The Cursed Delhi Purple Sapphire

• By Priyanka
• December 8, 2007
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The cursed Delhi Purple Sapphire is going to be on display at the Natural History Museum’s gemstone exhibit “The Vault,” in London and while the amethyst stone itself isn’t rare or even pricey, the curse it carries makes for a fascinating story.

According to The Times, the amethyst was first brought to the UK by Colonel W Ferris, after being looted from the Temple of Indra in Kanpur in 1857. The soldier lost all of his money and health and the same ill-fortune fell upon his son when he inherited it. A family friend who later owned it, committed suicide. In 1890, Heron-Allen got the stone and went onto suffer great misfortunes. In 1904 after having had enough of it, he had the amethyst shipped to his bankers stating that it was to stay locked away until after his death.

The curse didn’t just end with that. The Times reports that seven years ago John Whittaker, former head of micropalaeontology at the Natural History Museum, took the amethyst to the first annual symposium of the Heron-Allen Society and, on the way home from it, was caught in a huge thunderstorm. At the second symposium he fell sick with a stomach bug and on the third he got a kidney stone.

Fascinating isn’t it? For more, read The Times article Here Via Luxist.

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Amrita: Please Hire A Stylist!

• By Payal
• December 8, 2007
• 2

These dresses are just making me sick. The color.. the sequins..the material… They are just ghastly!

Saawariya premiere	Indian Television Academy Awards
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves Music Launch

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Longines Dictating Ash’s Outfit Colors?

• By Payal
• December 8, 2007
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It seems to me that Longines has directed Aishwarya to wear only white and black to all of its promotional events. It started with the appearance at the Mahalaxmi Grounds where Ash wore a black and white dress.

At a promotional event in Calcutta for Longines the day after, Ash wore a white jacket over black top and black denim.

When Ash was at the French Open earlier this year representing Longines, she wore the same theme above to the event!

It won’t be surprising that Longines decided to dictate the color choices. After Ash’s disastrous appearance at Cannes 2003, Loreal decided to select its own stylist for Ash.(Cuz we all know if left upto Ash, she probably would have picked Neeta Lulla again and looked like a clown in front of the whole world!) Can we ever forget this outfit!?

Maybe a Loreal rep made a secret call to Longines and let them know about Ash’s poor fashion choices!

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Guess..

• By Payal
• December 7, 2007
• 2

..it was just a matter of time.

TOI reports that Kareena’s look in the movie, the long t-shirt over patiala is all the craze now amongst youngsters. Now while the combo looked good on Kareena, don’t think everybody can pull it off! Definitely not if you are bottom heavy!

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Bips’ Boot(ies) Call

• By Payal
• December 7, 2007
• 2

Although we loved Bip’s in her black booties at the Vogue Brunch, we are definitely not a fan of these red booties that she wore to a Filmfare event! Wassup with Bipasha and this red obsession!

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