Life Reloaded!!!

A group of Indian teenage girls squeaked "Jitega bhai jitega Pakistan jitega (Pakistan will win)." As soon as they started chanting in support of Pakistan, the Indians around them rolled their eyes. But the girls had not yet delivered the punch line. "India ne joke mara. Ha ha ha (India played a joke)," Given his consistency, Simon Taufel should raise the middle finger when giving OUT after a review of his decision Teams whose Captain's name initials starts from S are out of World Cup, Strauss, Sammy, Smith, Shakib & Shahid. Next in line:Sangakara !! It's time to show who the Real Blue Blood is .Come Saturday the darker shades will fade away . @ lanka : Just bring it !....Roger That ! चिऊच्या मित्राला म्हणतात काऊ .. . . . वाह वाह . . . चिऊच्या मित्राला म्हणतात काऊ .. . . . . . . आता तरी नेहराला शिव्या नका देऊ :D :D But best one caem from Aditya Sahastrabuddhe - 1996 : Srilanka vs Australia 1999 : Pakistan vs Australia 2003 :...

Background - I am pretty bad cheater when it comes to the game of Cricket. We were discussing about Ricky Ponting at Aditya's home; I was taking Ponting's side. Following is the version I was able to recollect - Me: He was a one of the greatest players in Cricket. Nik: No. He was a great batsman, but he wasn't a good player. Me: Ka? Nik: Tyachya kade sportsmanship spirit navhati. Me: Sportsmanship? Kay garaj ahe sportsmanshipchi? (What I meant was sportsmanship doesn't really matter) Viraj: (With reference to my "Background") Ho, te tula nahi kalnar (Big laughter)

Respect !!!

This has to be one of the best books I have ever read. The discussions on Randomness, Rationality, Trading, Luck, Skills, Bias, Sampling, everything was great to read. I have not been reading it as voraciously as I read The Black Swan . I remember spending a whole day reading The Black Swan . The latter is bit tough to read, but Fooled By Randomness was much simpler. The last section is little bit dull with too many philosophers introduced at the end. I had a good time discussing some of the points in the book with Viraj last week. The kind of role Luck or randomness plays in one's life is very interesting, and it might come as a shock for some. Few more pages to go before I move onto " शाळा " by मिलिंद बोकील :)

When the second year started in NITIE, I had decided that I would watch enough good movies to make my last year of academic "count". I think I have been fairly successful in doing so since I have seen more than 50 movies on my laptop (Well, I have not seen more than 10 movies on my Desktop which is 6 years old now) Best of the movies are (and I would recommend that you should also watch them at least once in your life) - - My Sassy Girl (Korean Version) - The Man From Earth - Wall Street - Top Gun - Watchmen - American Beauty - Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind - A Beautiful Mind The above list contains only those movies which I saw in last 8 months.

काय घंटा "सुपर मून"???? तसाच तर दिसत होता :P

Sent by Pratik D. - Essay- "Maza awadta kida- Gogalgaay" - gogalgaay mdhe google ani gaay donhi naste bt mahiti nai tila gogalgaay ka mhantat..Google computer var kahitari khup fast aste.(ase teacher ne sangitle hote)Ani gaay jaminivar medium fast.Bt gogalgaay khup slow.Ti jatana khali chikkat fevicol sodte mhanun tichi body chipakate n tichi speed slow hote..Mazi aajji pan khup slow chalte pan ti fevicol sodat nai..Gaay dudh dete pan gogalgaay fevicol dete. Gogalgaay la english mdhe snail mhantat.Amchya class chya SNEHAL la me snail asa chidavle.Tine mazi techr la complain kli..Mhanun mala muli avdat nai..Muli khup chalu astat asa dada mhanto..Dada nehmi mobile la chipaklela asto asa aai mhante..Gogalgaay chya pathivar shankh chipaklela asto..Ti roj shankhat zopte(Me kdhi kdhi shalet zopto) Shankh far sundar aste..Tya mule gogalguy mast diste. POND'S powder lawlyavr mi pan mast disto. Gogalgaay mala khup avdate! :-)

This was shared by my friend on FB - Sachin's statement - "I was still only changing out of my sweaty clothes and taking a shower and was shocked to see the whole team back in the dressing room showering too!"

True Grit - Decent Movie about a girl chasing her father's murderer along with a one-eyed US Marshall and a Texas Ranger. It has the typical West style accent which is actually difficult to understand. Acting was good. Worth a watch. The King's Speech - I watched this movie immediately after it got the Golden Globe. It is a very good movie and a must watch. Colin Firth is at his very best. Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji - Waste of money! I can't believe I saw this movie in theater that too in Balcony!! Whats worse Madhur is thinking of making a remake!!! No One Killed Jessica - Good Hindi movie after a long time. Both Rani and Vidya were amazing. The question with the option of One Crore or One bullet is an uncomfortable one. What would you do, really? The Man From Earth - The best of them all!!! Thank you Varun for suggesting this movie. I was stupid that I never saw this movie in College. हटके मूवी!!!

The Crisis of Microfinance by Shashi Tharoor -  http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tharoor30/English

When Arun Jaitley says, "The PM should introspect on whether he was misled or allowed himself to be misled."