As you dive headlong or feet first into the weekend, make sure your foot stays a fair distance from your mouth. A couple of tips to help you do just that.

Buddha biz

Don’t look blank when the talk turns to a white-haired man in dhoti-kurta with Mukesh Ambani to the left, Ratan Tata to the right and the Bengal of his dreams ahead of him. Sniggers about language loopholes at the Mumbai roadshow notwithstanding, you might as well be bullish about Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee meaning business.

Way of the will

Whose side is Arun Jaitley on? If you answer BJP -— rather than the Birlas — then you’re sadly out of it. For the Birla vs Lodha bequeath battle is the talk of the town and the former Union law minister is leading the legal Birla battalion. Day I at Calcutta High Court even found the father of the nation making a special appearance!

Thank god..

No, not just ’coz it’s Friday but also ’coz The Body of Bollywood is not covering up and getting married to a cause after all. Shilpa Shetty has assured oglers that Phir Milenge is history and there’s a lot of chemistry and biology to look forward to when she gets back into jhatka-matka mode.