Mission Delhi – Ratan Kaul, Greater Kailash-II Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - March 12, 2015March 12, 20153 One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and top photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is from Kashmir, but her real homeland is Page 3. A regular on the party pages of Delhi’s newspaper supplements, Ratan Kaul is often spotted with the powerful and the famous. She has been photographed with Congress president Sonia Gandhi; Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of industrialist Anil Ambani; former cricketer Kapil Dev; dancer Sonal Mansingh; Bennett, Coleman & Co. chairperson Indu Jain; and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Delhi doesn’t lack Page 3 divas. Some of the most frequently featured socialites include emcee Shivani Wazir Pasrich, entrepreneur Vandy Mehra, wellness expert Vesna Jacob and art curator Sunaina Anand. Mrs Kaul, 60, is the vice-president of the
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Irfan Husain, Sri Lanka/England/Pakistan Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - March 12, 2015March 12, 20150 The 32nd death. [Text by Irfan Husain; photo by Daisy Bunn] Columnist Irfan Husain shuffled off these mortal coils after an extended bout of moribundity. His last words were: “Too much temptation; not enough time.” His long life – too long, said some readers of his Dawn column – was generally attributed to his love of good food and drink, and extended holidays at his beach house in Sri Lanka. As cynics put it, Mr Husain was on vacation from his perpetual vacation. His thirty-year stint in Pakistan's civil service was distinguished only by his inability to cash in on several lucrative assignments. People who worked under him complained that he would neither make money himself, and nor allow others to help themselves.