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

Bodies of four Chattisgarh jawans killed by Maoist set-up landmines were saluted and then put into garbage vans to be transported! The indignity has made the Congress indignant, which politicized the issue. Shameful, we say!

Girls to Men? Doctors in Indore are surgically changing the gender of girls as young as one year old, so as to fulfill parents’ obsession with having a baby boy. Shocking! 

Here Comes the Pride: On Sunday, New Yorkers celebrated the passing of the historic same-sex marriage bill with a gay pride parade that saw NYC mayor Bloomberg and singer Katy Perry in attendance. The honeymoon’s just begun!

Kolkata’s hosting the Argentinean and Venezuelan football teams that are playing a friendly match in the city on September 2. Be there to cheer on Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. Joy!

Latest video to go viral on YouTube is that of a seagull picking up a video camera and then filming Cannes, as she flew over it! Bird’s eye view, indeed! Also, check out this list of YouTube’s 10 most watched videos here.

More than two weeks after journalist J Dey was murdered, the Mumbai police nabbed his killers from in and around the city. They say that gangster Chhota Rajan had commissioned the killers, although his motive is unknown.

Sawdust at Sand Hurst: The International Sawdust and Sand Sculpture Festival opened in Bulgaria with sculptures featuring many a Disney movie: Pirates of the Caribbean, Sleeping Beauty and Alice in Wonderland!

Sex Matters: Christine Lagarde becomes the first woman chief of the International Monetary Fund after ex-chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was forced to quit following a sex scandal!

Taliban wrecked havoc in Kabul again, after carrying out a meticulously planned attack at the Intercontinental Hotel, killing 10. RIP

Ta-ta Singur? Not as fast as Mamta Banerjee wishes. The Supreme Court has stopped the Bengal Chief Minister’s government from redistributing land, which Tata Motors had leased for the Nano factory, back to the farmers. Meanwhile, Ratan Tata has started work on his retirement home in Colaba that boasts an infinity pool, a library and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Arabian Sea.

Tears and rain: As the prices of diesel and LPG increases by Rs 3 and Rs 50 respectively, inflation is set to cross double digits! This, coupled with the possibility of below-normal rainfall, is moving many to tears! Rain Gods, do you hear us?

The Social Network: Procrastination just got a whole lot easier as Google announced the launch of a social networking site that combines Facebook and Twitter, named Google+. Speaking of social networking, Pope Benedict just out his first tweet via the iPad. God bless us all!