Hollywood stunner Natalie Portman's brush with India continues

Hollywood stunner Natalie Portman's brush with India continues. She has now contributed a story for a new publication - To India With Love: From New York to Mumbai . The coffee-table travel scrapbook has been made by India's fashionable travellers to support the 26/ 11 Mumbai attack victims.

The V for Vendetta girl has penned an out-of-the-box story about a beauty parlour and carnivorous dogs. Natalie's narrative has already been dubbed as "strange" by the western media.

Looking stunning in a black dress, Natalie attended the book launch with one of the authors, Waris Ahluwalia, in New York.

To India With Love: From New York to Mumbai is the brainchild of three New Yorkers - Waris Ahluwalia, Tina Bhojwani and Mortimer Singer.

"The result is a scrapbook of sorts, with each page highlighting the jeweller-slash-actor's friends' experiences in prose, photography, drawings or a combination thereof," states NYTimes.com. The volume becomes a collection of personal stories and photographs from several contributors.

It also features several celebrities such as Elizabeth Hurley, Owen Wilson and filmmaker James Ivory.

Hurley has been visiting India for a long time, especially after her wedding to industrialist Arun Nayar. Last year, she took part in a global breast cancer awareness campaign in Mumbai.

"I've been coming to India since 1988. Now, I come to Mumbai about five times a year and love it," Liz had said.

Coming back to the book, Wes Anderson's picture of teeth and dental instruments for sale along with his film-making journey to India is a highlight of the book.

Ivory recounts the turning point of his life: his first meeting with Ismail Merchant, besides a photograph of Merchant's first Indian passport.

Natalie starred in Anderson's 2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited , shot majorly in India. She has been constantly making news about her Indian stints. It started with an appearance in her then-boyfriend Devendra Banhart's controversial music video, Carmensita . Natalie played a Hindu princess Carmensita Saplingita in Banhart's music video, which also scoffed at the Goddess Kali.

Hindu groups had opposed the video, saying they were "deeply hurt" by it.

They also demanded an apology from the pretty actress.

Recently, Natalie attracted attention for her Indian makeover with earrings, maang tikka (head pendant), and a jhumar (worn on the left side of the head) along with a matching necklace and red bangles for Kosher Vegetarian, a part of recently released episodic flick, New York, I Love You .