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Khuda Kay Liye - In the Name of God

May 5, 2008 – 6:38 pm

1) It is the best Pakistani Movie ever made.
2) It has to be an entry to the Oscars 2009.
3) It depicts the backlash Muslims faced after 9/11.
These were the only notions which I had before I went to see the movie - Khuda Kay Liye - In the Name of God. I had no clue [...]

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Ant & Grasshopper - The story of India

April 28, 2008 – 7:23 pm

The following is a copy-paste from an email I just received. More than being funny, it’s satire on the present day India, especially Bengal and Kolkata, seems to be remarkably mind-numbing and true. Food for thought.
Ant & Grasshopper
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the [...]

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Eavesdropping ain’t always bad

December 18, 2007 – 5:07 pm

I just stumbled upon this post by a waiter wherein he narrates his account of a conversation between two customers in his restaurant, which he happened to eavesdrop. A fantastic read, the conversation, followed by the waiter’s take on it, it kinds of provides an alternative way to handle your negativities. Click on the following [...]

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Curfew in Kolkata

November 21, 2007 – 11:49 pm

December 6, 1992. Precisely the day that triggered a curfew across many places in India, including Kolkata. Right now myself sitting in 1 of the 6 curfewed police station areas in Central Kolkata, witnessed a glimpse of those horrific days once again. Approximately 2 hours have passed into the 8 hour curfew imposed to put [...]

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Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General Motors

October 17, 2007 – 3:02 pm

Many of you, unlike me, might have come across this long ago, as it is in circulation for years now. But I just received it today and was spellbound by the incident. For those who are not aware of it, it goes like this -
Never underestimate your Clients’ Complaint, no matter how funny it might [...]

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The Stranger - Amazing Short Story

October 17, 2007 – 11:57 am

I just received an email having a scanned document as an attachment. It seems to be some kind of a literature examination paper of some Soham Bandhopadhyay, and is a short story named THE STRANGER. It has been evaluated as excellent by the examiner and given the 1st place, deservingly so. A brilliant piece of [...]

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Myself VS God

March 24, 2006 – 2:58 pm

Hi,
Just came across this wonderful time-pass heavenly page at http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/main.html where you can have a word (or a lot of them) with none other than GOD himself… The transcript of my duel with HIM (which i can proudly claim to have had a upper hand in :P) is as follows:
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Naveen: hi
God: Hello. [...]

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A Fresh new look for a fresh new year

January 4, 2006 – 1:21 pm

First a very happy new year to all of you. To begin with, nothing NEW so far in the new year. So thought of giving a fresh coat of life to this blog of mine. Hence the new template. Do comment on how it looks, as compared to the previous one. The last one seemed [...]

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Gimme a Hell Yeah..!!

December 31, 2005 – 10:20 am

Yo Fellas! Had to come out of hibernation to bid adieu to what has been yet another topsy turvy ride full of drramaaa…… love…… action….. emmotions….. and whatever you can ask for in a George Lucas epic series and a YashRaj candyfloss alike. 2K5, in the footsteps of its predecessors, continued to beckon all and [...]

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A walk around the seven lakes

August 29, 2005 – 12:48 pm

No, these lakes are not the ones associated with Mumbai, nor any pilgrimage as you may ponder. Located in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, whithin the serene campus of Indian Institue of Management, Calcutta in Joka, they cover a better part of the sprawling 135 odd acres of the eminent B school of India. [...]

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