Month: May 2010
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El Beatle – A tribute
May 22nd, the day of the Champions league final, was what would’ve been the 64th birthday of one of the greatest of all time, the first real “superstar” of the game – George Best. When I saw a few videos of El Beatle on Youtube, I simply couldn’t believe the amount of skill that he […]
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The riddle of the Berbatov enigma
Manchester United had just won the League and Champions League double the previous season. Rooney and Tevez were forming a formidable strike partnership. Yet, the complaint was that they were too similar and that there had to be a different approach too. Enter Manchester United’s new Number Nine. Dimitar Berbatov. When he was signed on […]
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Blimps – IPL edition of Kites
*To be read like in the Reliance ad where that writer explains the story of Kites to Hrithik.Blimps – The IPL edition of KitesShashi sees Sunandha.Both of them speak a common language – Bad Hindi.Cut to Dubai where Shashi romances Sunandha.Shashi becomes minister from Kerala.Enter Villain : Modi sahib.Cut to Nayyar chaya shop in […]
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She
Disclaimer: The events in this post are purely fictional and any real occurrences of the same nature between 5:30 and 6:30 PM in the gym on 13th May 2010 are purely coincidental. The gym: a place where we go to work out, to flex our muscles and get in shape. General population: Between 50 and […]
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The season so far: Part 4 – The Manchester blues
‘Welcome to Manchester’ read a blue poster with the image of Carlos Tevez on it. A clear indication to their cross-town rivals and indeed the rest of the premier league that Manchester City had arrived; and not just to make up the numbers. Manchester was well and truly divided. The battle lines were drawn, the […]