And that wasn't all. To make the set look even more convincing, the stewards, too, were dressed in their Egyptian best - in what looked like white wraparounds with a tunic - though some of them kept their shirts on. While there was no sphinx asking inquisitive questions, there were assorted games to play. Any other interesting stuff? Mummy's the word. Those who couldn't make it - tut, tut, better luck next time!

Pune rocks
Pune is getting to be quite a haute spot. Mumbai-based designer Rocky S. will be in the city on December 15 for a three-day exhibition and sale of his exclusive collection at the Gera Plaza. This 27-year-old, who has two of his own stores in Mumbai, is a favoured designer among Bollywood stars. A particular favourite of film-star Akshay Kumar, he has also designed for actresses Manisha Koirala and Shilpa Shetty among others. What can one expect at the Rocky S. collection? Funky, trendy stuff priced between Rs. 200 and 3,000. Here's your chance to spice up your wardrobe.

Subtle strokes
She is not an artist who has learnt art. She paints from within. And though she pursued a career in research, sketching, drawing and colouring had been a passion right from her childhood. And two years ago, it took over completely, making the academician turn into a full-time artist. This self-made artist is Jyoti Puri, a Ph.D.in botany tissue culture and now an inspired artist delving into the sensitivity of human nature.

Having exhibited her creations extensively in India and abroad, her works will now be part of a week-long show at the Inn Galleria, Holiday Inn, alongwith those of three other artists, Prashant Hirlekar, Pradeep Shinde and Ravindra Paprikar.

Puri's subjects are very Indian and and her style, very subtle. She finds each human figure, even if passive and inactive, relating a story and acting as a mirror to inner feelings. Which is what she seeks to portray through her etchings and colours.

She specialises in figurative art, oil and mixed media on canvas, and enjoys depicting common and mundane situations and people seen in everyday life, at times giving them a dramatic twist to add romanticism to painting.

``But I have a long way to go,'' says the artist. And, of course, bring alive many more facets of human nature through the able strokes of her brush. For art connoisseurs, it is time to drop in at the Inn Galleria between December 16 to 22.