We homo sapiens are conditioned to believe and act in a particular manner by the society, community, religion, peers or any other extraneous forces. J Krishnamurthy, the philosopher described it as the single biggest culprit for the ills in the society. This ‘conditioning’ while laying down the rules for a society also ties us down […]
Dial “M” for Messi, Maradona or Mbappe, either ways “M” finally was crowned the King of Soccer on 17th Dec at Doha. Frankly I am not one of those diehard fans of Soccer leagues, don’t follow them, but yes occasionally do enjoy watching the wizards in action, as kids are almost addicted to European Leagues
” Agar firdaus bar roo-e-zameen, hameen ast, o hameen ast, o hameen ast!” Most of us are familiar with this famous Persian couplet where Jahangir is supposed to have described Kashmir as the heaven on Earth, with this quote. Well taking nothing away from Kashmir, but for two days the heaven had actually shifted its
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“What a relief!”, it was our comedian Satish Shah’s catchphrase or takiya kalam (for those who are more inclined to shudhh desi versions) in one of the episodes of the 80s sitcom “Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi”. One of the rare genuine comedy serials of those days. Satish Shah would barge in any where ask to use
Morbi has been a terrible tragedy, highly avoidable, the bridge collapsed under extreme stress of two kinds, physical going beyond its designed capacity and of man’s greed. The FOMO syndrome, fear of missing out probably was responsible for the number of visitors on the bridge on that unfortunate day. We all are greedy in some
Cold Coffee, hearing the words one starts to salivate, this concoction is simply divine, probably this was the famous magic potion brewed by Getafix which gave superhuman powers to the Gauls. After all aren’t NDA Cadets super humans and I dare say an ex NDA would kill for a drop of this elixir. Cold Coffee
Rishi Rich it is then finally, after Liz Truss’s disastrous stint of mere 44 days in 10 Downing Street. “The Colony has struck back”, with due apologies to Lucas Films Ltd, some of the oldies would recall”Empire Strikes Back”, the 80s block buster. Yes to an extent it is the ‘alien’ in the Island nation,
A couple of years ago there was a movie based on a Chetan Bhagat novel based on his own autobiography by the same name. A Punjabi boy falling in love with a Tamilian girl, wooing her and her complete family and the socio cultural issues which they face as a couple. But the culmination was
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Chitragupt is the Hindu God who is responsible for data management, keeps track of your deeds, ‘karma’ and boy He must be a nerd to be able to manage such a huge volume of data. I am sure he would have got the best possible tools for Big Data analytics. He may not need Artificial
I am sure you would have guessed it, this GOAT is part of the lexicon of the Gen Y, I am referring to the title of GOAT conferred upon Roger Federer, Greatest of all Times. That he is a legend and will remain one is beyond doubt. But ‘Greatest’!! Well we have had Muhammad
