It's been half a year since I've contributed to this blog, and I'm not going to waste time laying out trumped up excuses - I was just busy. Anyway, it's back to the writing board for me now, and I intend to resume with a simple movie review - Ghajini. In Shriganganagar (Rajasthan) on winter vacation at my parents', I didn't really expect to watch the Aamir Khan starrer in a theatre - least of all in an Adlabs theatre! Honestly, it caught me by surprise. Apparently a local cinema hall was taken over a few months ago by... Read Blog »

The Euro Cup this year has seen Les Blues head back without even crossing the first hurdle. Boasting of players of the quality of Thierry Henry, Frank Ribery and Nicolas Anelka, France had been pegged as fourth likely to win by the bookies. Most of the pundits had given them a real chance of repeating their heroics of Euro 2000. However, it all came crumbling down - a stalemate with Romania followed by humiliating losses to the Dutch and Italy saw the 'Men in Blue' board an early flight to Paris. The French team's outing was a disgrace, coming so... Read Blog »

I have held back till now from putting forth my views on arguably the second-most watched sporting tournament in the world. Now it's the business end of the competition, and we have four teams in contention - not all of which might have been expected to be contesting the semifinals. Let's take a look at the contenders and the pretenders, and how they have fared this far. Prior to the tournament, most of the pundits had felt that Germany, a team which generally plays well in the big matches, would probably make it here with ease. But they had... Read Blog »

A friend of mine once said to me, 'Just imagine what it would be like, if you made all the cars parked at this very moment join mainstream traffic in the city. Leave no car parked or stationary.' Well, I said to myself, there wouldn't even be any breathing space left on the roads - utter chaos! I have been frequenting FC Road in Pune with a sporadic regularity over the past three years. However, today my bike got towed away by the Traffic Police while I was having lunch - and this was not the first time either,... Read Blog »