A Toast To The Mrs- Femina

Lita Bharadwaj welcomes the new breed of confident, sensitive men who aren't threatened by their partner's space in the limelight

Behind every successful woman rising confidently up the rungs, there is a man waiting patiently behind..." Oops! Did we just murder an oft-used adage? We plead guilty. But then again, times have changed. And how!

The new millennium, along with the introduction of assorted sophisticated gizmos and cybertechnics, has ushered in a revolutionary breed of men who are sensitive, smart and ambitious, and yet do not have a problem donning the chef's hat to conjure up a dinner for six while the wife is away charting out the travel details of her business trip to Europe.

Or sing lullabies to the bawling babies as the wife chairs a boardroom meeting on changing fiscal regulations. Welcome to the era of the New Age men where women climb the ladders of success and their men happily egg them on to give it their very best.

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Kelly Dorje
"Kelly is a very secure man. I need a man who feels very confident about what he is and what he stands for," says Lara Dutta. As for boyfriend Kelly? He, people knowing the couple opine, stands tall and supportive as Lara pips popularity polls around the globe. But he too has had his moments of insecurity. He honestly admits that after Lara had won the Ms Universe title, he did feel the pangs of insecurity eating into him as throngs of people pushed and clamoured for the new diva. "We talked out things and that ironed out the problems," says Lara, confident of her man supporting her all the way.

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