On February 11, Zeenat Aman debuted on the ‘Gram. Bare feet, striped co-ords, silver hair, sitting on a chair spotlighted by the sun: “Laughing at the places life takes me. Why hello there, Instagram.” This is not ‘Zeenie baby’ but The Zeenat Aman, as her handle proclaims. Why did this particular feed interest us, given we are peeking into the lives of almost every star, whether we want to or not—curated snapshots showing us exactly what they want, how they want it and lodging a longing for a moisturiser as they do so.

For us, it was the precisely placed comma. Word nerds, we eat up every perfectly crafted, articulate caption. That’s what caught the attention of most people we spoke to, not that Aman has a voice—that it is sophisticated, a quality not associated with actors. But we must remember, her ICSE scores won Aman a scholarship to study journalism at the University of Southern California. She worked briefly at a leading women’s magazine Femina before taking part in the Miss India contest organised by it. She could have been one of us keyboard bangers, though that is not an image that sits right.