My recreational tennis career !!! :P

I have been wanting to write this post.Those who are close to me might notice a slight difference in me since the last 2-3 months. Even if they haven’t, please please me and say that I have changed; and that I have lost weight, even though it may be infinitesimally small. In case, you are [...]

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Another brilliant dark comedy!

What have I been doing? Of late, I have been watching truckloads of movies.There is one movie which is definitely worth a mention. Remember, I am a big fan of Little Miss Sunshine. There is another recent film which is equally brilliant and funny. Yes, I am taking about ‘Death at a Funeral‘. The film [...]

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When people grow, do their dreams get smaller?

This is a quote from one of the best movies I have seen. And it’s not even an English/Hindi movie. Those who are massive fans of foreign language cinemas would instantly recognize it.For the benefit of others like me, who’ve had exposure to only Hindi or English cinemas, the quote is from a Turkish movie [...]

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And the award for best Hyderabadi biryani goes to….

For the first time in two and a half years in Hyderabad,I went to Bawarchi restaurant near RTC crosswords.I’ve heard a great deal about this place and since I was feeling a bit adventurous, I decided to ride the distance of 20+ kilometers from my place to the restaurant on my bike. I called up [...]

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Powered by ‘The Shins’,batteries included

For the past one month, I have been listening exclusively to ‘The Shins‘. Somehow, I am hooked to their music.Most of their songs have good melody and good/great lyrics and they easily fit into my definition of good songs. My current favorites among their songs are “A call to Apathy”,”Those to Come” and not to [...]

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Aim:”Wish you were here”

I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the violin.I tried playing once on a friend’s violin and saying it was a disaster would be an understatement. When I thought about learning a stringed instrument, I had no other choice but to go for a guitar (sitar, veena, santoor,..etc would not get me chicks,you know) [...]

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Little Miss Sunshine – must watch

From time to time, I will write about movies which I really enjoyed watching.I watched one such movie yesterday, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’. No doubt, the showstealer of this movie is the little girl but there are some really funny scenes throughout the movie,one where the girl’s uncle explains to the her why he tried to [...]

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