Bengali babe Bipasha Basu’s marriage to Karan Singh Grover last month did not create as much hype as the report that her close friend Salman Khan gave her a flat worth Rs100 million as a wedding gift. This bugged Bips no end. First she decided to keep mum about it, but when tongues began to wag more than the usual she could not control herself further and tweeted, “This is the biggest hogwash that I have ever read. Why would I take a gift like this ever from anyone?” Correct, Bips dear, why would you?

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, June 26th, 2016

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