bpb's weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.

African American Utsav kicks off at the American Center with a series of musical performances and film screenings. Homage to the homies!

Bal Thackeray consents to Australian participation in the IPL3. “If people themselves have no faith, why should Shiv Sainiks and I suffer and protest?” he asks. Selfish Sainiks? We like!

Drink Me! Manish Arora takes part in an international designer (tea) party of 9 , including Chloe and the late Alexander McQueen, that fashion Alice in Wonderland-inspired window dressings at Paris store Printemps.

German Bakery: The Anti Terror Squad makes its first arrests in the bomb blast that ripped through this iconic Pune landmark leaving 11 dead, more than 60 injured, and the rest of India heartbroken. R.I.P.

I just made love. This awesome website shows a world map indicating places where people have just had sex. You can mark your territory too, complete with sex positions and exclamations.

Loyal followers: Mid Day trailed Brown Paper Bag on Punjab Grill and Escobar reviews; HT Cafe covers The Den three days after us, and Burrp picks up on Ray’s Cafe and Pizzeria and Mosate late. Come on guys, catch up!

Mile High Club: Asian airports ranked the top five in the world, with Hyderabad at number 5. When will Mumbai make its landing?

Priyanka Chopra gets a custom-designed pair of stilettos by Salvatore Ferragamo. Sadly, this pair doesn’t knock us off our feet.

Salman Rushdie, Dostoyevsky and William Dalrymple get cheap at the annual Strand Book Sale where novels are at up to 80% off. Hottest pick-ups this week!

Sea Link: As cyclists get ready to race across the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in The Tour de Mumbai Cyclothon this Sunday, the government plans to install car-scanning X-ray machines on the bridge. Lean, green and fully seen?

Secret cities springing up all over Facebook. Brown Paper Bag puts Mumbai in the running. Join the covert operation here!

Test tweet. Indian Premiere League chief Lalit Modi tweets about television news channels vs IPL row. Who are you batting for?

War of Words: Aamir Khan refuses to reconsider his resignation from the Centre’s expert panel on Copyright Act after heated stand-off with Javed Akhtar. And with that, we sign off!

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