The six degrees
This is not the average winter temperature in Ol’ Blighty that I refer to. It is the much studied ‘six degrees of separation’ theory. And the kick I got at chopping 3 degrees off it this morning. It all started with the daily chit-chat with my ‘kaamwaali bai’ or cleaning lady. Her friend is the ‘koodewaali bai’ or house-garbage collector. And this 2 nd bai picks up rubbish daily at Shahrukh’s house. Oh yeah I totally call him by first name now that I’m technically a neighbour on Mount Mary Road in Bandra ;-) That's Shahrukh Khan- King of Bollywood for those who still haven’t heard of him. So essentially that’s 3 degrees of separation with Mr Khan. Jai Ho to the world of bai s! Now getting to 2 degrees will be dead easy, all I have to do is befriend the koodewaali bai directly. But one degree… hmmm….. no I’m not planning to disguise myself as her and pick up his rubbish. Really there have to be some limits to celebrity-voyeurism. I've never been a groupie of any sor...