Girish

Here are the questions from the 2010 Tata Crucible Campus Edition Mumbai:- The event was won by ITM with Sardar Patel coming second and HR coming third. Elims :- ( 20 questions- not in serial order here) 1.) Who said ” Tatas represent the Spirit of Adventure”- Mahatma Gandhi 2.) India’s only five star airline- [...]

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Howdy folks, been a while !!! Had to chose between watching Love Story 2050 and Jaane Tu, and opted for the latter ( * Was partially influenced by newspaper reviews that declared the former to be a no hoper *) And the film, Abbas Tyrewala’s directorial debut, isn’t bad at all. It also marks the [...]

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Shane Warne will be a very pleased man tonight. Widely regarded as a man who would have become one of Australia’s greatest captains had he been given the honour, Warne has silenced all his critics by guiding a team who, at the beginning of the tournament, were regarded as nothing more than cannon fodder for [...]

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The Punjab Kings 11, owned by Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta have nothing to show for their efforts after their first two games in the Indian Premier League. In their first game, they were simply ” oubatted ” by Michael Hussey. In their second game, Shane Warne marshalled his men well, and the Royals upset [...]

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The legacy of the British Raj is still present in our country. The British had Indians as their servants, and today, the servant master system is still present. To work as a servant is generally frowned upon in this country, as it simply means a life where you need to throw self respect out of [...]

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Wishing everyone I know a very Happy Diwali and a prosperous new year. Ok, add the people I do not know to that list too. And keeping in mind the fact that people buy new clothes and clean their houses, I’ve decided to gift my blog a new look.

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Some of you might have seen the 9x ads that currently adorn the railway stations in Mumbai. Mid Day ran a little snippet on the ads today, and frankly speaking,  I have to admit that I agree with them 100 %. I do not know why the company chose to use this strategy to promote [...]

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The Harry Potter series is done and dusted, but JKR doesn’t seem to want to stop. She revealed yesterday night in New York in response to an audience question that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was gay. The International Herald Tribune’s report on the same topic can be found here Personally speaking, I have nothing [...]

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The act that some overzealous supporters performed by way of monkey chants at the Wankhede stadium in the last ODI between India and Australia was completely disgusting and uncalled for. At the risk of not minding my language, I have just one thing to say ” Let us not be the wankers that we were [...]

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Orkut recently changed the way they looks. It looks softer- I can’t think of any other word to describe the change. :p.  I feel that the site looks more refined- in comparison to this look, the old one did seem a bit rough…. What do you feel about the change ? For better or for [...]

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