General
Other Sports in India (i.e, All Sports (minus) Cricket)
Let’s not bother complaining about popularity of other sports in India. Let’s just enjoy cricket. Only cricket.
Yes, you heard that right.
Let’s not bother.
On the eve of the kickoff of the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, multiple thoughts cross my mind. First and foremost, how many Indians know that a hockey world cup is going [...]
Passion for Cinema - 1 minute movies - Brilliant!
Yesterday, I accidentally came across the 1 minute movie festival that was happening in India. Thankfully, all videos are uploaded on Youtube. There is an Open Section (which is non-competitive) and a Competitive section (no explanation required). I watched all movies in the Competitive section and selected the best I liked. I didn’t watch all [...]
Chess
I love the game.
Of all the indoor games I have played over the years, Chess is probably the most intriguing and fascinating games. I am still a game freak (indoor, outdoor, video) but I have not come across any game with as many variations and thought processes as Chess. 64 squares on the board leading [...]
Skydiving T-shirt
Thanks to my good friend Pavani who was googling for god knows what, my article on the skydiving experience on July 4th was selected as the ‘Article of the Month’ on the US Skydiving website, AccerelatedFreefall.com.
I don’t even know how they got to this article - probably they were trolling through the Internet for skydiving [...]
Skydiving Experience - The Ultimate!
Yes, I skydived on July 4th, 2009 from a height of 14000 ft at a dropzone called Skydive WestPoint in Virginia.
Yes, it was bloody awesome, thrilling and exhilarating.
Yes, the money ($239+$99(video)) was totally worth it.
Yes, it was the best adventure I’ve had till date. I have not done Bungee yet. Even then, I don’t think [...]
Random Thoughts…
1) The big news of the past week was obviously the death of ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson. While the real and virtual worlds were debating on the ‘greatest ever’, ‘best ever’ etc, all odes and tributes aside from millions of fans from the world over, I had this wonderful little gtalk conversation with my [...]
Random Thought…
Reading and listening to quotations and proverbs is one thing. Experiencing them is a totally different proposition.
Experienced, what I think, is a very profound perspective over the past few days -
- There are no good decisions or bad decisions. There are only different trade-offs for every decision you make.
- For every decision you [...]
AIDA in Relationships
So…lately, I have been in an overdrive of thoughts.
As I was walking down one of the aisles in Wal-Mart the other day, I noticed a wide range of cornflakes - some new brands placed alongside the older ones. This led me to think about the Marketing Management course that I had studied in my MBA, [...]
Quantum Relationships
I was talking to my friend the other day when he mentioned that he was in a ‘proxy relationship’. On enquiring further on this inter-galactic phrase, he explained that he didn’t know whether ‘he was in love’ or ‘he was just friends’ with this girl [which actually meant that he is interested but is shit [...]
Elections 2009 - The road to Cong-here!
Chandni Chowk to Chennai,
KING CONG,
are a few of the sobriquets and one-liners that are being used to describe the electoral victory of the Congress. A literal sweep, am sure, most of the Congressmen would be surprised with. In the face of electing such an elite party, it is but natural for some of the members [...]
