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Ours not to reason why, ours but to wait and die. Or, maybe you are not in the stalker's radar, but you don't know who are.
It stalks, always; be it in terms of diseases, accidents or any natural or unnatural causes.
Strict action from the International Cricket Council (ICC) was anticipated leading to possible loss of World Cup 2011 games for Delhi.
Starting the New Year with a yawn? Well, you never know!
That most pleasurable hide and seek came to an end as the tempo carrying our luggage arrived and we were called to help moving in and placing furniture, books and other items.
Team India did prosper temporarily under the positive energy of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and started winning matches against all odds. They became strong contenders for the No.1 ODI (One Day International) team.
Manifestations of humor are limitless. As we progress in life we go on experiencing encounters of the humor kind. And, sometimes we get forced into it for no fault of ours, but for seemingly good reasons.
Shortcuts may not be appropriate for everything. One has to get education for years to be fit for life. Imagine what a shortcut to education can do to future generations! Likewise, imposed shortcuts may sound the death knell for the game of cricket.
Planning to write a book in India or for India? Well, you are most welcome to do that. But a few terms and conditions do apply.
So better carry on with the discovery. Else we threaten to launch an indefinite global hide-body movement that would put the pride of mankind at stake.
Maybe the reasons for the decision are not exactly right. But a paradox is definitely resolved now.
Adversity is not exactly a humorous situation to be in. But human beings have it in them to laugh many of such situations off. No matter if their mirth is sort of a panic reaction. What matters is that it helps.
Humorous exchanges are meant to lift your spirits, cheer you up. The fact that cross egos act as a strong undercurrent for such exchanges make these even more interesting.
India-Pakistan relations are abject lessons in how not to be good neighbors.
India had achieved its independence from the British in 1947. But its dependence on the monsoon rains continues unabated. Just a few days delay and all hell breaks loose across the country.
Pakistan struggled from the word go and became the ICC T20 World Champions beating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets on June 21, 2009 at Lords, England.
A decisive cricket defeat in India is like a dengue virus that infects one to all of cricket crazy fans.
Now it is an absolute necessity to possess credit cards for a variety of everyday needs. Having only one card is passé. You need multiple accounts. So, it is imperative to know how to use them to your benefit.
Just because the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been a huge hit both in India and in South Africa cricket experts should not read too much into it and start writing obituaries of test cricket.
Cricket will always triumph, be it the longest or the shortest versions, as long as it does not get reduced to a mockery.
The Indian Premier League in Season 2 is ruling the roost in South Africa, but some of the rules applicable to the T20 cricket games being played are not quite game.
In view of this some political leaders have demanded voting be made mandatory. Well, how do you enforce it? By getting the abstaining voters arrested or withdrawing basic facilities from them or making them pay more tax and money?
MS Dhoni is the best possible thing to happen to Indian cricket and he is something to be handled with utmost care. His positive body language and attacking cricket should go on undeterred to take India to the top.
But somehow the zing of the win is missing thanks to the drawn third test at Wellington. They have won 1-0. The margin could very well have been 2-0.
For the moment we can enjoy the great entertainment show of 'wannabe PM' and wait for the suspense drama to end after the elections.
Cricket or no cricket the global citizens need a savior. Most urgently.
Indian cricket has been undergoing a transformation since about a year from defensive or negative cricket to aggressive and positive cricket. Thanks to the Indian skipper Mahnendra Singh Dhoni Team India must have seen the last of 'generous' cricket.
In British India babu was used to mean a native Indian clerk who was educated enough to help the colonialists tooth and nail in plundering India. They were known for their blind loyalty and so drew hatred from the nationalists.
With public anger growing to revolutionary proportions upheavals are bound to follow.
The unique operative style, the high profile targets, the continued siege over three days, the media overdrive are some of the factors that made the impact of this strike devastatingly felt suffered and agonized.
So next time you come to Mumbai just observe and enjoy. You cannot do much better than that. Learn to be street savvy while in Mumbai.
Deal or no Deal, somebody is damn sure to have the last laugh. Who would it be?
This kind of loneliness and endless 'sitting' exposure to the Internet can make you even depressed. In fact there have been a lot of debate and discussions on this issue and even on ghosts haunting some Internet sites. There has to be a way out.
But this is extreme bad news for all existing and would be paramours. Now they would not know when where and how it might strike them.
Nobody ever had an inkling of the coming catastrophe.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is becoming exotic by the day, by the hour and by the minute. The IPL can also be termed as 'arguably the most controversial cricket show on earth'.
And as the media hype continued unabated even after a tiff with the BCCI the great debate of the cricket purists, the moderates, the cynics and the extremists raged on.
Who is authority enough to decide? Nobody has a clue. Affirmations are likely to be clouded by allegations, suspicion, bias and right or wrong interpretations of motives. Alas, nothing can either be proved or disproved.
Has it then become a conditional access into a defined relationship? And even that conditional access is not at all free of the bug or the hackers? The unconscious 'harmony' of relationships in the olden times is lost forever?
Serious films are not supposed to be entertainers. The 'entertainment formula' practiced over the decades will gradually become clear as you read on.
If you thought buying a flat or a car were your top priorities you were pathetically wrong. You just missed a golden opportunity. An opportunity of buying lively kicking boisterous and thundering cricketers of international quality.
So, population pressure takes a tremendous toll on movie making and Indian movies are paying a high price for this. If not for other basic reasons, population must be controlled for making excellent movies that can stand at the Oscars.
This tremendous 'party psyche' of the homo sapiens needs to delved into by the experts to give us more lucrative details and tips so that we can walk royally into parties and enjoy totally.
This is an international film festival sans glamour. A film festival sans the star parade, rocking parties and the hype. This is a film festival with a passion-a commitment to make our planet earth a better place to live.
It now controls you-in all possible ways. You cannot work, express, talk, travel, sleep, sit, walk, eat, see movies or even breathe without it.
It is said that Indian marriages are made in heaven and it is the union of the souls. It is neither a contract nor a biological settlement. It is holy permanent and eternal.
 
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