A for Anchors: Mostly noisy, very noisy
B for Booker: The first resident Indian — Arundhati Roy — gets the prize
E for Exile: MF Husain says goodbye to the land of his birth, dies in London
F for Facebook: Writer Perumal Murugan announces his death on the site to underline his right to words
G for Gaitonde, VS: An untitled painting sells for ₹23.7 crore at Christie’s, sets a record
H for Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!: Breaks box office records, and further fattens the already rotund great Indian wedding
I for Instagram: Pictures rule lives — and dinner tables
J for Jokes: Move over Ajit, Rajini is here. When will Rajini join politics? Rascala, Rajini won’t; politics will join Rajini
K for Kochi: Art gets a new platform with the Biennale
L for Liplock: Emraan Hashmi puckers up and shows the way — with an average of 20 kisses per film
M for Memes: For every situation, there is a meme. Even for Shashi Tharoor and his “exasperating farrago of distortions”, a Tweet that sparked a nationwide dictionary hunt
N for Na na na re: Punjabi music videos follow in the success of indie favourites such as Alisha Chinai’s Made in India
O for OMG: Language changes, and short is the new eloquent
P for Prithvi: The Mumbai theatre, almost 50, is still going strong, as are younger venues such as Bengaluru’s Ranga Shankara
Q for Queen: Kangana Ranaut goes on a solo honeymoon, and breaks the male-centric Bollywood mould
R for Revolution: TM Krishna stirs up Carnatic music, lends his voice to songs of protest
S for Saas-Bahu series: Mothers-in-law deck up for a fight
T for TV: Life in the idiot box changes after satellite television and the rise of private TV companies (See A)
U for Ustad: Ustads, Pandits and Panditas leave for the big sky of musicians
V for Video games: Video parlours spring up, video games draw eyeballs
W for Why: Why this Kolaveri D . Still asking
X for X-rated cinema: Gajendra Chauhan, maker of a film called Khuli Khidki , or open window, heads Pune’s FTII
Y for Yo Yo: Ma, in Mumbai last week; and Honey Singh, here, there and everywhere
Z for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara: Ménage à trois gets a new team