One of the first questions bothering every girl on the planet upon hearing about David Beckham’s retirement was whether this would mean an end to his Emporio Armani ads. The question whether they will no longer see Beckham highly airbrushed and provocatively posed. While Beckham tries to find meaning in life after retirement, girls around [...]
After months of waging war against countless entrance exams you’re finally here! And while you enter your college for the very first time as an engineering student, you’re not thinking about your AIEEE rank or where you would have been had you scored 1 more mark. You’re imagining what you’re life is gonna be for [...]
Continue reading …Can we compare the present day sportsmen with the legends of the past? Who is better? Sachin or Bradman? Federer or Bjorg or McEnroe? Messi or Maradona/Pele? My father, who doesn’t much like Sachin Tendulkar, snorted at a news discussion on whether Sachin should be awarded the Bharat Ratna. Here’s how our dicusion went: Dad: [...]
Continue reading …“Gaadi ki disha me pehla dibba mahilao ke liye aarakshit hai. Purush Yaatriyon se anurodh hai ki mahilao ke liye aarakshit dibbe me na baithe. Aisa karma dandniya apradh hai.” That’s something we all hear in a metro journey, can’t say the full coach is reserved for ladies as one fourth of it is occupied [...]
Continue reading …It’s that time of the year again. When lakhs of science students all over the country are falling into depression because of that dreaded word IIT-JEE. Those who never studied a word in the past two years are depressed because they spent 6 hours learning exactly how much they suck at PCM, those who studied [...]
Continue reading …A few days ago, around the time of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, I was travelling in the metro to my college with a book in hand doing some last minute revision. Two girls beside me were cribbing about exams. One of them joked “yaar, padhke kya karna, duniya to waise bhi 2012 me [...]
Continue reading …This week, just after themid-sems, I heard a lot of people say, “Yaar hamara kuch nahi hoga, koi company to lene nahi wali, apna business hi kholna padega…” Then I heard some other people say, “I’m not going to ruin my life first train myself to mug up everything and then vomit it out on [...]
Continue reading …Once you enter either of the two colleges you can’t escape it. At some point or the other you will be forced to be a part of that eternal debate and then you can either decide to let the topic go or get ready to claw the other’s face off. As soon as counseling for [...]
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