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Seriously the year only seems to get crappier. Well at least in the matter of me and my pick of favorite Indian celebrities. First it was Barkha Dutt, then it was Rakhi Sawant and now to make a certain nightmare a reality, it is ex-IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi.

Now in order to make you understand the gravity of the situation, I have to dig a little in my past. When I was a kid (okay…stop grinning right now), so yeah as I was saying…when I was kid I was hugely inspired by a tele-series on Doordarshan titled “Udaan”. For those sleeping during this phase – Udaan, was one of the most popular serials on DD in the 1990s. Written and directed by Kavita Choudhary, who also happened to play the lead role of ‘Kalyani Singh’. The story, a typical Bollywood pot-boiler, struggle of a young woman aspiring to be an IPS officer. After several setbacks, Kalyani not only joins the IPS but with her sheer determination and some really ass kicking fight scenes, is given the post of an ASP.

Continue reading ‘Bedi Bani Judge Judy‘

For all cheerleader fans of the 20-20 IPL, there is good news. The Maharashtra Government has officially accepted belly moves by hot Ukrainian belles If the Janmashtami celebrations organized by an NCP minister are to go by, cheerleaders at IPL events have found a new lease of life. Seems, they need not come for cricketing celebrations, but can come for traditional celebrations.

What an irony, of a Government which stepped in to ban cheerleaders from IPL matches, to them being entertained by Ukrainian belly dancers. If the belly dancers’ balle balle is not objectionable, then why would cheerleaders for a match be ? Or is there an ulterior motive to poach the cheerleaders for belly dance performances by the same netas ?

Continue reading ‘Belles’ Belly Balle’

Move over politicos, stock markets and temperatures…the queen of the media makes news again!

After another day spent panicking over the state of ‘the common man’ following the antics of our local politico-goons, Mumbai really must be back to normal if the news is any indication. Let’s check out what India TV thinks is big news today.

Rakhi Sawant slaps her boyfriend!!!

This comes on the heels of the very well-covered incident where Rakhi Sawant threw her boyfriend Abhishek Awasti out of their house and cried “BREAK-UP!”. I didn’t catch that on TV since everyone else was hogging the box for such mundane things as rioting, violence on the streets and politicians getting arrested. Fikar not, Rakhi gives me my time’s worth with today’s lunch news though.

Continue reading ‘Is Thapad Ki Goonj…‘

And there can be no other winner.

So come on you nice people out there, better vote for Jodi No. 3.

(Ah! I am gonna be so dead after receiving this month’s phone bill)

Want to become a citizen journalist? Have a story to tell the nation. Then you better make a note of this –

Reuters – Photographs and videos can be shared on Reuters on pics@reuters.com or upload here. From serious issues to anything sizzling, is good enough for them.

BBC News – Pictures and news (worthy) clips can be sent here, yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Web cam users can directly record and send a video message to BBC editors here. Local or International, if it affects you or someone you know, then it’s good enough for them.

CNN.com – Videos, pictures or even audio tips can be mailed to these guys at ireport@cnn.com. And if you are even loosely familiar with the Indian news circuit then you should be aware that anything and everything is of interest to them.

CNN also has an excellent toolkit for newbies to help them quickly learn few video/photo capturing techniques.

CNN IBN – Now this is one, according to me is the most interesting of the lot. Anything considered good by their standards will be featured as a separate program on CNN IBN. However the only glitch here is that it’s applicable to events and issues related to India. One can either upload the media files on the CNN IBN website or send your news reports via SMS and MMS messages (CJ to 2622).

[Via Digital Inspiration]