You might want to read further before expressing your excitement. Yesterday a close friend tipped me on how Myspace got itself a new logo. If we strictly go by its new logo, Myspace is reduced to a ‘My’ and a blank.

Logo redesign seems to be the favourite trend of 2010, to breathe life into a certain brand, website or for that matter, anything [insert a company that was once popular but not anymore]. Actually it seems like a common PR exercise to get people talking, good or bad.

Making a gradual progression from cabarets, kothaas, discos and now almost everywhere — even a train top — item numbers have become an essential part of Bollywood.

An item number, in its earliest avatar, wasn’t endorsed by leading ladies. Only vamps or dancers making special appearances graced these tracks until a decade or two ago. The first major dancing star was Cuckoo who ruled the cabaret scene in the Forties and Fifties.