55 Words and a Cricket Story

“Whew – Anderson’s bowling at 95 today”, Yuvraj said. “But his shoulder has not yet recovered. So, he can’t keep at that pace”, Mahi replied...

Feminism: A Practical Approach

Mad Momma (making a comeback on this blog after 12 posts!) has made a very passionate point about how the chauvinistic and patriarchal Indi...

Hot Tips: Filmfare Awards 2007

A few years back, I invented a game called Filmfare Roulette. Yes - I know, I know... you guys love me for this! But let me explain the game...

Jaldi Jaldi: One Arbit Post

Many years when I was working in a soft drink company, I saw Marketing people losing sleep over one innocuous line - Contains No Fruit. Cont...

Shob Choritro Kalponik

13 years ago, I missed out on this mother of all parties and that has to be the biggest regret of my college life. By the time I got to kno...

Jab We Ate

Valentine's Day has created an industry out of Male Forgetfulness. You may forget her birthday, the date you first went for a movie or t...

Opposites Attract

There are a large number of films with antonyms in their names - Purab Paschim , Uttar Dakshin , Chacha Bha tija (err, not quite!), Sachcha...

Doppleganger

Nilendu and I go back a long way. I now know him much longer than most of my relatives. If I have to put a moment since I know him, I will ...

Rock On, Rolls!

McDonald's aggressive promotion of their 'wraps' does raise an eyebrow or two for those who have bit into a roll, standing at th...

...That I Can Leave Angrez Behind: English Lyrics in Bollywood

In 1878, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli gave a speech in the Parliament and in it, he referred to his bitter rival, William Glads...

A Silly Game

Once upon a time, a batchmate and I - when we started to work for the same company - devised a silly game. This was some 9 years back and si...