bpb’s weekly pick-tionary of happenings from Mumbai and beyond.

Act One: Social activist Anna Hazare goes on a fast unto death at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, demanding changes in the Jan Lokpal Bill that has been ignored for the last 42 years.

Bounce Rate: After losing the cup to India in the ICC World Cup finals; captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Kumar Sangakkara resigns; meanwhile, also stepping down from his position as coach of the Indian cricket team, Gary Kristen bids farewell to the country as his three year tenure comes to an end. All out?

Census 2011 reveals that Mumbai’s sex ratio is worst in Maharashtra; city has 838 women per 1,000 men.

Dig This: Italian researchers plan to dig up the 500-year-old bones of Lisa Gherardini, the woman who may be the model in artist Leonardo Da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa.

Fall Collection: From Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez to Madonna, check out these celebrities trippers who have stumbled along the way to stardom.

Fourteen men from Pakistan were caught by authorities near the Gujarat coast for illegally entering Indian waters. Meanwhile, Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi retracts derogatory comments against Indians, says he loves his neighbours.

Japan Live: Even though workers at the Fukushima Power Plant were able to plug the leak from nuclear reactors, the country plans to inject nitrogen into the reactor to neutralise build-up of hydrogen in the containment vessels. Back home, Indian regulatory bodies call for a ban on food imports from Japan for three months as the risk of contamination is high.

Line(s) of Control: Model Kim Kardashian admits to having cellulite. And in Bollywood, actress Pretiy Zinta is miffed at actor Tusshar Kapoor for talking about her in connection with botox, on TV show Koffee with Karan.

Poonam Pandey, the model who promised to strip down for Indian cricketers if the team won has gone missing; threats from  political party Shiva Sena have made her go into hiding.

Rum-our? After the State Government announced its annual budget, beer and hard liquor prices hike up by 40-60% in Maharashtra. Time to kick the bottle?

Trouble brews in Ivory Coast as forces loyal to leader Alassane Ouattara plan to seize the residence of former President Laurent Gbagbo.

The CBI has filed its first charge sheet against Telecom Minister A Raja, along with eight co-conspirators and three Telecom companies in the 2G Spectrum scam.  Finally!