What gladdens my heart…

30May07

Walking to and from work, waiting at the bus stop twice a day, travelling on the APSRTC buses and returning home late at night, bring me face to face with certain people and incidents –  some pleasant, some unpleasant, some imprinting, some trivial, some hilarious and some depressing. But there is no shortage of stories, incidents or happenings on [...]

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Who wants to live forever?…

29May07

Starting from 28th May, i.e; y’day, History Channel has been airing a new programme – History Rocks. And I was fortunate enough to watch y’day’s episode. It was awesome! Queen! Freddie Mercury!! Live!!! (not in the actual sense of the term though)
  
I had never listened to the band’s Who wants to live forever song. I did so [...]

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Collage…

25May07

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Mario and The Godfather

25May07

One of the novels that I’ve read and is one of my all time favourites is The Godfather by Mario Puzo. I’d read it in college, when was it? The first year? No, may be the second. And what a book it was! Let me confess here that I’d lost my touch with novels [...]

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Of Eco and Ellison…

24May07

There is this book by Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, which I haven’t read (I’ve read none of his works, sadly. That’s one thing I plan to do before…) but have read about. And from all the reading that I did about it, the following passage appealed to me the most.
 
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A lot is happening… And Milan is the Champion of Europe!

24May07

A lot is happening. And happening very fast (to quote Pun). At least around me. Things have been happening to me and others around me. At a rapid pace.

Somebody’s going some place far far away.
Somebody’s got a real big hike in pay.
Somebody just won the Champion’s League 2006-2007.
Somebody’s sister just got married.
Somebody’s brother is about [...]

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Angry… Very very very….!@#$$%

24May07

I’m pissed off…… Never have I been so angry. I feel like hitting out at people who make me do things I don’t want to do and don’t let me do things I want to do. I’d planned to watch the final of Champion’s League undisturbed… lying on my bed in front of the television. [...]

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We Didn’t Start the Fire…

22May07

Billy Joel’s We didn’t start the fire. Find me a more informative music video…

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It’s in the making…

22May07

Remember The Declaration!??
Well, my Declaration of Independence is being drafted. It may take some time before the full text is ready for being posted here officially, but you know how things are when it comes to official-bureaucratical work. I just hope it gets ready soon so that I can share it with you people. But [...]

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Mayuri go… from Arundhati

21May07

Arundhati, a movie that was released almost 40 years ago, still has its hold over Oriya movie watchers. I have watched the movie, but only once, and that too in bits and pieces. But the one thing that I remember about this movie is its songs. They are simply great. Sung by such legends as Mohammad [...]

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