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Gracefully Giving Way To The Future…“Why is it so profoundly satisfying to lose one’s identity to one’s sons?”, I asked Soumya one sunny afternoon as we took a stroll down West Park.” I feel so good every time someone stops and praises Timmy or Tot and asks us if ‘we are Timmy and Tot’s parents?’, don’t you find this strange or do you feel the same way?”
Strange? Not at all Manjula, I feel much the same way. Life flows in a continuum. A new generation always out seats the former…
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Gracefully Giving Way To The Future…
"Why is it so profoundly satisfying to lose one's identity to one's sons?", I asked Soumya one sunny afternoon as ...
IPL – The Business of Cricket!
The fact that the Indian Premier League (IPL) started with great fan fare in 2008 was an evidence of how ...
A Tear Drop, and A Scar!
The apple of my eye My darling sweetheart I wish you spoke I wish you told How I wish I spoke How I wish I ...
The Rise of the “Baba”!
Ask someone in India today, “What is the easiest way to make a lot of money?” and you might get ...
Durga, Through the Pages of the Directory!
"Soumya, I have found another one, 'Diganta Bandopadhyay, 02 Norfolk Road, Pennfields, Wolverhampton ph: 231512! He actually lives down the ...
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Gone in 30 Seconds! It was a quiet Wednesday morning in Mumbai, on the 13th of January. And all I will remember of that day will be a 31 sec video that ran on a loop on YouTube, showing a girl holding her mobile and looking out of her terrace in disbelief as the city beneath her had suddenly disappeared under a thick cloud of dust. A voice kept breaking down in the background, “the world is coming to an end”. She didn’t realize how true her words were, that their world had actually come crashing down.
Movie Review
Rann – Or, Was it Run? I had a lot of expectations from the movie after watching the promos, and that just added to the disappointment. Choosing to watch Amitabh Bachchan in Rann, over Ishqiya, proved to be a wrong decision it seems. The movie could have been better with a stronger story line. The actors have done their bit, but this movie can be a classic example of what can happen when even though your actors perform well, you don’t have a good story to tell – the movie just seems ordinary.
Caption This
Caption This – XXVIII! he Winner for Caption This-XXVIII is Aniruddha for his Caption : “Now, Mud Pack for Cars!”. Congratulations! If you missed out this time, or you think you could have done better, don’t despair, you still have your chance.Take a good look at the picture for this fortnight, and give it a caption that you think apt. If your caption is the best, you win, and your name will be announced (with a link to your site, if you have one) on the front page of The MAG. Additionally, you also stand to win a “The MAG” T-shirt. So, what are you waiting for, put on your thinking cap and Caption This!
Short Stories
The Prank CallIt was towards the back of the building that they crept silently – three figures, almost invisible, camouflaged in their black dresses against the dark night. There was a drain pipe at the back that ran up all the way up to the fourth storey, and that is what the three were going to climb.
All of a sudden they were aware of a sound in the dark. A muffled sound, as if someone was struggling to speak. Their eyes, accustomed to the dark, looked around for the source of the noise. Soon, they located the source – it was a bundle, or two, lying in a corner.
