to give it him has the pizzazz of a freshly opened bottle of chateauneufdupape all that you need when he is around is slice of cheese cake to make the twilight exciting never mind if he has gone vegetarian and is off discos for a while watch out for him to sweep you off your feet if you have the right attitude and the right face and figure karans style is international but i wonder where in kolkata are the sizzlers to keep his home fires burning rex moser director american center has a huge supply of savoir faire tempered with gentle persuasiveness despite the difficult times not that it has deterred him post the attack from organising a variety of programmes that are focused not only on development issues but also on american literature cinema and music rex has polish it is amicable and benign and thats what makes the difference in the faceless realm of the imbecile chiffon crowd mahashweta devi soars into a fiery sky with her style and her commitment to burning causes the maharajkumari karuna devi of burdwan is also a trendsetter in her own right fiercely preserving the oldworld charm of gracious living so is my friend moyna jhala who knows how to wear her saris with seductive taste and who works quietly for the underprivileged hiding her good deeds behind her boisterous jokes and a healthy disdain for the party crowd celina jaitleys style is as perfect as her belly button bunny lakshman singhs style is as consummate as his golf strokes dolly roys style is as scintillating as her tangails and her tea amit chaudhuris style is as softspoken as his prose and as melodious as his music jyoti basus style is as flaming red as his ideologies and his evening glass of wine and suchitra mitras style is as evergreen as her rabindrasangeet and her saltandpepper bob but more than the people it is kolkata herself who takes the ultimate honour of being indias most stylish city you have to look beyond the murky world of politics decadence and corruption to smell its essential fragrance i wonder though how long the aroma will last