ideologues more at home sipping tea and clashing over the finer nuances of Marxist theory over Leninist revolutionary strategies.
Looking at the picture, I'm sure there were no Leftovers that day.
posted by J Ramanand at 8:55 PM
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