bpb Cutting: Of Bums, Bachchan and Brinjals

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Bpb’s weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.

Amitabh Bachchan launches his new vocal blog or “vog”, Bol Bachchan, which can be accessed through your mobile phone. Golly Vog!

Bachata music weekend at Zenzi on Feb 13 and 14, with a ton of workshops, dance performances and parties straight from the Dominican Republic. Step on it!

Freida Pinto bares her prized (ass)ets on Elle’s February cover. Find out if she’s a millionaire.

Dadar’s famous flower market is up for a make-over, with the Bombay High Court approving a redevelopment project for the 80 year old market. Flower power, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Genetically modified Bt brinjals canned until fresh round of safety tests are conducted. Let genes remain in the bottle, we say!

Lemon Loving at Le Dolce Vita, Breach Candy’s tiny new bakery. Get the citrus cupcakes and Lemon Drizzle Cake. At Shankar Mahal, Sophia College Lane, Breach Candy, call 9820661322.

Mukesh Ambani and Subroto Roy deny rumours that they are both bidding for a 51% stake in England’s Liverpool football club. Big players, those two.

Mumbai’s beds not amongst Tripadvisor’s Ten Dirtiest Asia Hotels, while Delhi and Chennai get busted. Neat!

Stripes taking over Mumbai? Hordes of Facebookers join Save our Tigers campaign; ’93 blast mastermind Tiger Memon is Pak’s ISI man; and Uddhav’s paper tigers continue to attack My Name is Khan. When will the sitting government stop pussy-footing around?

Vindaloo Against Violence! A Melbourne woman uses desi food to support the Indian community in Australia against racist attacks.

X-rays get sexed up as Shah Rukh Khan autographs his airport full body scan for female security officers. Experts highlight privacy concerns for (not-so-well endowed) travellers.

Zero denomination notes, over 10 lakh to be precise, have been printed and distributed as part of NGO 5th Pillar India’s Freedom from Corruption campaign. Fork it over to anyone demanding a bribe, they say. India’s second zero to the world?