Archive for September, 2007

Thanksgiving

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Shoaib Malik’s comments, first words to the media in fact, after Pakistan lost to India in the T20 final, were on the lines of Islam. He said he wanted to thank the Muslims all over the world. Not everyone was amused. It could mean one of the following things:

1. He wanted to prove that he […]

Bourne to do it

Monday, September 24th, 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum is, by far, one of the best movies that I have seen in a long, long time. Tell you what, I hope it remains that way.

The Bourne Trilogy has been one of the few critically acclaimed chain of movies. Apart from the fact that all the movies have been brilliantly directed, the […]

Chok de India

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

In a self-service restaurant while I waited for my order, a 30 something man wearing a t-shirt which says:
“Wife is like fire. Girlfriend is like water.”
Whatever that means.
Not far away, another gentleman sporting a t-shirt with the message:
“I can give headache to aspirin.”
Hmm.
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You notice the cricketers introducing themselves on TV before they come on to […]

Farewell

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

The last time I met Mr.J.B. D’Souza, in fact the only time I met him, he told me that he was a World war II veteran. And then we talked about books. And Maharashtra politics.
He was one of those with whom a man like me can talk, for hours, without knowing a thing. I […]