Reality, really?

From getting married to raising kids to testing the fidelity of your partner, reality shows on TV have grabbed eyeballs. The popularity of these shows has not only redefined television viewing but also raised crucial issues of social responsibility, propriety, freedom of expression and basic ethics, writes Derek Bose

In the last four episodes of Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega, its popularity shot up from the 40th position to the top four — Photo courtesy: Imagine

Want to be rich and famous? Want to regress into past-life mode? Want to become a pop star? Want to embarrass your parents, your family? Want to reveal your deep, dark, dirty secrets? Want to show off? Want to be humiliated? Want to get married? Want to catch your boyfriend with his pants down...

Getting fit with bumps & grinds
Dorene Internicola checks out new-age fitness classes where young women are stripteasing, pole-dancing and stretching sultrily
Vaudeville may be dead, but burlesque is alive and well at the gym. Young women are strip-teasing, pole dancing and stretching sultrily in group fitness classes that seem to boost their sexual self-confidence as much as their cardio.