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When an underdog (for years) becomes a superstar (in a blink) - That's who we call ‘destiny's child’

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Guess what, I walked the red carpet at the Oscars last night. It was an amazing feeling and I was exhilarated! It’s only when I was forced to accept that it was fiction all the way – that indeed it was a dream! :-( So guys . . now stop consoling me for God sake! Vokayy, so you know why I dreamt the Oscars. Yeah exactly, the Oscar ceremony happened on 23rd Feb 2009 in Los Angeles, USA and people in India were really excited about the 9 award nominations against which we swept 8 awards at the Oscars for the blockbuster movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, directed by British Director Danny Boyle. F rankly, at the beginning, I was not very much in favour of the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. My first reaction was …how can a stranger come to India and expose only the darker side of Mumbai in India. Yes, agreed that over half of the 15 million population in Mumbai live in slums but remember that Mumbai is also the financial capital of India where both the educated & successful vis-à-vis the les

Keep those cortisol* levels down . . .

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Stress can be deadly. It can take away your life or even worse, it can paralyze you for life. I am sure, you must be thinking . . . that here comes the newly baptized Health and Fitness guru giving those healthy fundas. But hey, I am basically not going to do this because I go by the belief that all you people out there who take a peep in my blog are pretty intelligent and talented. When I think of stress management, the first person that comes to my mind is indeed Britney Spears who suffered from a major breakdown (Year 2007-2008), caused due to her personal struggle and divorce. And worst was still to come when she lost the custody of her two children. I have been a great admirer of Brtiney's style, music & lyrics, hip hop moves and was waiting for her comeback after she suffered from the huge mental meltdown. I was waiting to see that talented girl back on stage with her live performances. And yes, indeed Britney fought it out bravely and this toxic and firecracker pop s

Obama: “I screwed up”

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I picked up the newspapers that morning and the headline that caught my attention was Obama: “I screwed up” . On reading this, I thought there was a misprint while naming the president of US and quiet literally assumed it should have been Clinton: “bla bla bla” ;-) To clear my doubt, I immediately peeped into another national newspaper and quite surprisingly read the same thing. Must say, here is the president, ‘The Obama’, who truly represents the people of the world because he speaks and does what the common people of the world would normally do. We were waiting for this change for a long time and I believe it has finally arrived. A person at the most powerful position in the world, shows how straightforward and open minded he actually is and simply speaks his mind. He does not adjust, compromise with his behavior, attitude, ethics and principles to mimic the flashy and the oh-so-polished lifestyle of the President of the United States. This is because, Obama has traveled and has

Morals, values, loose, modern, western – What are you talking about?

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We have watched hooligans creating violence and discomfort to women in the name of 'Indian culture' on national television and what are we doing about it . . . Nothing!!. These are perverts who for cheap political publicity have gone to the extent of hitting women in pubs. India is the largest democratic country in the world, where citizens (whether a man or a women) has the right to do what they want, the way they want it and when they want it, provided it is permissible under the Indian law. What do these cheap political goons want to prove, by saying and demonstrating that women should not go to pubs and should not drink and smoke. Why are we looking at man and women with this level of inequality. I am not saying that women should drink or smoke or whether she should go to a pub or not. My question is who are you to dictate women on what is right and what is not right. Women are capable of dictating their own terms! In that case, we need to legally close all pubs, stop th

Anita is jealous . . .

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Wokkay….you must be wondering, who on earth is Anita? Let me explain and give Anita a little coverage ;-) Anita is the girl who comes to my home daily to help us in the household chores and I must mention that she does a real good job. Now, you know who Spotty is, don't you? Spotty is the white fury creature, who lives with me and who loves eating and sleeping and whose only objective in life is to simply disobey (look at my previous blog articles to read about this pain in my......you know what!). Right, so coming to the point, every morning when Anita walks inside my home, she notices Spotty sleeping in comfortable poses and she cracks that daily morning anthem. "Spotty kitni lucky hain na, woh din raat basket mein soti hain, na koi tension, na koi kaam", translating this is English – Spotty is so lucky, she sleeps all days and nights in the basket, she has no tensions in life and no work to do ;-) I actually didn't know that people envy my fury pet. I always wonder

The centre has finally realized … that they too need to abide by traffic rules

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Yes, we know that you are the government and you are the countries almighty who oversees the countries smooth running but hey . . . you also need to know that you are entitled to follow the rules and regulations that are applicable and enforced by law, upon the citizens and people of this country. Mumbai and various metros in India, have been distressed and battling traffic jams, bad roads since decades now. The government off course does its part of getting the roads concretized and fixing up those potholes and yes we have no complains on that, infact we appreciate it! But we are filled with anxiety and anger when we hear that you have a visit scheduled in the city. It scares us, when we see these huge welcome hoardings, invitation pamphlets and news/ radio stations making announcements that the Prime Minister, The President or top officials at the centre would be visiting the city. The first thing that comes to our mind is a day when we would see, a white ambassador pass by &

Fedex, we love you even more . . .

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The recent Australian Open Grand Slam 2009, final tournament between Federer and Nadal was a match that gripped the whole world with excitement, entertainment and all the more the climax of the match with sheer anxiety and nervousness. I have been an ardent admirer of Federer since years now and honestly we wanted him to win this tournament, but hey it goes without saying that you don’t need to win all tournaments right. Infact, Fedex gave a tough fight (against Nadal) in the five set match 7/5 3/6 7/6 3/6 6/2, and that’s all that his million fans actually need to see. My heart was burning when Federer got real emotional on that last day of the tournament but we respect his emotions when he said, “In the first moment you're disappointed, you're shocked, you're sad, you know, then all of a sudden it overwhelms you,” he explained afterwards. “The problem is you can't go in the locker room and just take it easy and take a cold shower. You can't. You know, you're

“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent”

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I quoted Eleanor Roosevelt, an internationally prominent author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition. Eleanor was also First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. People give up and do not explore their creativity, thoughts, ideas, if what they think does not match their superior’s teachings (maybe your boss, your seniors, your teachers etc.). Believe me, your superiors who don’t even give a listening hear to your ideas, before making a decision….ought not to be taken too seriously. Remember, these are a few people who like to take credibility upon themselves and even if your ideas match theirs, they would damn you and criticize you. So never give up to such people because you’re not being listened to…….you should take them as your opposition and let your ideas flow. There are also those few kind of inspirational motivators, who will go out to get the best out of you. You may not have the right ideas on a job all the time, but it would be tried and test