It was the fateful day of 27 June 2010 when our last most formidable opponent FIFA started to crack. Their stands on not letting us the machine intrude the “Sacred Field” started to yield ground. When it repeated on 11 July 2010 in what...

Watching “khiladi” and “Anaadi” on TV brought a thought to my mind that mediocrity is one of the most underrated possesion. Putting it negatively as- lukewarm,average, room-temprature IQ There are quotes by intellectuals. An all...

Apart from scenic beauty, another aspect of countryside is legends. My recent visit to a village was short but yet I learned a legend. Our house in that village was a kind of poorman’s traditional retreat. It was cozy. During the night time when folks...

He unlocks his shack. With his fingers not keys because that lock is permanently attached to the latch, its just there for the sake of it to scare any daredevil thinking of barging in, with its size. While getting in he turns on the light as the...

Most of the presentations end with the person addressing, asking the audiences to “shoot”, that is, “now you may ask the questions, if any”. But as the Instablogs’ cartoon of the day rightly puts it, now this practice...

“I have spent lot of money on my team. If you have a problem then you buy your own team and run it the way you want,”. This is what Shahrukh khan told Sunil Gavasakar. It reminds me of a rich kid asking other players to “go and get their own...

After hard day’s work you go to a theatre to watch this much awaited movie. Only few moments have passed and you sense that there is a very strong smell of a perfume from the lady sitting adjecent to you which is so irritating to the point of...

It worked in case of tangibles such as cars: Maruti 800. A pioneer indian car which defines the age and times of india when it was trying to arrive at the global scene and the formula that worked was Sat VAlue: ‘Sasta Aur Tikaoo’(cheap and...

Karishma Kapoor turned around her image and Rani Mukherji rocketed her career. And then there were lot of other careers which were either saved or achieved mileage through it. An import from west. It is a Mini-Skirt. It does not take forever to put on...

Few years ago while I was surfing channels*, I stopped at a channel which starred Amol Palekar. After few seconds as I changed the channel, there came an advice from another corner of the room. It was my dad’s who suggested that I should watch...