Love In The Time Of Scoops

The gossip surrounding Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma relationship exposes our vicarious fascination with all things celebrity.

- Shobhaa De

Just as 2016 was winding down and the overall mood was pretty gloomy (Narendra Modi was still playing Marie Antoinette and urging Indians to eat cake if there was no money for chapatis), I received a breathless call from a gal pal who had checked into the super posh, super exclusive Ananda in the Himalayas. She sounded excited out of her skull! There she was at the check-in counter standing cheek-by-jowl with Amitabh Bachchan himself. As if that thrill was not enough, she had spotted Anil and Tina Ambani, too! Just as her heart was about to explode with fan-love, she was informed that Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma would be sharing the same bit of heaven over New Year! No ‘gift’ could have been bigger!