Once upon a time we had sports. Then the sports became a business. Once it becomes a business, money maximisation becomes a must. So all games have to look ‘great’. So billiards has a lot of coloured balls (what the media did to make you shift from b/w to color is a different story altogether!). […]
I get a little amused when 24 year old anchors analyze SRT’s shots and say ‘He should not have played this shot’…there is a Marathi saying…which is so un-parliamentary that I cannot use it on my site, but fits it well. SRT has played great cricket and led a great life – I am […]
Set A: Statements we make: ‘Hdfc Top 200 is a fund which is DOING well…. Real estate prices ALWAYS GO UP in Mumbai……. Gold prices are GOING up…. Real estate prices are GOING up…. Equity markets are DOING BADLY….. We hear and make these statements, do we not? What we mean is ‘Last […]
Frankly I have no clue about what to expect. However I know what people will say: 1. The FM should raise the taxable exemption limit by at least Rs. 50,000 2. The exemption limit for women should be raised by Rs. 75,000. 3. There should be a separate limit (like 80 C) for repayment of […]
When you grow up in Ghatkopar and live there for 3/4ths of your life, most friends tend to be Jains. So over the next few days a lot of them will call me to say ‘Michhami Dukkadam’. And as is wont, I will repeat it. I am communicating far, far more on my blog than […]
When you grow up in Ghatkopar and live there for 3/4ths of your life, most friends tend to be Jains. So over the past 10 days a lot of them called me to say ‘Michhami Dukkadam’. And as is wont, I repeated it. Little did I realize that I am communicating far, far more on […]