Malaika???

Do we love Malaika or do we hate her?? Yeah, the one and only Malaika Arora Khan... Perhaps she's the Indian equivalent of the blonde--all curves, no brains. Am I jealous? A teensy bit... Wish I could retain my pre-mommyhood figure just as effortlessly. But did she do it effortlessly? Nah, I think... but she had all the time in the world to look after that particular hourglass (it's part of her job description, after all). Me, I have to squeeze in my dance classes in between bringing out a newspaper supplement and sundry edit jobs, and believe me, the day I decide I'm going back to dance class, I have a morning interview/other assignment that puts paid to my curvy ambitions.

Another model-wife I was really amazed to see on the ramp was Waluscha Robinson: her weight loss took some doing; a whole 22kg! Wow!!

Back to Malaika; she's on the cover of Good Housekeeping, and seems to have dropped the Khan from her name. Proofing error, trial separation or elaborate PR arrangement (remember her last fiasco?)... only time will tell.

My former employer's son named his first daughter Malaika, which is apparently Swahili for 'angel'. The Malayalam word for 'angel' is 'maalakha'. What was that about the continental drift?

P.S. Oh, the continental drift theory reminded me of a joke. I have a very good friend who specialises in dirty jokes. Let's just call him S here, for the sake of brevity (I'm sure he'll have no problems being 'outed'). His theory goes like this: Before the continents drifted apart, Brazil was right next to India, specifically Kerala. Both the places have the same kind of tropical climate, you see. But when the continents began drifiting apart, the Brazilians left all their clothes on this continent. Which explains why the Brazilians wear next to nothing and the Indians (he especially meant Keralite women) wear the sari and a host of other things underneath.