Last night’s India-Australia ODI at Bangalore was washed out, but what cannot be easily washed away is India’s zeal for the game of cricket. Defeats may lower the spirits, but another high is just a victory away. Now again it is at a peak following the Twenty20 win. Here’s a SET Max – the cricket [...]
It was the dawn of the new millennium, and a website added another word (though presently much maligned) to the Indian public’s vocabulary, sting operation. Then came (though not entirely unexpected) the witch hunt. Tehelka managed to put the pieces back together and came up with a tabloid-sized weekly. Then there was “a rumour doing [...]
Watta match! It did live up to the tag of an Indo-Pak encounter. And India winning it made it even better. It was a thriller with all the twists and turns. And at last when the ball went sky high, millions of throats would’ve developed lumps on both sides of the LOC and only on [...]
India versus Pakistan. World Cup Finals. What more can you ask for? Well, India to win in that encounter. Prior to the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup at South Africa, I (and also millions of others like me) hadn’t watched a single T20 matche. And when they did, I would say they were hooked. The longer [...]
The assembly elections in the state are quite a few months away, but from the look of the narrow and winding roads of Shillong it seems that canvassing is on in full swing. And all the parties are rooting for the same candidate. On entering the city a huge hoarding sponsored by the state Youth [...]
The news is that I have quit my present job (don’t say not again!) and am taking (a well deserved) break at home in Shillong. The national news media didn’t inform me, but this part of the country is displeased with the plenty that the rain gods had to offer. Large parts of Assam is [...]
Pehle tha Rock n RollPhir aaya TwistPhir aaya DiscoAb Break Dance, Break Dance… (First there was Rock n RollThen came TwistThen came DiscoNow Break Dance, Break Dance…) To share/embed this video click hereDownload video [00:01:20 FLV 1.83 MB] Now try to redo this 1986 Bappi Lahiri number from the film Main Balwan, starring (who else [...]
I was afraid, very afraid. Given the abusive reviews that friends and colleagues who had watched the movie, I couldn’t muster up enough courage venture into the theatre to watch Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. I was waiting for the movie to release. After the awesome tribute to Godfather in Sarkar, I believed that Ramu [...]
Lord Krishna didn’t need Axe for his effect. But wannabe Gopals need the aid of external agents in their endeavours. From deo to dating via SMS. Here are some ads on the occassion of Janmashtami. An Axe deodorant ad wishing Happy Janmashtami. An Axy take on the Dahi-Handi ceremony. Here are a couple of wannabe [...]
Before you get any ideas about me turning an author, let me clarify that the chaiwallah in question isn’t the faux tea vendor who maintains this blog but a genuine one who has penned 18 books over 30 years. Watch the story of Laxman Rao aka Lekhakji.