In tinsel town where fame and relationships are as fleeting as shifting sands, the Salman-Ash saga too has lost its race against time. Salman may shout out his true love for Ash from studio tops but it`s all over for our ex-Miss World.

The couple, whose romance once seemed like a Mills and Boons re-enacted, has unfortunately gone fragments, thanks to Salman`s violent obsessiveness.Stories are rife about how Ash`s calling it quits with the bicep boy, reduced him to a tantrum-throwing juvenile. And while Salman sulks in lock-up, Ash is living it up to a choc-a-bloc agenda. Soon after his arrest, the green-eyed Ms Rai was photographed in good spirits with actress Rani Mukherjee at the International Film Festival, Delhi.

Just recently, she flew to New York as guest of honour at a fund-raiser for governor George Pataki`s campaign. On both occasions, the star was full of spark and sizzle.When the world is her stage, why should the ex-Miss World be imprisoned in a claustrophobic relationship?