Bipasha Basu has been taking it in her stride for far too long to let it not bother her. One is obviously referring to the malicious propaganda and baseless stories about her lifestyle being churned out by the media day in and day out that has got to her. And she is not going to spare all the `over fertile brains` behind them. If critics point out that it`s only after she made herself financially secure that she decided to hit back at all those detractors, they have a point.

Haven`t we all along known the Bengali actress as someone having a lot of spunk but seldom with a maddening streak of wreaking havoc on those who tried to harm her and her family? The year 2002 has made all the difference and Bips is scaling unbelievable heights of glory and fame with each passing day. Or why else would a Karan Johar fix up an appointment with her? Or no less than Abhishek Bachchan recommend her?

It`s time to give it back folk and the first casualty has to be the one having all the fun at her expense. It is Kareena Kapoor. Basu is determined to prove that "Kareena looks the same in all her films, speaks dialogues without modulation and has no variety when it comes to characters." We are not speculating but round one is definitely Basu`s till Bebo`s claws turn sharper to hit back. Until then the crown goes to Bipasha!