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The entire audience was giving a rousing round of applause...that is when I suddenly realized that it was the end of the speech. What a riveting speech it was..!! It certainly tickled my grey cells and made me think....not about what he was speaking but about the kind of personalities that exists in the world...so distinct...so contradictory...so delightful ....and yet so very effective! It was

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Marzi se jeene ki bhi main  Kya tum sabko main arzi doon  Matlab ki tum sabka mujhpe  Mujhse bhi zyada haq hai  Sadda haq, Aithe Rakh  Sadda Haq..Aithe Rakh These are a few lines from the song that is currently topping the charts. The beauty of this song is a rebellious attitude with lyrics to boot - it’s a quintessential Rahman number (need to listen to it more than a

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“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow them.”  - Louisa May Alcott quotes, American Author  Well my story is pretty much similar to this adage....I have tried to follow my aspirations...failed....tried again....and failed again....!  An aeronautical engineer....a

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“These rains won’t last long!” remarked the senile old man sitting beside me in a BEST bus on a rainy and thundery afternoon. “With all the deforestation and urbanization around, it won’t be long when the rains will desert us” he continued. I glanced outside the window and caught a glimpse of the mountain ranges that seemed to have picked up a few tricks from the Mumbai fashion gals and were

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“Main karu to Saala Character Dheela hai……” Anna-Baba Jugalbandi It’s a song that is topping the charts not only Radio countdown shows but also in the by lanes of Haridwar where you would find a weak one-eye-winking Baba Ramdev sitting with hands on head and muttering to himself “What’s Anna got that I ain’t got ?” :P. The mid night crackdown at the Ram Lila has certainly grabbed

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Let’s start this one with a game…Spot the difference between the two scenarios… Scene I Location: Khichan, a mere speck on the map of India - somewhere in Rajasthan (This place, on the atlas of birdwatchers, always assumes great significance come winter as it acts as a host to the migrating Demoiselle Cranes) A flock of Kurja (local name for these migrating birds) were hovering

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How desperate can an entire nation get to see one man’s dream fulfilled? How often does it happen that more than a billion people have the same ‘dream’ as one man? (A concept that even beats Christopher Nolan’s novel idea of Inception;)) Welcome World Cup 2011. A “What’s-on-your-mind” survey reveals that the top most thing that Indian public desperately want at this hour is ‘Sachin’s

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The Indian media constantly seems to be on the lookout for a scapegoat or a controversy to fill in their 24 x 7 news slot or they need a never-to-be-seen news piece to capture TRPs’. The FIFA world cup just gave what they needed. No! I am not talking about Spain’s maiden world cup win...but it’s Paul – the one who predicted their victory, which had caught the media’s attention. Paul the

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Winds of Change... Blowing around me... Makes me feel archaic Renders me outdated These were the few lines iterating my mind at a city book store one evening.....“This was the first novel I’ve read”, quipped a young lady, seemed like a decade old girl, standing next to me. I just turned around and saw ‘5 point someone’ in her credulous

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Very recently I came across a splendid lecture on ‘Excellence’ by the one and only Harsha Bhogle....thanks to Facebook. He had delivered the lecture on one of the programs at his alma mater - IIM Ahmedabad. The lecture was so inspiring and awesome that I could not stop myself from watching the entire 90 minutes....at a time when I was supposed to study that afternoon for my exams. Just thought

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I have come across many quotes in books and on the net and have stumbled upon some real gems. I especially like the ones which are very facile and unadorned, but when you read them, it definitely rings a bell in your mind and tickles your grey cells. Some of the good ones that I have come across are: The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful is...

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There are two types of people in this world....One - the government officials a.k.a. public servants, fondly called ‘babus’ and second - the people who have to deal with the first kind :-). I, unfortunately like most of you come in the second category I had the privilege of working in a government office and having a feel of it from close quarters this summer. Yes...my first experience of a

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‘It is written ’ If there is one thing that all you ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ lovers would have taken home after watching the Mumbai slums saga unfold it‘s the three words mentioned at the start. The film made you believe (at least for a brief moment) that some things are bound to happen in life. You can call it sheer luck, destiny, god’s will.....refer it by any name....it will still

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Gone with the wind... Gone with time.... I crave so much For the childhood of mine...!!! Not that my present is dismal or gloomy...It’s just that my past had a lot more to offer and a lot less to worry...!! When was the last time I looked at the heavens up above....closed my eyes.....opened up my arms ...felt the rain drops on my face without any apprehensions? When was the

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Date: 27th November 2008 Dear Terrorist, Mumbai lost its sleep on a Wicked Wednesday(26th Nov 2008)..and woke up to an even worse Thursday(27th Nov 2008)... all thanks to you..!!. I know you and your brothers have an emotional attachment with Mumbai and it occupies a very special corner in your heart. Mumbai, a very soft target, witnessed unimaginable terror in wake of the grenade attacks and

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