" Mai yeh samjha mere dil ki koi hasrat nikal gai, tooney dekha mujhey aise, ki tabiyat machal gayi, werna tere sar ki kasam, aadmi mai bura nahin " -Sahir Ludhianawi "

They say appearances can be deceptive, and this person fits the bill perfectly. He was the first person to land a job in our wing, though he had the least CPI of the lot. He had no time to study , except last minute crash-course by Munna because he would be busy at the CC whole semester. There is no end to his creative blitzkrieg whether it's hacking CC Head's machine twice over or scribbling oneliners on Graffiti board at SAC during Antaragni which had everybody split into nuts with...

He has done it again, She has done it for the first time and They have created history!!!Here "He" is Roger Federer, "She" is Maria Sharapova and "They" are Greeks. While defending champion Federer had to fight off stiff challenge from 2nd seed, Andy Roddick, Sharapova to my pleasant surprise simply blew Serena away. She very tactically exploited Serena's weak forehand and drew the American to submission. She, now becomes the second successive Russian to win a Grand Slam final after Ana...

Moveover Anna , Welcome Sharapova ! Here comes a new Russian tennis sensation from Siberia, who is just 17 years old. Unlike Anna , Maria Sharapova can actually play Tennis. While Anna never reached the semi-finals of any Grand Slam event, Sharapova is set to meet Serena Williams at Wimbledon Finals, 2004. Hope she maintains her form for coming years as women tennis has lacked glamour since Steffis and Sabatinis have left the scene. Meanwhile, don't miss the finals guys for sheer ...

Recently , I heard a comment made by Harsha Bhogle on Sehwag - " His assessment of risk is more akin to that of an equity investor than a debt fund manager " This is vintage Harsha Bhogle indeed.

Czechs are out of the Euro, alas, courtesy the Silver goal by Greece. It was a case of missed opportunities. Czechs had strong midfield and forwards . There moves were phenomenal, but the finishing was poor. But that is not to take any credit away from Greeks. They gave it all they had. They were better organized. There marking , tackling was excellent. They checked all the moves marauding Czechs made. So we will have a new Euro champion this time. It's very interesting that this Euro ch...

Sometimes, I try to define secularism to myself. Neither I am an unsecular like VHP and chums and nor I find myself secular like Congress, Left , Media or Human Rights activists observing encounter of Ishrat Jahan. The former phrase doesn't need an explanation, but for latter I'll explain you why I feel so. Ishrat Jahan, a student was traveling in a car intercepted by Gujrat police. There was firing from that car. Even if we assume that there was no firing, vehicle must have tried to escap...

Those were the different times. There was no cable TV. There was no overdose of movies, films, celebrities. When a TV Remote was not the bone of contention in the house. No scheming saas-bahus. The days when Wednesdays and Fridays were special because those were the Chitrahar days. Children spent their evening playing outdoor games, not with Cartoon Network and elderly watched news at 2040 hours instead of Kasauti Zindagi Ki . Saturday was not an off-day, but the day of Giant Robot & J...

Shakespeare is one person, who I think has touched more people around the world than the mighty British "Raj " itself. He had been prying in our lives since our school days. For me, the tryst with " bard " has been a trifle more than many. In my school, at 7th standard we had The Seventeen Tales of Shakespeare , next year we had play The Merchant of Venice in our curriculum, where we were introduced to literature's one of the most famous villain's Shylock . In our ICSE, we grap...

Too many sports posting, hope you don't mistake it for a sports blog. Here is something different. When I see Mayawatis , Sonia Gandhis , Laloos , Rabris et al sitting at our heads, it reminds me of this quote. Gaur farmaiyega! Nizam mein ab ek aisa bhi daur aaya hai, Jinhen peeney ka saliqua naheen, unhoone maikade ki hukoomat ko paaya hai

That's Roger Federer for you. His game is oh-so mesmerizing. Just saw his Wimbledon match yesterday. Memories of last year's Semi-Final and Final came flooding back. Just how he had demolished big servers Andy Roddick and Mark Philippoussis (they call him SCUD for his missile serves ), it can only be seen to be believed. He has the grace of Stefan Edberg, which no body could fill since he departed Tennis scene. But unlike Edberg , he also has a controlled aggression . He is not wooden-fa...

" Good luck to them. While we're not allowed to do it in New Zealand, they're obviously allowed to do it over here. Our policy is to produce the best cricket wickets possible, not ones that suit the home team ." John Bracewell, New Zealand's coach, suggests that the recent Test wickets were tailored to suit England. This has to be most blatantly shameless comment of the year. He has so conviniently forgotten what these guys served Indians in the name of pitch last year. When Indians com...

Well, to begin with it's over all a good movie, that is to say in absolute terms. But if you consider that it has been scripted by the one half of the legendry duo of Salim-Javed who have done together the masterpieces like Sholay, Zanzeer, Deewar, Trishul, KalaPaththar - it's not even a patch on them. Probably, Javed Akhtar missed the other half, Salim Khan. Or the 20 years gap between Lakshya and his last script writing attempt took its toll. This not to say that old man did a bad job, ...

Literally, they have been doing this to their opponents since their first match in Euro. They have played attacking football and have been the only team to win all their matches and we have been told it's just a second string team. No way! They have provided a lesson to the teams like Italy, who didn't loose any match and Germany who didn't win any match and are out in the first round itself because of eschewing attacking game. An interesting piece of comment was made during Dutch-Swede P...

Defending champions France's tour in Euro Cup, just like their Group A partner England's , well and truly ends here. Both asked for it. Not at all inspiring play from both of these. While the England-Portugal match tempo picked up into the second half , France-Greece's match was listless. If anything, Greece played much better. They attacked well in first half and defended well in second. I feel disappointed 'cos I won't see of Zidane in Euro anymore. Feel the same for Rooney. Just the othe...