Once Upon a Time...

There was a kingdom in some nearby land. All its inhabitants were unique but yet similar. Two of the famous people in the kingdom were Purki Bazaar and Nrityam, both being the darlings of the dark side. Nrityam did all the assignments, worked hard, studied for the tests, and ran after professors. Only to have his work copied everytime! Nrityam did his ‘flashy’ dance and got into a power company. Purki got into so many jobs, that at last count,.. Well I lost count! Deep Blue, known for his love for Brazilian rivers, once pissed Bazaar off. But I guess everything got straightened out in the end. DR. Psychiatrist extolled the virtues of free software. Well, it took me sometime to know that free doesn’t actually mean free! Last heard, he got into some headgear manufacturing company.

And that pain-reliever, what was its name? Yeah, Amrutanjan. Well, he never relieved any pain of mine. But I know how he sucked blood from Mosquito Squad! Poor mosquito squad. He never swatted the biggest mosquito near him. Then, there was this tall guy, who sold some product whose name started from G (not weed), which I had never heard of before (Still don’t know about it!). He and short guy Land On looked really funny together.

And these guys from some activity centre had the most fun. One of these guy’s passport must rival the number of stamps on the passport of an UN diplomat!

Dhoti Lehra was one guy who was mostly misunderstood by others. But, sometimes you got to give the guy his due. Crusty Purnima was one serious looking fellow. You can count on your fingers the number of times he smiled in 4 years. Others included some politico types, without the white garb and the beacons, the don’t-give-a-damn types, and a Playa’ from Himalaya.

Sometimes the peace in the kingdom was disturbed by hardware downloaders, al-gore-rhythmers, and intelligence units. But the inhabitants managed it all well in the end.


DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Resemblances are purely coincidental. Even if it doesn't seem coincidental, well, just see the funny side of it. If you find it crap and totally so-unfunny, well, I apologise. :)

Lalchi Modi

Well, if you thought IPL had got all the avenues covered from which to earn money from, out comes a new ingenious idea by the to put more TV ad airtime in. Euphemistically called "Strategic Time-Out", it consists of a 7 and a half minute breaks in between innings.

But Mr. Modi, you will be really pissed off upon learning about how I watch my cricket! I watch it timeshifted. The kind of what Aamir Khan advertises for Tata Sky Plus. So, a 3 hour match for me is over in at most 1 and a half hours, after skipping through ads and 'Strategic Time-Outs'. Skipping through deliveries saves a lot of seconds from my viewing time. I have some interesting observations to make out of this. Generally, I have noticed fast bowlers take about 30 seconds between completing the ball and Ashish Nehra wins the award hands-down for the slowest of the lot. The spinners normally get two balls in this time!, the slowest of them being (no surprises really!) Anil Kumble. He takes ages between deliveries, changing his field after every other ball and yeah, of course, for the famous tweak of the ball in his right hand!

But yeah, somehow I'm not able to ignore the unavoidable words, 'DLF Maximum' and 'Citi Moment of Success'. :(

Blog 2.0

My re-attempted entry to scorch the blogosphere. How long am I gonna last? Your guess is as good as mine! ;)