Monthly Archives: October 2013
I happened to skim through the pages of Edward De Bono’s ‘H+’ recently, and I came across the wonderful concept of “Maybe”. Maybe is a beautiful word. Since it is the exact opposite of “absolute”, it keeps all options open and all possibilities alive. With the absolute, a thing is either black or white. Black is black only and...
Apart from obsessing over half a million other things, I also have a passionate obsession over books of all kinds. Below is a list of my confessions…
Whenever I enter a book store, I feel a crazy, almost giddy rush. My eyes travel in a million directions, as various books with their beautiful covers and untold stories call out to...
Election Rush has started. The 2014 General Elections has given rise to endless campaigning series by different parties. And as expected, opposing parties have increased the intensity of scolding Congress for the pity state of the economy.
Modi in particular, has given some aggravated comments on why Congress should not come back to power. He confidently states that if made...
Advertisements are an unavoidable part of all our lives. We see them in newspapers, on television and while we drive. You would think, then, that they would be a correct representation of the Indian people. Yet that is not the case at all. Pick any advertisement, and it will most likely have a random non-Indian person featured. I saw...
So the ClT-20 has finally ended and Mumbai Indians have emerged as the heroes. Rohit Sharma is having the time of his life with an IPL and CLT-20 wins in his pocket, as a ‘Captain’. Public is ushering love, respect and greetings for Sachin on his last ever IPL outing and rightly so. The man deserves a pompous farewell.
But...
They say that if a country becomes a disease, cricket is the best medicine to cure it.
Cricket has the power to economically, politically, socially and ethically elevate a country. And recently, Afghanistan has become one such country to be gravitated towards this sport. Well, the story begins from the time when Pakistan won its first ever World Cup title...
Hello after a very long time. In my last two articles I've introduced & made you familiar with a rather amazing figure in human history. A man, who was no less than a complex mystery box for many people, for many years. The Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick was hailed as half man & half elephant because of his extreme,...
On 24th April,1973 Ramesh Tendulkar named his son after famous musician Sachin Devburman. He grew up to become a cricketer whose abilities inspired millions of young cricketers all over the world.
He was a child prodigy who made his debut against Pakistan at the young age of 16 years. He also was the youngest player to play English county cricket at...
The year 2013 marks the centenary of the Indian film industry. Bollywood finds its base in Mumbai. The city is referred to as the city of dreams. Where your luck and hard work can make you leap into a puddle of fortune. However within past few years, Delhi especially its monumentalised ruins and it’s young cultural ethos have been the...
The festivities are over, but the celebration prevails. That is what sets ‘Garvi Gujarat’ apart from the rest of the country. Gujaratis need a reason to celebrate, and what better reason could there be other than Navratri itself? The festival of nine-nights is a true representation of the heart and soul of Gujarat. It is celebrates more than just...
"I believe that more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty." ― Nancy Reagan
In the depths of present day Iraq stood an 8 foot tall monolith. A stone stele, dating back to 1772 BC. This massive rock changed the way history played itself out, for held in its folds one of the world's oldest legal...
The Chanel show is always a crowd pleaser… It’s also a good place to pick up some lessons in styling because as we know, Karl is all about the details. So as Jay-Z’s “Picasso Baby” played on, I took some serious notes on what I was seeing on the runway. Here are a few style lessons I learned...
Afghanistan is one of the most conflict stricken countries in the world. It has always been ruled by some or the other economic power, with the Soviets and Americans both enjoying their reign one after the other. This competition between the Soviets and the Americans for control over Afghanistan led to the rise of Taliban, which threatened not only...
The most common criticism leveled against Modi by his haters is that he is communal. 2002 was definitely an unfortunate incident but such riots have taken place almost all over the country under the rule of different political parties. So why single out Modi? I understand 2002 was a major administrative lapse on his part but if intellectuals like...
"And oh, any so-called peace prize that awards Obama but not Gandhi and is funded by money from the invention of dynamite is not worth paper it is printed on. The Nobel Peace Prize is merely a political gimmick that just serves to reinforce the Euro-US centrism of the entire facade."
The Nobel Peace Prize is no stranger to controversies...
“People like us, we don’t need that much- just someone that starts, starts the spark in our bonfire hearts”, as this song made its way through my ears, it touched the strings of the soul. A song that so flawlessly describes what you are feeling, and is simultaneously coupled with a beautiful voice and that country- folk music that...
Ernest Hemingway called ‘retirement’ the ugliest word in the language. Bill Shankly compared it with a walk to the electric chair. On Thursday afternoon, as he pondered an existence removed from what he has known for the past three decades, Sachin Tendulkar said, “It’s hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it’s all I have...
Now I haven't talked to a lot of people, but of the number of music-lovers I've talked to - many of whom are audiophiles and big fans of the British "mod" era of music - almost none of them have even HEARD of The Small Faces.
Now some of our readers may be well aware of the GTA V teaser...
India’s tough censorship policy has cost its people a wide range of visual pleasures, but even so, its latest blow would have been difficult to anticipate. Last Thursday, film fans in India woke up to the news that the next day’s planned release of “Blue Jasmine,” the latest film from the writer and director Woody Allen, had been canceled....
All the political parties are gearing up for the 2014 elections. Where BJP’s lucky mascot Mr. Narendra Modi is busy with his rallies, the
ruling and other parties are also gripping along. In order to create an edge, parties are realizing the importance of winning the trust of the first time voters, who are nearly about 12 crores. According to the...
Onions, a staple food in India, known to bring down government during elections has been a hot topic since the past few months.
If I ask you to sell onions at Rs. 9 per kg, when the current market price is Rs. 60 per kg, what would you say? Well, you’ll say no, not just because you don’t want to...
Just imagine if you can experience playing baseball in the Yankees stadium, without making a move from your residence. Imagine having a conference in an empty room with virtual presence of people. A pioneer in the virtual world technology is what can make such innovations possible. So yes, “Holography” it is that can make human-kind’s survival vulnerable to a...
BMW have finally entered the compact luxury hatchback segment with the launch of the 1-series in India with ex-showroom prices starting at 20.9-29.9 lakhs ex-showroom Delhi. Unfortunately though, they do not have the first-mover advantage in this segment as their biggest competitor, Mercedes has launched their A-class hatchback which has got back a very strong response. This response has...
If you thought Asaram was an isolated incident, you could not have been more wrong. There are more than 5 million godmen and godwomen operating in our country!!
Asaram Bapu had embarked on the mission to get rich by selling alcohol illegally in Ahmedabad. Rajneesh Osho’s massive success in the spiritual business lured him to the lucrative industry of godmen-ship....
By Purnima Mohindra
A special CBI court finally sentenced Rashtriya Janta Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5-year rigorous imprisonment in a 17-year old fodder scam. A staggering total of Rs. 650 Crore was looted from Bihar state’s animal husbandry department. This is the mother of all scams. The scam involves senor politicians and bureaucrats. In 1996 Amit Khare, a deputy commissioner of West Singhbhum...
