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Fly the coup, throw a party, publicity machinery has been an over-drive
The Punjabi men in Priyanka Chopra’s life had better be listening. At 28 today, she’s all grown up — till yesterday the actress was daddy’s little girl, but now on her birthday... she has one wish to make. “I’d like to settle with a nice Punjabi boy five years down the line,’’ Priyanka says. If she is hinting at Shahid Kapoor or Ranbir Kapoor, both full-blooded Punjabis, it’s hard to tell.
However, PC adds, “He can be fair, dark or yellow but he must be Punjabi. I have grown up in a Punjabi household and I like the male chauvinist Punjabi. Actually, my choice of partner is a bit more complicated. While I like the possessive Punjabi streak in a man, I also want him to be my best friend. I don’t want a father figure. I want someone who gives me space and doesn’t stifle me altogether. I’d also love it if my man got into a brawl for me. I’m a complete drama-momma. I’d marry a guy who punches someone’s eye because he looked at me. But God normally disposes what I propose. So he may give me the exact opposite of what I am looking for.’’
Since her publicity machinery has been on an over-drive, everyone knows that PC and her gang of girls are lounging around like beach bums on a foreign island. “It is only my second vacation in eight years,’’
says the Bollywood superstar. And it is only twice in her 28 years that she has been away from her parents on her birthday. Birthdays in the past have usually been at-home affairs. “Or at best some friends throw a party for me,’’ confesses PC. She laughs and adds, “What’s the point of my throwing a party? Someone else should also celebrate the fact that I was born right? So it is usually my friends who throw a party for me.’’ This year, however, she decided to fly the coup because she feels she is all grown up and ready to holiday on her own. When she comes back there will be a small celebration with her parents and her brother. “But this birthday is going to be one wild affair,’’ she says. Are the Punjabi men listening?
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/gossip/Give-me-the-male-chauvinist-Punjabi-Priyanka-Chopra/articleshow/6182980.cms
However, PC adds, “He can be fair, dark or yellow but he must be Punjabi. I have grown up in a Punjabi household and I like the male chauvinist Punjabi. Actually, my choice of partner is a bit more complicated. While I like the possessive Punjabi streak in a man, I also want him to be my best friend. I don’t want a father figure. I want someone who gives me space and doesn’t stifle me altogether. I’d also love it if my man got into a brawl for me. I’m a complete drama-momma. I’d marry a guy who punches someone’s eye because he looked at me. But God normally disposes what I propose. So he may give me the exact opposite of what I am looking for.’’
Since her publicity machinery has been on an over-drive, everyone knows that PC and her gang of girls are lounging around like beach bums on a foreign island. “It is only my second vacation in eight years,’’
says the Bollywood superstar. And it is only twice in her 28 years that she has been away from her parents on her birthday. Birthdays in the past have usually been at-home affairs. “Or at best some friends throw a party for me,’’ confesses PC. She laughs and adds, “What’s the point of my throwing a party? Someone else should also celebrate the fact that I was born right? So it is usually my friends who throw a party for me.’’ This year, however, she decided to fly the coup because she feels she is all grown up and ready to holiday on her own. When she comes back there will be a small celebration with her parents and her brother. “But this birthday is going to be one wild affair,’’ she says. Are the Punjabi men listening?
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
http://movies.indiatimes.com/news-gossip/gossip/Give-me-the-male-chauvinist-Punjabi-Priyanka-Chopra/articleshow/6182980.cms
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Publicity machinery = publicity staff & plan overdrive = full effort at best = in the best case throw a party = hold a party fly the coop = escape
- Publicity machinery = publicity staff & plan overdrive = full effort at best = in the best case throw a party = hold a party fly the coop = escape
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Publicity machinery = publicity staff & plan
overdrive = full effort
at best = in the best case
throw a party = hold a party
fly the coop = escape
overdrive = full effort
at best = in the best case
throw a party = hold a party
fly the coop = escape
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