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Posted: Feb 07, 2008 at 0258 hrs IST

IT was the biggest turnout at the David Sassoon Library gardens for a literary event, with the usual serious-minded writer types outnumbered by the beautiful people of page-three as Krsna Mehta and Bachi Karkaria launched their shiny book, Mumbai Masti, a zany chronicler of the city. Rahul Bose and Ayesha Dharker were the stars of the evening as they read from Karkaria’s text while the author joked about being ignored by the flashbulbs. Guest speaker

Suhel Seth added a bit of masala raking up a few contentious issues about the city ‘being an outsider’. Spotted at the reading were one-film wonder Sameer Dattani, funny guy Cyrus Broacha, Gerson da Cunha, Anil Dharker, Dolly Thakore, artists Kahini Arte Merchant and Brinda Chudasama Miller.

Showstopper The delicious street food served at the after-party at Joss.

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