Mumbai Diary: Wednesday Dossier

Comedy specialOur weekday chilling plans are sorted To deal with the dreary weather we will be getting our laughs from comedian Aditi Mittals Netflix special Things They Wouldnt Let Me Say The onehour show we hear has Mittal talk about being single wearing thongs and the awkwardness of Indian movie ratings The trailer itself is hilarious with jokes on sex education Punjabis and Mittals iconic character Dr Mrs Lutchuke talking about how lovemaking is like the sugar syrup in the gulab jamun at Mrs Basundis sons weddingsometimes it is juicy and you can enjoy it and sometimes even if there are two balls in front of you everything is dry The comedian is certainly going places next month she makes her debut at Edinburghs Soho Theatre with Global Village IdiotPicDatta KumbharThe fatherson shootoutShatrughan Sinha and son Luv right in blue were spotted at a convocation ceremony in Bandra yesterday the father took the dais with Subhash Ghai while the son tried to capture the momentBirthday cuddles for PeeCeeActor Priyanka Chopra celebrated her birthday yesterday and among the flood of wishes on social media was one from her adorable pooch Diana The post read A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the mother of doggos my protector and to the BEST MOMMY in the world Thank you for teaching me to reach for the stars and the last piece of cookie coz FoodIsLifeThe birthday wish was posted on Dianas Instagram account which has over 22000 followers and is reportedly managed by PeeCee herself Which funnily enough means the actor all but used her dog to call herself the best Then again not everyone is famous enough to get away with itLook whos posing with WendellRecently the whos who of Goa came together to celebrate the launch of Poskem Goans in the Shadows Om Books International by Wendell Rodricks in Panaji One face that stood out was Kimi Katkar Sheorey former model and actress who lit up the screen in the iconic song Jumma Chumma De DeKimi Katkar and Wendell RodricksNow we hear she is settled in Goa and makes the rare appearance at noted events She was here at the behest of Rodricks the publishers told this diarist The two are friends and Rodricks was certain he wanted her and Maria Goretti who was also spotted at the Mumbai launch to release his book Now thats what we call a blast from the pastWhen Google gets too helpfulSample this You are looking for directions to a nearby pizza place and Google Maps throws up Chhota Italy or if you are in Delhi Italy ka Tukda These literal online translations have become the butt of Twitter jokes with users posting amusing finds Hauz Khas Samajik Mota Aadmi Chhat Cafe and Steve Jhunjhlana are some of the translations that had us in splits Well keep you guessing about the original names But it looks like Google has taken note and many of these names are now just the original versions in Devnagri Switch on the translate option and have fun while it lasts we sayAdani Power shock for EPWs editorParanjoy Guha Thakurta who was appointed editor of the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly in January 2015 has stepped down according to media watchers His resignation comes days after the Adani Group sent a criminal defamation notice following an EPW investigative story that alleged that a group company received unfair tax refunds When the notice was served last week Thakurta stood by the storyHe even tweeted about it However when we checked last night the original story the Adani legal notice and EPWs response all of which were online till now were pulled off the publications website The recent decisions of the Sameeksha Trust which runs EPW have not covered its trustees in glory Thakurtas longserving predecessor Rammanohar Reddy resigned after the trustees questioned his decision to commission a series of special issues and a documentary when the publication turned 50 last year