Excellent English!

You have excellent English!
Mentioned the Boston-Brahmin to me. You know the concept of whites and grammar, you read stuff white people like, don’t you?
But somehow, I am not chuffed, as Indians are expected to be when similarly praised by whites. There is something just not correct here.
Well, we both got it from the same source, the [...]

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My Deprived Childhood, and Terry Pratchett’s…

There are many reasons why one should adore Terry Pratchett. Here’s another, for me. He can speak for me. Like he did at 1985. Sample this.
I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor toys and refused to ill-treat me, so it [...]

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Beck, and not getting along, and behind blue eyes..

And i don’t get along with Beck. At all. The kaleidoscope through which he sees the world, and the one I use, are composed of complimentary colours.
And that’s why it is fun to catch up with him. We know each other for ages, remember? We drink like fish, we crib about our wives not being [...]

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On our biases

Very close friend had his birthday a few days ago, and i was invited for the party. Good fun, and the people who knew me from college got a genuine shock to see me sing and play the guitar. The others just applauded. The trick’s called practise, and well, in to old house (remember that [...]

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Johnny Gaddar, and ‘reasonably edible’

Ahem.
I watch movies depending on the hype, and then afterwards read blogs and reviews.
So was it with ‘Johnny Gaddar’
And, then, Raja Sen….. Rediff…. on Neil Nitin Mukesh….
And what eye candy this is. Ladies and gents — and I say this with a record of unblemished heterosexuality — the man is reasonably edible. I see what [...]

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Moonsighting

Off late, I have started hating coincidences . It changes the mechanics of things, and makes me want to believe that things are not as random as they seem to be.
So yesterday, I saw Moonsquared Sen walk around in a mall here.
And came back home to find this in my feedreader.

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Hemant Kumar

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Hunter / Gatherer

As an aside, how do you women do it, giving a blog contact your phone number, becoming friends (ahem, ahem, soulmates) and all? We guys are totally incapable of this **…. I guess, stray elements apart,  all of us guys are online for one reason, and one reason only.
 
MCP barb (in a chicklit blog [...]

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Mental Floss and Lex Luthor

Do you check Mental Floss ? You should, if you are a knowledge junkie… I do. And here’s some junk for you…
Did you know that
In a November 1962 issue, the now-grown Superman intimates that Lex might have been the world’s “greatest benefactor” were it not for the explosion that turned him into a bitter criminal.
I [...]

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Petrovic…

1992. The first time I was watching sport on Colour TV. And the Olympic games…
Hola, Barcelona!
Love the place, the club, the language ever since…..
And I remember the ‘92 Olympic games a lot……
Coming to the point, I remember Basketball, and the Dream Team….. Jordan, Magic, Bird, Ewing… and Barkley, who quickly became my favourite.
And I remember [...]

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