The eve of Halloween brought back a flood of memories from one of my favorite genres in cinema — Horror.The love for the horror genre has been there since childhood, from the days of Aahat and Zee Horror Show — though watching them now feels more comical than scary. Over the years, horror movies haveContinue reading “Movies & Me – The Horror Tales”
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Inhe Mat Ro-Ko
Yesterday, India’s celebration following the announcement of the Ceasefire was tinged with sadness as Virat Kohli announced his much-speculated retirement from Test cricket. Perhaps he, too, was waiting for a moment when his fans were mentally at peace. Just last week, Rohit Sharma drew curtains on his own Test career—creating a déjà vu moment forContinue reading “Inhe Mat Ro-Ko”
Movies & Me – Andaz Apna Apna
The Prelude I was in Mumbai last week, fortunately at a time when there was a premiere screening of Andaz Apna Apna on the occasion of its re-release. The trend of re-releases is rising fast, and what better movie to bring back than one of the cult classics—Andaz Apna Apna, which recently completed 30 yearsContinue reading “Movies & Me – Andaz Apna Apna”
Ek Ticket Mahavikat – The Tatkal Story
The Prologue It is 7 pm. You reach home after a usual busy day in office,freshen yourselves, dial your parents’ number. After the usual talks, comes the deadly reminder: “Beta aaj toh nahi hua ticket. Kal phir se Tatkal dekhna hoga.” Ohh No !! Not Tatkal, ask for anything else in the world, please. TatkalContinue reading “Ek Ticket Mahavikat – The Tatkal Story”
O Dravid! My Dravid!
As India clinched the T20 World Cup yesterday, there are many moments which got captured and will be replayed in years to come. The one that stood out for me was that of Dravid pouring out all the emotions he had with the cup in hand. Only he will understand what the cup meant toContinue reading “O Dravid! My Dravid!”
When You Start Up…
I watched the movie 12th Fail recently and liked it for a couple of reasons. Firstly because of the simplicity with which the whole story was presented to make it more real and appealing. And secondly for the reason that the UPSC exam remains very close to my heart with the memories resurfacing of theContinue reading “When You Start Up…”
When India plays Pakistan
Well, it has to be Cricket to pull me out of the dungeons of laziness and to put me in the zone of writing. Though over the years like everything the connection and passion towards the game has changed too. Reasons can be various. Too much of Cricket that too the shorter format is definitelyContinue reading “When India plays Pakistan”
The Memoirs of World Cup
It is 2011 with the mega Cricketing event just about to begin. Memories run down to the 1992 World Cup which marked the beginning of Cricket entering into my bloods (I guess many of our generation’s). In fact we can easily remember the events of our life in the context of the world cups thereafter.Continue reading “The Memoirs of World Cup”
Movies & Me – When SRK-Aamir Got us Kicked Out of our House
Memories are important ingredients in our life and there are moments which remain etched in our minds over the years. Here is one of such silly yet eventful memories. Year was 2007, month December and the clock was ticking at around 2 am. An intense discussion was on among 4 bachelors (me included in that)Continue reading “Movies & Me – When SRK-Aamir Got us Kicked Out of our House”
The Gabba Test
I am really out of words on how to start this. My mind is full of facts and contexts while heart is full of emotions. Will try not to mix them a lot. Would be a difficult task for the cricket fans like me. Let’s give it a shot. The History Behind While watching sportsContinue reading “The Gabba Test”
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