Cricket and the rise of the 'D' word!

'Depression doesn't care who it attacks: if it wants you, you cannot beat it off with a CV or a bank balance' - Marcus Trescothick I am writing this post in the wake of the recent events in the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2011, where an English Cricketer withdrew from the team because of depression. Michael Yardy, the left arm spinner...

Pepsi Change the Game Videos

Recently there have been many Pepsi adverts on 'Change the Game' campaign being shot for the current ICC Cricket world cup 2011 that is being held in the subcontinent with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh being the co-hosts. The cricketers that acted in the shoots were Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pieterson,...

Liver or 'Lover'? Alcohol kills both!

William Shakespeare once said, "Alcohol provokes the desire but takes away the performance" (Courtesy: Internet) It is perfectly true that medically it is advisable to have alcohol in small amounts especially the red wine, as it increases the HDL which is the 'good' cholesterol. When in moderate amounts, it is also seen as an aphrodisiac,...

Are you addicted to Pornography?

What is pornography? Wikipedia states it is the portrayal of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement and erotic satisfaction. With the advent of the internet and in the age of YouTube, the current young generation have an easy access to free sexual content at the click of a button. There are hoards of websites scattered around the internet that provide ample of free uncensored sex related media that...

Sachin - a true gentleman

Why Sachin is a gentleman? What makes Sachin so great? If you google these questions, you will be directed to n number of blogs where people have posted a photo of a female fan taking an autograph of M S Dhoni with Sachin sitting to his left and Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik and Yuvraj sitting besides him. And the naughty trio looking at what...

Happy Holi

(Courtesy: Internet) Holi is the time to develop understanding and love for each other. Wishing all my readers all over the world and their families a very happy and colourful Holi. May God spray colors of joy and success over you. Enjoy the colours, the water balloons and the delicious dishes at home...  Happy HOLI to everyone out...

Doomsday theories!

Is Doomsday really going to happen? Will the world end in 2012? Will Planet X Nibiru going to collide with Earth in 2012? Will world war III happen in 2012? Will Nostradamus sea turn black?  So many questions are doing the rounds over the internet. They say that the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012 and they have ample of theories as to how Nostradamus will prove himself right in the coming few months. But sometimes...

Fathers - the unsung heroes!

"आई हे घराचे मांगल्य, तर वडील अस्तित्व असतात"- सिंधूताई सपकाळ This is one of the famous lines said by Sindhutai Sapkal which signifies the role of a father in a family. It says that if a mother denotes the heart and the beauty of a home, then the father denotes its 'existence'. Often in literature, the role of a father is never spoken of. Saints and poets have always been seen lauding their mothers and their importance...

Why one should donate blood?

Trypanophobia - is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles. And it is one of the main reason why many people, though willing to take part in blood donation drives, don't gather enough courage to do so. Blood Donation is essentially a voluntary act where one allows one's blood to be taken out from...

How to annoy someone?

Here is a list of 27 methods to annoy someone. I am quoting this from my college magazine 'Antarnad' by an unknown author. Just read it and have a laugh... 1. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green and insist to other people that 'you like it that way' 2. Drum on every possible surface. 3. Write the surprise ending of a novel on it's first page.  4. Learn Morse code and have conversations with your...