After Bombay Scottish School, Bombay Dyeing, BSE and Bombay Times (TOI) were vandalised, terrorised, and uglified (rhymes) in the past few days, the below poster was stuck on all Talkies correspondent’s lodges yesterday night.   Talkies editorial syndicate met at our super secret location and unanimously agreed (1-0) to take the cue. The 10 AM press release [...]

Tanushree Dutta, Femina Miss India 2004, is in a lot of trouble. She walked out of the set of a movie alleging inappropriate behaviour by actor Nana Patekar and differences with the director. Now the trouble part – she faces a 65 million fine, blacklisting by the industry and an unconditional public apology to Nana Patekar. [...]

RAM I 1992: Post Babri Masjid demolition, 1150 dead in the first three days. Bombay riots and Bombay blasts to follow in weeks. 2000 dead, in the name of Ram. Bhartiya Janata Party sweeps to power across the Hindi heartland and Maharashtra by mid-90s. Becomes single largest party at centre, forms government. RAM II 2002: Post [...]

“We are proud of our MLAs as Taslima Nasrin needs the harshest punishment for her writings against Islam. The next time she comes to Hyderabad, we will implement the fatwa [of death] against her,” thundered Akbaruddin Owaisi, the MIM floor leader in the Assembly. “We are Muslims first and MLAs next.”, He said. Well, assuming the [...]

OUR Lady is in Raisina Hill. History was made today when Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the country’s first woman President, who favoured socially inclusive economic growth and unity in the fight against divisive tendencies like communalism. The world’s largest democracy will be presided over by a woman, one of the mightiest militaries in [...]